The Parish's Southern menu fills a culinary gap

The Parish co-owner Steve Dunn said he wants his guests to feel at home, to treat the place like their neighborhood bar.

The Parish's Southern menu fills a culinary gap

The Parish, which calls itself a "Southern fusion gastropub," partially fills a gaping hole in the Tucson food scene left by the closure in recent years of the French Quarter and Nonie.

The Parish's Southern menu fits with 'Stormin the Sazerac' celebration

Haitian shredded pork sandwich and a side of hush puppies.

Drought deepens in Tucson

It is the worst of times. It is ridiculously hot. It is uncomfortably humid. And it's not raining nearly enough to make enduring such nonsense worthwhile.

Tucson records 16th hottest July

July was hot — just as you might have expected. It was the 16th hottest on record; and through seven months, 2011 is already the 19th warmest recorded.