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By Peter Corbett, FBN
t was one of Flagstaff’s oldest pizza parlors operating in the oldest building downtown. Alpine Pizza, established by the Rich brothers in 1973, baked its pies for nearly a half century in the 1887 McMillan Building before closing a few years back. Now, what’s old is new again, with
Alpine Pizza reopening as a new combo with its neighbor, The McMillan Bar and Kitchen. Scottsdale-based Genuine Concepts remodeled its McMillan Building space to connect The McMillan with the Alpine Pizza parlor. The new-old digs will take on the Alpine Pizza name. “It’s a chance for us to kind of re-concept by resurrecting a beloved
old brand,” said Tucker Woodbury, co-founder of Genuine Concepts and an Arizona bar and restaurant owner since 1991. Anyone remember Rockin’ Horse Saloon in Scottsdale? The new Alpine Pizza opened in mid-December with its vintage neon sign relit on the Leroux Street side of the building. Genuine’s pizza partner for Alpine is Greg Ziegler, owner of Sedona’s
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Hideaway House. He’s been making pies for 40 years, Woodbury said. Genuine operated The McMillan, named for pioneer sheep rancher Thomas McMillan, for 12 years on the Route 66 side of the historic building. “You can’t have a cooler address than 2 W. Route 66,” Woodbury said. The combined restaurants will Continued on page 35
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Rob and Elise Wilson say they built Timberline Firearms and Training to help people safely build skills and teach the responsibility of gun ownership. Courtesy photo
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By Bonnie Stevens, FBN
hen Flagstaff Police Chief Sean Connolly toured Timberline Firearms & Training earlier this year, he saw more than an impressive indoor shooting range. He saw a solution to a long-standing training challenge facing Northern Arizona law enforcement — one that would have cost millions to replicate from the ground up. For years, Flagstaff officers relied on an outdoor range tucked deep in the forest. Connolly described it as a site that required “dropping a pin to locate the facility in the middle of the woods,” adding that it was “completely inadequate,” inaccessible in winter, and ill-suited for a modern police department serving a city the size of Flagstaff. “Building a gun range is expensive,” he said. “It can cost five to 10 million dollars.” Timberline Firearms & Training is Flagstaff’s only indoor shooting range. It opened in May 2018 as a state-of-the-art facility featuring a full-service retail gun shop, ammunition, firearm rentals and classrooms, plus 12 lanes and a 25yard range along with more than 1,000 interactive
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laser and live-fire scenarios. The environmentally friendly building has advanced air-quality and sound-dampening systems and was designed as a full-service firearms retail and training hub for the community. “I bumped into Rob [Wilson] and knew he was selling, so I toured the amazing, modern facility,” said Chief Connolly. “I loved what he had done for air quality and sound deadening. I thought, ‘I wish I could find a way to buy this.’” Owners Rob and Elise Wilson cite several reasons for selling Timberline Firearms. Among them was the need to rehabilitate their home after toxins from the 2022 Tunnel Fire made their home near Mount Elden inhabitable. Also, Rob’s work as a contract consultant for the U.S. Navy and the British Royal Navy continues to demand much of his time. “It was time to sell. There is just not enough time in the day to do all three: work for the Navy, run Timberline and build a new home in the Verde Valley,” he said. With the couple moving away from Flagstaff, he said operating the business on the east side of town was no longer feasible.
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