Szechuan Omei Restaurant
- BENJIE SANDERS / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 1998
- Updated
Tucsonans are still quoting catchphrases from the memorable late-night commercials - "You try, you like" - that made Magdalene Gerrish and her Szechuan Omei Restaurant on "Essa Spee'way" popular.
Gerrish died at age 87 in 2010. Read more about her here.
BENJIE SANDERS / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 1998Tags
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Magdalene Gerrish couldn't cook or balance a checkbook, but she ran a successful midtown eatery - Szechuan Omei Restaurant - for more than 20 years.
These Tucson commercials will be stuck in your head all over again.

