Brad Anderson's new Italian eatery Benzina is now open on East Colfax serving pizza, pasta, and more in a reimagined space complete with urban garden and bocce ball courts.
Brian Lockwood was in his
first year as principal of V. H. Lassen Elementary School in south Phoenix, and nothing was as it should have been.
His school in south Phoenix was empty as the 300 students learned remotely. Lockwood worked with social worker Tiffany Hughes to get them what they needed.
Roosevelt school district officials parked school buses equipped with Wi-Fi in neighborhoods to boost Internet connectivity. Students without enough to eat could pick up food at school. If they couldn’t get there, someone would deliver.
Hughes asked students, “What do you need?” She got those items masks, soap, hand sanitizer, food and set up folding tables outside school, so families could pick them up.
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Brad Anderson has made quite an impact on the Denver dining scene over the past few decades, running the Rocky Mountain Diner, Rick s Cafe, Chopper s Sports Grill, the Castle Cafe and the Next Door Bar with partners Tom Walls and Jerry Good. Now Anderson is ready to jump back into the scene with Benzina, an Italian restaurant built from the bones of a former Phillips 66 gas station at 4839 East Colfax Avenue.
Anderson began planning the restaurant three years ago when he purchased the property, which had most recently been home to a Meineke muffler shop. His plan at the time was to have the place open by late 2019 or early 2020; he hadn t picked a name at that time, but he knew that wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas would be at the heart of the menu.
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