If you had to pick ONE restaurant in Tucson

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:20 pm

Went to the new Seis Kitchen at River/Campbell on Sunday. Tacos were good and the best Tomatillo based salsa I've ever had.

BearDown89 · Post by **BearDown89** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:21 pm

ASUCatFan wrote:
scumdevils86 wrote:Wonder why he didn't go to a real restaurant. Tucson has much more to offer than that crap hole
He didn't go to Risky Business. He went to Incas in the same plaza, which is really solid. He also went to Chef Alisha's (my favorite restaurant in town by far), Renee's Organic Oven (never been there), Rocco's (love it), Tumerico (been meaning to try it), and Zemam's (I prefer Desta, bust still really good.)

All in all, some solid choices.

Watching the Renee's Organic Oven episode now. Guy said it was in a strip mall in north east Tucson I believe. Where is it? Looks good.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:22 pm

BearDown89 wrote:
ASUCatFan wrote:
scumdevils86 wrote:Wonder why he didn't go to a real restaurant. Tucson has much more to offer than that crap hole
He didn't go to Risky Business. He went to Incas in the same plaza, which is really solid. He also went to Chef Alisha's (my favorite restaurant in town by far), Renee's Organic Oven (never been there), Rocco's (love it), Tumerico (been meaning to try it), and Zemam's (I prefer Desta, bust still really good.)

All in all, some solid choices.
Watching the Renee's Organic Oven episode now. Guy said it was in a strip mall in north east Tucson I believe. Where is it? Looks good.

NW corner of Sabino Canyon and Tanque Verde.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:23 pm

Ate at the Quesadillas tonight. Such amazing barbacoa and carne asada and salsa bar.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:33 am

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:37 am

Looks like apartments are going up where Maloney's used to be.

http://tucson.com/business/proposed-apa ... aign=share" target="_blank

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Tue May 29, 2018 10:25 am

Anyone been to El Barraco?

I'd never heard of it before but we ended up there last night and it's awesome. It's a seafood / Latin/ Mexican place that is designed to look like a submarine. It's pretty unique and fun. It's on 1st Ave between Glen and Ft Lowell. If you like seafood check it out. If you don't... don't go! They literally have zero dishes with chicken or beef, etc... it's 100% seafood. They have a huge menu and is fairly reasonably priced. I had the Marisquera which is linguini with a white wine sauce with Shrimp, Mussels, clams, and octopus..... so good.

I need to go back and explore more of the menu.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:34 am

Just went to Roma Imports for the first time. Dunno why I haven't gone in 14 years. It was great. Had a spicy meatball sub and traditional Italian sandwich for lunch. Bought some veal goulash and vodka sauce from the frozen section to bring home. Amaziiing.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:13 am

My buddy is providing prizes for a raffle and one is going to be $500 to a Tucson restaurant.

Anyone got a suggestion for somewhere you can easily spend that kind of money in one visit?

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:16 pm

Bob’s Steak & Chop House
Ginza Sushi

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:08 pm

Chicat wrote:My buddy is providing prizes for a raffle and one is going to be $500 to a Tucson restaurant.

Anyone got a suggestion for somewhere you can easily spend that kind of money in one visit?

Probably either The Grill at Hacienda Del Sol, the Arizona Inn Main Dining Room, or Fleming's.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:15 pm

Eegees

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:38 pm

Jefe wrote:Bob’s Steak & Chop House
Ginza Sushi

Awesome, thanks Jefe.

ASUCatFan wrote:Probably either The Grill at Hacienda Del Sol, the Arizona Inn Main Dining Room, or Fleming's.

This was my suggestion. I’m partial to Hacienda because that’s where I got married. To this day it’s still the best wedding food I’ve ever eaten.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:40 pm

I'd say hacienda too

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:44 pm

Mike Stoops recommends Sullivan's.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:07 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:Mike Stoops recommends Sullivan's.

It's an old meme sir, but it checks out.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:55 am

ASUHATER! wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:Mike Stoops recommends Sullivan's.
It's an old meme sir, but it checks out.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:58 am

Eegee's sold to NY investment firm.

https://tucson.com/business/tucson-base ... the-latest" target="_blank

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:08 pm

Expansion in the works?

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:15 pm

2nd time they have been sold if I remember correctly

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:18 pm

Hilarious reading accounts of Tucsonans are falling all over themselves with excitement over their experience at the first Dutch Bros. grand opening in town.

Guys, there are more than 30 locations all over the state. If the Dutch Bros. experience is revelatory to you, you must be housebound.

