Burgers and Beer opens new building Monday

The new Burgers and Beer is all ready to open its doors, starting with breakfast Monday morning. The new restaurant was built at 321 W. 20th St. right next to the old restaurant, which has been demolished to create a new parking lot.

"It's more spacious (nearly twice as big) and more modern," said Jaime Honold, whose family owns the establishment. "But it will have the same food and atmosphere."

The restaurant will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, staying open until 11 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, call 783-3987.

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Also opening this week is the Marriott TownPlace Suites at 1726 S. Sunridge Drive on Hotel Hill. That makes the third Marriott for Yuma.

The four-story hotel has 81 rooms - all suites with fully stocked kitchens - available as studios or one- or two-bedroom apartment-like units for "home away from home" extended stay comfort, said Gel Lemmon, general manager. Each unit also has work stations with Internet access, and the hotel has guest laundry and fitness center facilities, an outdoor barbecue area and a little market. Pets are accepted.

Slated to open Wednesday, the hotel already has a number of bookings, with several guests expecting to stay for six months or longer, said Jerome Lauderdale, Marriott district manager. Many of the anticipated guests are government contractors, military, pharmaceutical employees and construction workers.

The phone number is 783-6900.

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A healthy fast-food restaurant to be called Nature's Express is coming to the location of the former Hong Kong Buffet, 2905 S. 4th Ave. It is the project of Dr. Carl Myers (of Arizona Oncology Associates) and partner Mitch Wallis, with input from Myers' wife, Jean, who teaches workshops about healthier eating.

Myers said the goal is to offer a menu heavy on plant-based foods that have been proven to prevent cancer. Foods also will be prepared with heart-healthy oils, more spices and less salt and more fiber.

"As an oncologist, I'm coming from the perspective that many cancers are the result of what we eat," he said. However, he added, taste is not being sacrificed, promising, "It's tasty stuff."

He hopes to have the restaurant open by late December or early January.

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Barney's gas stations are once again carrying the Barney's name, rather than the Valero brand.

"We're no longer Valero," said Patrick Rook, president of Barnicle Enterprises, which owns and operates eight stations in the Yuma area. "We've moved away from the Valero brand and will be just Barney's independent stations."

Along with the changeover, the stations will be getting a new look and more attention to the convenience stores, Rook said.

That means Valero credit cards are no longer accepted, but the stations accept cash (some stations offer a cash discount), major credit cards and debit cards.

The Barney's stations include 895 S. 4th Ave., 2900 S. 4th Ave., 2830 S. Pacific Ave., 3200 E. Highway 80 (32nd Street), 1610 S. Maple Ave., 2381 S. Avenue B, Interstate 8 and Fortuna Road in the Foothills and 824 N. 1st Ave. in San Luis, Ariz.

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Here's a little more to the story of Mimi's Cafe opening in Yuma last week.

Yuma's homeless were the first to sample the new restaurant's culinary offerings. All the "practice" food being prepared by the restaurant staff during their training was donated to Crossroads Mission, said Myra Garlit, executive director.

"What a blessing," she said, adding that the mission is feeding many more people than usual.

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Z Trendz is now closed, "but we will be back soon," said Blanca Barragan, who with husband Paul owns the screen printing, embroidery and uniform business. They'll be closed for the next three weeks to move from 1300 S. 5th Ave. to 1340 S. 4th Ave., where Dominguez Family Furniture previously was located.

Plans are to reopen in the much-larger location Jan. 7, said Blanca. They'll have the same phone number of 783-3370.

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Yuma Visitors Bureau is standing by to give Santa an assist as shopping days until Christmas dwindle down. YVB's Visitor Information Center, 139 S. 4th Ave., has received a brand-new item that would make a nice gift for any current or former Yuman: boxed note cards featuring 10 different full-color photographs of local sights and attractions. The sets include envelopes and sell for $10, with proceeds to benefit YVB. For more information, call 783-0071.

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Want to try your hand at ceramics but aren't sure how to go about it? Laura Palmer has just the answer with her studio, Can Do It Ceramics ("If I can do it, so can you," she says), which she has moved to 1935 S. 5th Ave.

Palmer has been doing ceramics since 1970 and had a studio since 1998. She offers classes as well as all the supplies one would need. If people have made a ceramic project on their own, they can bring it by to be fired. And for those just wanting a finished item for a gift or home, she has those, too. In addition, she is a distributor for Crest kilns

The studio is open for instruction and browsing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Starting in January, she also will offer college classes Monday and Wednesday evenings.

For more information, call her at 539-7188.

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Pamela Swanson, who opened Pam's Ageless Beauty Salon last year at 12619 South Frontage Road, now has some company. Joining her in the business are hairdressers Lisa Enos, former owner of Timeless Elegance in Yuma, and Regina Newbourn, who formerly was with Smart Style at the Foothills Wal-Mart.

The salon can be reached at 920-0721.

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Sherry Pocock-Crossland has become a consultant for Body Shop at Home and can provide the spa equipment and products for a "girls' night out" party where guests can pamper themselves with pedicures, manicures and facials.

For more information or to book a party, call 446-3021 or e-mail fshnakd@yahoo.com.

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Whoops, came up with the wrong initials last week in an item about Dr. Stephen Replogle, who recently opened Replogle Medical Clinic at 11871 S. Fortuna Road. He provides FAA (not FHA - no real estate stuff for him) flight examinations. For more information, call the clinic at 342-9020.

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Twigs, 299 S. Main St., has been purchased by Rob and Monica Tuggle and will be run by their daughter, Tiffany Tuggle.

Jan Wilson, who owned the gift and novelty business for 10 years, said she wants to spend more time with her husband and play with their grandbabies. She also has plans to help a friend open an art studio and volunteer for the Humane Society of Yuma.

Tiffany had her own shop, Tiffany's Hope Chest at 224 Main St., but jumped at the chance to buy the established Twigs with a loyal customer base and "great reputation."

"I had shopped here for years and absolutely love it," she said, adding that she has closed the Hope Chest to focus on Twigs.

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For the winter months, folks will have a new market to browse through, perhaps while enjoying a breakfast burrito or some lunch. Diana Dickson, who has been selling jams and honey at the Downtown Farmers Market for several years (and has markets in Colorado in the summer), has opened her own market in Yuma. The Midweek Farmers Market, 32nd Street and Avenue 4E, will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday (except the day after Christmas) through March.

Vendors will have lots of fresh produce, local honey, spices, jewelry, crafts, flags, recreational vehicle products, sports memorabilia and Fuller Brush products. There also will be several food vendors.

For more information, call Dickson at 1-719-213-3323.

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Brain Matters is a newly established business in the Yuma area that provides noninvasive neurofeedback and biofeedback services to clients to help them improve health or mental functioning. For more information, call 329-9091.

Neurofeedback technicians include Jeana Alvarado and Sue Wrigley. Alvarado currently is pursuing her doctorate in clinical psychology; Wrigley has a bachelor's degree in social work and master's degree in human development and family relations, with previous certifications in special education. She is also Myers-Briggs certified.

Neurofeedback has been proven effective in helping persons with autism, stroke, ADD/ADHD, depression, anxiety, addictions, fibromyalgia, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, seizures and other disorders. It also have been effectively used to enhance mental and physical capacities, Wrigley said.

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Don Foltz, owner of Private I, has announced he has suspended services of the document-shredding business. Customers are being contacted to arrange for services by other companies.

For questions, Foltz can be reached at 317-9696 or info@privateidds.com.

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