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The La Chingada restaurant will take over the former Café Poca Cosa site at 110 E. Pennington St. with expanded seating on the terrace.

Courtesy Rio Nuevo

The owners of a popular south-side sports bar, who opened a restaurant in downtown Tucson last year, are bringing three more venues downtown – including an indoor play area.

The neighborhood cocina and cantina will move to 61 E. Congress St. with street tacos and micheladas.

Courtesy of the Rio Nuevo Board of Directors

The neighborhood Cocina and Cantina, 3940 E. 29th St., will move to 61 E. Congress St. with street tacos and micheladas.

Its owners, Daniel Cordova and German Fuentes, have also taken over the former Café Poca Cosa at 110 E. Pennington St. to redesign their La Chingada restaurant with extended seating on the terrace.

La Chingada Restaurant will move to 110 E. Pennington Street with expanded terrace seating.

Courtesy of the Rio Nuevo Board of Directors

The current location in La Chingada at 31 N. Scott St. becomes a Mariscos and oyster bar called La Cruda.

At 125 E. Congress St. they will open Antojitos, a Raspados store with an indoor playground, to provide a downtown destination for families with young children.

Antojitos, a Raspados store with an indoor playground, hopes to bring families with young children an inner city destination at 125 E. Congress St.

Courtesy of the Rio Nuevo Board of Directors

The duo appeared before the Rio Nuevo Board Tuesday to seek $ 450,000 in grants to remodel the buildings that are within Rio Nuevo’s borders and will benefit the district through sales taxes. You have already invested about $ 3 million in the Downtown project.

The board of directors unanimously approved the motion.

“This is a huge investment in our downtown area,” said Fletcher McCusker, chairman of the board. “I think you will change downtown forever.”

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