The List

The following is a list sent to me by a very nice woman at the Tucson Weekly. I basically asked her to reccomend a few classic Tucson places to visit on our Saturday adventures. I think I mentioned we were going with friends so she appears to have skewed things a bit toward locations that are group friendly. We'll work our way through some of the things on this list and then go looking for more.

• Montana Avenue & sit on the patio as it’s LOUD.
• Café Poca Cosa is a must even though the new location is very L.A. looking.
• El Charro (downtown)
• Taqueria Pico de Gallo (south 6^th Street & 36^th Street) – great fish tacos & fruit salad/I don’t think they sell beer
• El Guero Canelo (south Tucson – awesome Sonoran hot dogs) – not sure about alcohol
• Canela (Peruvian on Oracle) – I’m dying to try that Pisco Sour
• Shish Kebab House – not cheap but homey
• Zona 78 (owned by the 2 guys who own Hacienda del Sol)
• Feast
• Red Garter (great cheeseburgers; if you don’t like smoke/sit on the patio which faces the parking lot/exhaust-you can’t win)
• Rocco’s Pizza – wait until it warms up and sit on the postage stamp size patio
• La Indita – 4^th Avenue, a mix of Mexican + Native American
• Kon Tiki (go for drinks only)
• La Guelaguetza - Oaxacan
• Omar’s Highway Restaurant (truck stop),
• La Costa Brava Seafood (south Tucson) – has beer
• El Sur
• J-Bar
• Le Buzz Coffee House & Bistro – serves wine/beer, roasts their own coffee
• Monkey Box
• El Mazon de Cobre
• Zivaz – new Mexican fast casual with beer/margaritas and wine by the bottle/delightful flavors/Mexican eggplant dish that I order almost every time, pobano and pipian sauces for really good enchiladas/great service
• Bob Dobb’s – hamburgers & beer
• Lotus Garden has been around for 2 or 3 decades and is still family owned. They have stuff like beef in birds nest and lychee and plum wine ice cream (Cantonese/Szechuan). It’s my current favorite Chinese restaurant in Tucson.