Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona • Page C001

Arfeotut Batty Star A SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2009 SECTION Editor: Maria Parham 520-573-4116 mparhamazstarnet.com STANDARD DETAILS The Tucson Standard Restaurant Supply store is one of eight in seven states. Its corporate headquarters is in Salt Lake City. Fourteen years ago, it bought out Ford Restaurant Supply and has been doing business in Tucson ever since. The local general manager is Dennis Ambriole, a former restaurant ownerin Indianawhowashired over the phone to come to Tucson to take over the management. That was 10 years ago, and Ambriole is happy about the move.

Located in an industrial area on South Cherry Avenue, near Kino Parkway and Fifteenth Avenue, Standard Restaurant Supply basically is a warehouse, a big barn of a place with products filling rows and rows of shelves and lining the walls. It's not the place to look for fine china or cut glass crystal. But it's the perfect spot to find glassware of all kinds water, wine, cocktail, specialty drink that you can buy by the piece or the case. PHOTOS BY BENJIE SANDERS ARIZONA DAILY STAR Ladles at Standard Restaurant Supply range from 32 ounces, left, to a half-ounce. By Rosalie Robles Crowe ARIZONA DAILY STAR ell me about the ladle in your kitchen drawer.

I'm guessing it's like mine: holds about six ounces with a handle that's roughly 12 inches long. Most of the time it's just what I need. Other times, it's too little or too large. AMONG THE INTERESTING ITEMS AT STANDARD ARE: A lidded gravy boat. $4.

A stainless steel (very shiny) serrated knife with a long blade for cutting cake. $4. Griddles to set over gas burners for indoor or outdoor cooking. $40 small; $60 large. Cutlery ranging in price from 61 cents (on sale) for a three-piece place setting to $116 for the best quality stainless, six-piece place settings, service for 12.

Standard Restaurant Supply also stocks a variety of paper products, including bathroom paper, tablecloths and napkins. And it has heavy-duty plastic punch bowls, trays, serving bowls, platters and baskets. For homeowners especially, the really interesting places are the sales table and the shelves stocked with home products, everything from dishes to kitchen appliances. One of the great buys I found was a 20-piece dish set for $15 perfect for the young adult setting up housekeeping for the first time or the family that needs extra place settings when the clan gathers. Prices are rounded.

I need a new one, and now I know just where to find it: Standard Restaurant Supply, 601 S. Cherry Ave. Has it got ladles The biggest holds a quart of liquid; the smallest, a half ounce. It also has a lot of other things some probably on your "been wanting that" list and others in the "why didn't I think of that?" category. What it doesn't have is an elegant decor with soft lighting.

Nor does it have sales clerks dogging your steps to show you the wares. The sales staff lets you browse and is there to answer questions or provide information should you need it. Standard Restaurant Supply is mostly for IF YOU GO Standard Restaurant Supply 601 S.Cherry Ave. 885-2345 Hours: 8 a.m. -6 p.m.

Monday-Friday; 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Saturday. anyone in the restaurant business looking to replenish utensils, cutlery, dishes, glassware, etc. But it is open to the public, and anyone is welcome to browse and buy.

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