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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

The Banana Bar Crawl at Purdue University saw nearly 1,500 Banana’s dressed up in participating bars. The Banana Bar Crawl will be in Tucson on Mar. 29. Photo courtesy of Banana Bar Crawl via Instagram.

Potassium powered ‘booze crooze’

Jimmy Furcini, Reporter March 26, 2025

The Banana Bar Crawl is set to make its Tucson debut on March 29, bringing a wave of costume-clad revelers fueled by equal parts potassium and booze. Founded nearly two years ago by a group of friends...

Union Jack loses Main Gate Square lease

September 27, 2023

By Ellia Pannier, El Inde Arizona The front door of The Irish Tavern. Photo by Ellia Pannier Union Jack, the British-themed pub at 800 E. University Blvd. in Main Gate Square, has closed.  A...

Steve Smith and friend grabbing a beer at Johnny Ringo's. (Photo by: Savannah Shippen / Arizona Sonora News)

Off the beaten path: Tombstone locals’ hidden gem

Savannah Shippen April 25, 2018

What used to be a stockyard neighbored by a historic railroad is now Tombstone locals’ favorite dining spot. Johnny Ringo’s Bar and the Depot Steakhouse is a fine-casual dining restaurant and bar...

No Anchovies Friday (Photo From: No Anchovies Facebook)

Tapping the millennial potential

Angela Vera April 12, 2018

Marketing to millennials is shifting from traditional marketing strategies to marketing in a digital world. Every week day leading up to Friday night, Drake Pierre, marketing director of a popular...

A border wall could dry up profits for two border town bars

A border wall could dry up profits for two border town bars

Marielle Carrera March 10, 2017

In two quirky border town bars 160 miles apart, the concerns are the same. Will Donald Trump building a wall on the Mexican border hurt their towns? First in Sasabe... "Cinco pesos?" says Deborah...

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