Of course, I remember a similar citywide response barely a decade ago for the city's first In-n-Out and Chick-fil-A, so...welcome to life in the slow lane, I guess.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:28 pm

catgrad97 wrote:Hilarious reading accounts of Tucsonans are falling all over themselves with excitement over their experience at the first Dutch Bros. grand opening in town.

Guys, there are more than 30 locations all over the state. If the Dutch Bros. experience is revelatory to you, you must be housebound.

Of course, I remember a similar citywide response barely a decade ago for the city's first In-n-Out and Chick-fil-A, so...welcome to life in the slow lane, I guess.

While I enjoy me some in n out very much, the things people get excited about are weird. Tucson has an insane variety of good local restaurants that have opened in the last 5 years.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:17 pm

catgrad97 wrote:Hilarious reading accounts of Tucsonans are falling all over themselves with excitement over their experience at the first Dutch Bros. grand opening in town.

Guys, there are more than 30 locations all over the state. If the Dutch Bros. experience is revelatory to you, you must be housebound.

Of course, I remember a similar citywide response barely a decade ago for the city's first In-n-Out and Chick-fil-A, so...welcome to life in the slow lane, I guess.

Talk about In-N-Out all you want, but leave Chick Fil A out of this. Chick Fil A is legitimately something to be excited about.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:17 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
catgrad97 wrote:Hilarious reading accounts of Tucsonans are falling all over themselves with excitement over their experience at the first Dutch Bros. grand opening in town.

Guys, there are more than 30 locations all over the state. If the Dutch Bros. experience is revelatory to you, you must be housebound.

Of course, I remember a similar citywide response barely a decade ago for the city's first In-n-Out and Chick-fil-A, so...welcome to life in the slow lane, I guess.
Talk about In-N-Out all you want, but leave Chick Fil A out of this. Chick Fil A is legitimately something to be excited about.

Unfortunately their politics have made me not pay to eat there in about 3 years.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:35 pm

I don't eat fast food, so politics or not, I avoid both those places. Cutting back on red meats and fried foods.

However, I did enjoy the double double protein style with grilled onions when I did go there. Quite tasty.

Did enjoy some free Chick-Fil-A sandwiches a couple times due to coupons I had, but would never pay for a meal there.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:43 pm

84Cat wrote:2nd time they have been sold if I remember correctly

Yep Ed Irving sold it in 2007. Sounds like they will be expanding as well as remodeling existing locations

Who knew flavored ice and homemade ranch dressing would be worth millions

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:46 pm

I don't know why fake bacon bits and frozen crinkle fries doused in ranch is so good, but it is.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:48 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:I don't know why fake bacon bits and frozen crinkle fries doused in ranch is so good, but it is.

Because buried in our genetic code, way down deep, we remember the lean times... the hard times. We remember when the crops failed and the herds thinned and the cold gripped the land. The starving times are chiseled into our DNA.

So you might as well get the extra large.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:54 pm

Chicat wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:I don't know why fake bacon bits and frozen crinkle fries doused in ranch is so good, but it is.
Because buried in our genetic code, way down deep, we remember the lean times... the hard times. We remember when the crops failed and the herds thinned and the cold gripped the land. The starving times are chiseled into our DNA.

So you might as well get the extra large.

I love these things that bind us together as Arizona fans. Whether we went to school in the 70s or 90s or present or lived our whole lives in Tucson or just spent 8 months a year there in a 45 month college period, we all had the same stuff.

Eegees, waiting at taco shop lobbies are 230 am for food, 1st and Grant Fry's...

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:16 pm

My fat ass has eaten out more the last month or two than usual. But boy was it good.

Friday-Chile colorado at Guadalajara Grill
Sunday-mixed grill platter at Chef Alisah's (absolutely one of the best in Tucson)
Tuesday-Spicy tuna volcano bowl, fried jalapeno stuffed with crab, and spicy teriyaki pork bowl with miso soup from Samurai Japanese

3 of my all time Tucson favorites in one week.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:19 pm

I guess there’s no good pizza in Tucson. I’ve run out of places to try.

Great food city, just a strange thing for everyone to agree to do terribly. If one decent pizzeria came around, they’d take over.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:50 pm

Longhorned wrote:I guess there’s no good pizza in Tucson. I’ve run out of places to try.

Great food city, just a strange thing for everyone to agree to do terribly. If one decent pizzeria came around, they’d take over.

Been to Anello or Fiamme yet?

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:58 pm

Vero Amore

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:58 pm

Longhorned wrote:I guess there’s no good pizza in Tucson. I’ve run out of places to try.

