Staff Report

With six local businesses recently visited by the Stanley Chamber of Commerce for a ribbon cutting and plaque presentation, the Stanley Republican is presenting two business each week from now until June 24, in order to help let area residents know their choices when it comes to local services. This week, we pro.le Cantina Margaritas and Revive Massage!

Owned by the Valencia family, Cantina Margarita's opened this spring at 117 North Broadway in Stanley and quickly became a hit.

With offerings including Carnitas and Chile Verde alongside quesadillas, fajitas, and burritos, the portions at Cantina Margaritas are generous, and the atmosphere authentically Mexican.

As partial example, visitors are offered small tortillas to eat with alongside ordinary forks and knives and the salsa is less thick than factory-produced storebought varieties.

At the same ESPN sports with everything from college baseball to Old World soccer plays on the TV and Spanish music plays inside for diners. Need to get ready for listening to or speaking Spanish (as you will if you're going to college this fall)?

If so, then Cantina Margaritas is the place to go, with activities like listening to music crucial to picking out the difference between words to successfully spea.-not to mention the food! Open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays (Sundays are family time), the number for Cantina Margaritas is 715-709-0116. Call today!

If it's massage you're after, meanwhile, there's Revive Therapeutic Massage, located at 615 South Broadway on the other side of Highway 29.

Owned by Tarina Allard, Revive Therapeutic Massage began in 2018, with Allard previously

working for someone in Eau Claire. Visited at her business Friday, Allard said the South Broadway location helped her balance work and family. With a web presence at www.myrevivemassage.com in addition to the one on South Broadway, Revive Therapeutic Massage is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association and pregnancy and sports massage, along with migraine management in its many different services.

"At Revive Therapeutic Massage, we customize

each session to your individual needs,” the website at myrevivemassage.com states of the South Broadway business. “We are here to help you renew yourself by achieving your goals through therapeutic massage. With appointments able to be scheduled online and a phone number of 715-709-0202, Revive Therapeutic Massage could be just what you need to feel your best

self again.

Next week we will continue the review of local area businesses and options for service.

Martin Valencia (center) and family cut the ribbon for Cantina Margarita’s at 117 North Broadway in Stanley as City Mayor Al Haas (left) and Hannah Hazard (right) hold the ribbon.

Tarina Allard cuts the ribbon as owner of Revive Massage at 615 South Broadway (inset) as Ron Haas of Martino’s and Hannah Hazard hold the ribbon, Hansen’s IGA manager Alex Zamarripa also getting in the photo.