16 March 19th-March 25th, 2026 phoenixnewtimes.com PHOENIX NEW TIMES | NEWS | FEATURE | FOOD & DRINK | ARTS & CULTURE | MUSIC | CONCERTS | CANNABIS | Questions? Feedback? Email me at [email protected] • Follow me on RATING (out of 5 McFly’s) 2026 CHEVY EQUINOX EV RS: THE ELECTRIC SUV THAT FINALLY GETS THE ASSIGNMENT 2026 CHEVY EQUINOX EV RS The 2026 Chevy Equinox EV The 2026 Chevy Equinox EV RS shows up like Chevy finally RS shows up like Chevy finally said, “Alright, let’s make an EV said, “Alright, let’s make an EV people actually want.” With the people actually want.” With the out-the-door price of $50,545, it out-the-door price of $50,545, it undercuts a lot of the EV crowd undercuts a lot of the EV crowd while still looking like it belongs in while still looking like it belongs in a sci-fi movie parking lot. You’ve a sci-fi movie parking lot. 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The Equinox EV RS isn’t the The Equinox EV RS isn’t the fastest, flashiest, or most tech- fastest, flashiest, or most tech- obsessed EV out there. What obsessed EV out there. What it is… is smart. Good range, it is… is smart. Good range, good price, good looks, and no good price, good looks, and no weird learning curve. It’s the EV weird learning curve. It’s the EV equivalent of showing up on equivalent of showing up on time, dressed well, and knowing time, dressed well, and knowing exactly what you’re doing…. and exactly what you’re doing…. and that’s a bigger flex than most of that’s a bigger flex than most of the competition realizes. the competition realizes. Comfort: Value: Fuel Economy: Looks: The Drive: Safety & Security: Overall: Sound System: Bells & Whistles: Carrying the Torch New owners take over beloved downtown Phoenix restaurant. BY GEORGANN YARA W hen Gregory Cohen made a lunch date with his longtime friend, Eric Hassler, he expected to catch up and lend an ear to someone who had just been through a lot. Hassler’s wife of 25 years, Lori, died in July. Roughly a month later, he dropped off their daughter at college on the East Coast. Hassler owned the beloved downtown Phoenix restaurant The Farish House with his late wife, a chef known for her French comfort food plates, warm hospi- tality and infectious personality. Following a long battle, she succumbed to ovarian cancer at the age of 54. After his wife’s passing, Hassler decided to sell the restaurant. At lunch, he told Gregory about potential buyers. They all wanted to make major changes or even gut the building, making it nearly unrecognizable. Cohen responded with his thoughts about the restaurant, which he and his wife, Kathryn, deemed their favorite. “If I ever bought that restaurant, I wouldn’t change a thing,” Gregory said to his lunchmate. Hassler’s response: “Why don’t you buy it?” That casual comment later became serious business. Now first-time business owners, the Cohens purchased The Farish House in November 2025. “We always dreamed of having a restau- rant with European comfort food, in an old house,” Gregory says. “It was our favorite restaurant and checked all the boxes as patrons.” But it wasn’t without reservation at first. Gregory, who was born in Lyon, France, was close to retirement from a career in wine and beer distribution. He admitted he has an impulsive, adventurous streak. When he ran the idea by Kathryn, whom he calls “the sensible one,” she met it with silence. However, the next morning, Kathryn asked him to call Eric to explore the details. “Are you crazy? Are you sure about it?” Gregory recalls his response. “I’m not a risk taker,” Kathryn says, “so it was a big leap of faith. I kept thinking, this is our last career move, our last chapter, and what a cool thing to do.” Everything falls into place Around the same time, Gregory and Kathryn’s daughter, Alexandra, was looking for a job in Paris, where she had been studying international business and marketing. She had hoped for a position in the food and beverage sector, ideally as a brand ambassador for a wine or champagne house. However, the Paris job market was dry. Neither she nor her friends were having any luck. When learning of what her parents were considering, she strongly urged them to take the plunge. Not only would it dovetail with her career goal, but The Farish House was also her favorite Phoenix restaurant. It made sense. “We’d be the perfect people to do this,” Alexandra recalls thinking. “I felt we really could do it.” Kathryn planned to play a small behind- the-scenes role and let her husband and daughter run the restaurant. But five days before the transfer of ownership became official, Kathryn was laid off from a company where she’d worked for nearly 23 years. “This whole process was falling into place,” Kathryn says. “It was moving very fast, but moving very smoothly.” Gregory isn’t a spiritual person. But he gets emotional when talking about how everything came together. Gregory (from left), Kathryn, Zachary and Alexandra Cohen are the family behind The Farish House, which Gregory and Kathryn purchased in November 2025. (The Farish House) >> p 18 ▼ Food & Drink
