Tucson is losing one of its oldest vegan restaurants when Lovin’ Spoonfuls Vegan Restaurant and Bakery closes at the end of business Saturday.
The move comes three years after the current owners, Juan Irais Benavides and Michelle Benavides, took over the restaurant at 2990 N. Campbell Ave. that Sunny Anne Holliday opened in 2005 when she went by the name Margaret “Peggy” Raisglid.
“The economy is ridiculous right now, and everything’s so expensive, and it is just not sustainable,” Juan Benavides said Tuesday morning, hours after he announced the closure on Instagram Monday night. “You know, that’s what it comes down to.”…