For Star subscribers: Owner Patricia Schwabe, who also owns downtown Tucson's popular Penca, is bringing back the cafe that launched her Tucson restaurant career.
Cathalena E. Burch Ever since she closed her Lost Barrio cafe six years ago, fans of Tooley's Cafe's turkey tacos and plate-sized cookies, soft and chewy from the oven, would occasionally ask owner Patricia Schwabe when she was going to bring it back.
The restaurant at 299 S. Park Ave. will reopen on Friday, June 3, with the original breakfast and lunch menu that dates back to 1989, when Schwabe's then boyfriend/now husband Ron opened the restaurant. For the next 19 years, Patricia Schwabe ran the restaurant. In 2013, she opened the Central Mexico-inspired Mexican restaurant Penca and ran both businesses along with her role as a leasing agent in Peach Properties. Penca was a year-round operation, but every summer, she closed Tooley's from July until September, reopening in time for the return of the winter visitors and students.
Last fall, Schwabe decided enough time had passed. It took her six months to clean up the restaurant, which seats about a dozen inside and another 30 or so on the patio. Last month, she got the necessary county and city permits to reopen and began hiring and training staff, and last week, she spent several mornings at the restaurant taste-testing the menu coming from the kitchen.
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