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SANTAN SUN NEWS | MAY 19 – JUNE 1, 2018
Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf honors first responders SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, 2560 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler has a special dedicated to Arizona first responders. Its ongoing Caring Cup initiative will benefit them with “Heroes at Heart” coffee and tea blends.
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The company will donate $1 from every bag of “Heroes at Heart” coffee or tea tin sold in stores and online from May 21 through July 8 to first responders and their families through 100 Club of Arizona. The Chandler-based nonprofit assists primarily the families of first responders killed or wounded in the line of duty
throughout the state/ On May 21, first responders can celebrate the initiative’s launch by getting a free beverage of choice all day. All guests will enjoy samples of the new “Heroes at Heart” blends and be invited to take snaps with their heroes in fun, interactive photo booths.
“Honoring local first responders underscores the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf’s long-term commitment to supporting local communities as part of its Caring Cup initiative,” the company said in a release. Information: coffeebean.com/HeroesAtHeart, 100club.org.
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came at first just to visit but liked it and decided to stay. “I love being in Chandler,” Obed said. “We get firemen, policemen, sheriffs, suits, skirts, shorts, tank tops” at El Sol, he added. Obed said he was a high school dropout and the creativity he’s been able to express as a restaurant owner appeals to him. “It’s been fun,” he said. “It’s all I know. I grew up in the business.” Obed said El Sol focuses mostly on the lunch and breakfast items and has scaled back on the bakery side. Competing with the many bakeries at local grocery stores that have popped up in recent years is difficult, he added. His father, who bakes the desserts, is 90 years old and nearly ready to retire. Besides owning El Sol and El Zocalo, which is on South San Marcos Place, Obed and Panfila also own Phoenix Burrito House along with Obed’s brother,
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Nora Rutledge, 11, of Gilbert, eats lunch at El Sol Mexican Café & Bakery. Shrimp tacos, on right, are popular at the restaurant in Chandler.
Daniel Jr. Obed and Panfila also own Mangos Mexican Café in downtown Mesa and Burritoholics and Calakmul in Cave Creek. “Each location has its own character,”
Obed said. “We’re very artistic. It’s in your blood. My dad and mom really laid the foundation; taught us the good work ethic.” El Sol is located at 760 N. Arizona Ave.
It is open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Customers can download a menu and order through the El Sol app by texting ELSOL to 33733.
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