Photos: Tucson's iconic El Parador Restaurant demolished after 40 years
A Tucson icon, El Parador, met the wrecking ball after years of good food, drink and dancing. The Jacob family has a deep history in Tucson.
The restaurant closed in 2013 after nearly 40 years in business.
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Crews work on the demolition of John Jacob’s El Parador restaurant, 2274 E Broadway on Tuesday, March 24, 2015.
Dave, left, and Bett Francis toast one another as they prepare to dine at John Jacob's El Parador in 2007.
The building at El Parador Restaurant at 2744 E. Broadway, which closed in 2013 after 40 years, will be demolished. Already gone are the rubber trees and the plants that used to hang in the dining room. They have been replaced by vacant rooms the broken planters both inside and out. The photo was taken on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, in Tucson.
Don Jacob, left, and his brother Dan serve retired police officers at El Parador Restaurant in 2013.
The building at El Parador Restaurant at 2744 E. Broadway, which closed in 2013 after 40 years, is being demolished.
The building at El Parador Restaurant at 2744 E. Broadway, which closed in 2013 after 40 years, is being demolished.
Nuevo Latino dish is offered at El Parador Restaurant and Cantina in 2000.
Joanne and Luis Escobedo share a moment on the dance floor during a salsa dancing night at El Parador in 2007.
Mike Jacob, left, and John Jacob (pictured in 2008) are members of the Jacob family which has El Parador and other Tucson restaurants.
El Parador in Tucson in 1980.
The building at El Parador Restaurant at 2744 E. Broadway, which closed in 2013 after 40 years, is being demolished.
Los Armonicos mariachis play "Bear Down Arizona" at a football dinner at El Parador on Broadway in Tucson on Oct. 23, 1982.
The Public market (on Broadway and 6th) in this 1936 Jacob family handout photo.
John Jacob, standing with the Budweiser Clydesdales in this 1947 Jacob family photo.
Mary Jacob, left, and a co-worker stand in the Tucson Public Market on Congress and Main, in this 1923 photo.
Taft Jacob, owner of The Public market (on Broadway and 6th), two co-workers, Joe Jacob, co-owner, and a co-worker, in this 1936 Jacob family photo.
The Jacob brothers, Left to Right, Richard Jacob, John Jacob, Mike Jacob, Jim Jacob, George Jacob and Abe Jacob sitting, in this this 1978 Jacob family photo.
Maria Moreno (center with hat) shows the buisness initiative partnership class from Pima College how green corn tamales are made at El Parador in 1997. The class toured El Parador.
The dance floor is packed during salsa night on a Friday in 2005 at El Parador 2744 E. Broadway .
Andrew Kennedy a production supervisor at El Parador Mexican Restaurant pours freshly made salsa into jars for delivery to local supermarkets in 2012.
With the musical group "Descarga" providing the tunes, the crowd gets down and do a little salsa dancing at El Parador on a Friday in 1999.
Rick Wiley
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Walk through the doors of El Parador Restaurant and you felt like you had escaped the desert.