Photos: Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink
Once known as the Reilly funeral home, the structure is being converted into Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink.
Photos: Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink
Tyler Fenton, far right, the owner of Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink and his manager, Andrew Rosenfeld, right foreground, talk with architects and designers in what is expected to the bar area for the new business. Once known as the Reilly funeral home, the building is located on East Pennington.
Photos: Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink
This is the exterior of the old Reilly funeral home on East Pennington which is being remodeled and turned into the Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink. Demolition of the interior of the structure, which was built in 1906 (1906), started in December 2011 and it is now entering the construction phase, said owner Tyler Fenton.
Photos: Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink
Alex Bustamante, with CMR Construction & Roofing, cuts up a piece of plywood while working in the new Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink. It is scheduled to open this summer, owner Tyler Fenton said.
Photos: Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink
Manager Andrew Rosenfeld, left, and owner Tyler Fenton discuss future plans for Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink in downtown Tucson. It is scheduled to open this summer, Fenton said. Eventually, the second story is planned to be converted into two separate apartments, he said, with the basement being used for storage, an outdoor patio area for dining and a former garage that will be turned into a beer garden.
Photos: Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink
Workers replace a beam into the ceiling of the old Reilly Funeral Home which is being remodeled and turned into the Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink.
Photos: Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink
Owner Tyler Fenton, left, and manager Andrew Rosenfeld walk through the basement of the old Reilly Funeral Home which is being remodeled and turned into the Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink. The opening on the left once served as an elevator to move and store human remains in the basement. The rock foundation may have been quarried from Sentinel Peak, also known as "A" Mountain, Fenton said.
Two brothers are resurrecting the long-closed Reilly Funeral Home, converting it to Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink. It's an undertaking that's both exciting and challenging for Tyler and Zach Fenton.