Great food city, just a strange thing for everyone to agree to do terribly. If one decent pizzeria came around, they’d take over.

Upper Crust and Arizona Pizza Company are both good for a quick slice.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:59 pm

Longhorned wrote:I guess there’s no good pizza in Tucson. I’ve run out of places to try.

Great food city, just a strange thing for everyone to agree to do terribly. If one decent pizzeria came around, they’d take over.

Papa Johns. You're welcome.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:04 pm

ASUCatFan wrote:
Longhorned wrote:I guess there’s no good pizza in Tucson. I’ve run out of places to try.

Great food city, just a strange thing for everyone to agree to do terribly. If one decent pizzeria came around, they’d take over.
Upper Crust and Arizona Pizza Company are both good for a quick slice.

SBTR at Upper Crust is always good.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:07 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:
Longhorned wrote:I guess there’s no good pizza in Tucson. I’ve run out of places to try.

Great food city, just a strange thing for everyone to agree to do terribly. If one decent pizzeria came around, they’d take over.
Been to Anello or Fiamme yet?

No, I should specify. I mean delivery and take out, not Neapolitan sit-down. Every Friday, my 2 year old wants pizza night in front of the TV. Maybe it’s the style of pizza in Arizona and California that I don’t like. Like a NY pizza but with an oddly doughy crust, and nobody has good sausage. I tried Oregano’s, which is midwestern style, but it’s so salty, it’s bitter. Who pours cheap iodized salt all over the cheese on a pizza? Way to ruin potential.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:10 pm

Thanks for those recs! We’ll try them. They hadn’t made it into any articles I’ve read about Tucson pizza.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:10 pm

Longhorned wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:
Longhorned wrote:I guess there’s no good pizza in Tucson. I’ve run out of places to try.

Great food city, just a strange thing for everyone to agree to do terribly. If one decent pizzeria came around, they’d take over.
Been to Anello or Fiamme yet?
No, I should specify. I mean delivery and take out, not Neapolitan sit-down. Every Friday, my 2 year old wants pizza night in front of the TV. Maybe it’s the style of pizza in Arizona and California that I don’t like. Like a NY pizza but with an oddly doughy crust, and nobody has good sausage. I tried Oregano’s, which is midwestern style, but it’s so salty, it’s bitter. Who pours cheap iodized salt all over the cheese on a pizza? Way to ruin potential.

Midwesterners over salt everything.

And I would recommend Upper Crust if you haven't had it yet for what you're looking for.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:21 pm

I think the main problem with midwestern food is that midwesterners internalize that they’re farm animals and set the quality bar accordingly.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:24 pm

Longhorned wrote:I think the main problem with midwestern food is that midwesterners internalize that they’re farm animals and set the quality bar accordingly.

I'm going to frame this statement.

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:30 pm

Rocco's has really good sausage, but their pizza is usually too greasy for me. Plus, they cut it in squares, which I hate.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:36 pm

ASUCatFan wrote:Rocco's has really good sausage, but their pizza is usually too greasy for me. Plus, they cut it in squares, which I hate.

That's as bad as not cutting a sammy on the diagonal. Unforgivable.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:56 pm

A proper Chicago pizza has to be square cut. Radial cut isn’t structurally possible.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:02 pm

I thought Rocco's was pretty damn good.

NYPD on Tanque Verde is good NY style.
The owner is a former UA O lineman.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:17 pm

I’m starting to suspect Rocco’s might be my pizza.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:19 pm

Chicago pizza isn't pizza; it's an overcooked yet gelatinous pancake above-ground pool with 23 unidentified things swimming in greese (cheese+grease). I'd sooner eat grout compound.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:26 pm

Rocco's supposedly has good wings too. Somehow I haven't been in my 15 years here

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:29 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote:Chicago pizza isn't pizza; it's an overcooked yet gelatinous pancake above-ground pool with 23 unidentified things swimming in greese (cheese+grease). I'd sooner eat grout compound.

There's also Chicago thin crust which is delicious.

Had it at both Giordano's and Geno's East in Chi-Town.

Rosati's does a decent version too.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:30 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:
dovecanyoncat wrote:Chicago pizza isn't pizza; it's an overcooked yet gelatinous pancake above-ground pool with 23 unidentified things swimming in greese (cheese+grease). I'd sooner eat grout compound.

There's also Chicago thin crust which is delicious.

Had it at both Giordano's and Geno's East in Chi-Town.

Rosati's does a decent version too.

Is that like St Louis pizza?

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