If you had to pick ONE restaurant in Tucson

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:33 pm

On Saturday night we went to Penca. First time in years. What a feast. Amazing. The single $8 fish taco I had was a work of art.

Also, went to Tough Luck. Nice cocktails. And the $6 roll of the dice for a shot was fun.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:14 pm

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:45 pm

I doubt I'll ever go to Portillo's in Tucson. I've honestly had my fill.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:45 am

I rarely eat mammals anymore... but I do allow myself a cheat day every now and then.

One of the things I never have anymore but often crave is a Chicago Hot Dog. I was sad when Luke's shut down. I'll probably break down and go to Portillo's at some point (after the initial crowds die down)

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:52 am

Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:45 am I rarely eat mammals anymore... but I do allow myself a cheat day every now and then.

One of the things I never have anymore but often crave is a Chicago Hot Dog. I was sad when Luke's shut down. I'll probably break down and go to Portillo's at some point (after the initial crowds die down)

The original Luke’s on Alvernon is still open. The one on Thornydale is too.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 1:07 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:45 am I rarely eat mammals anymore... but I do allow myself a cheat day every now and then.

One of the things I never have anymore but often crave is a Chicago Hot Dog. I was sad when Luke's shut down. I'll probably break down and go to Portillo's at some point (after the initial crowds die down)

Somebody recently forced me to try an Impossible bratwurst. I had to confess that it tastes like a legitimately mediocre bratwurst. Was I crazy?

I'm not sure whether it could substitute for a Vienna Sausage link, or maybe a Maxwell Polish Sausage, or what. But it's something.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:45 pm

I eat Beyond sausage all the time. I enjoy them a lot… but a real Chicago dog cannot be replicated

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:15 pm

They don't make it easy to find the sodium level in Impossible Brats, but each link sausage is 28% of the recommended daily intake. I love salty fatty meats. They're evil. Somebody stop me.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:42 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:15 pm They don't make it easy to find the sodium level in Impossible Brats, but each link sausage is 28% of the recommended daily intake. I love salty fatty meats. They're evil. Somebody stop me.

So, 3 sausages and a bunch of chocolate every day. Done.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 9:35 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:42 pm
dovecanyoncat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:15 pm They don't make it easy to find the sodium level in Impossible Brats, but each link sausage is 28% of the recommended daily intake. I love salty fatty meats. They're evil. Somebody stop me.
So, 3 sausages and a bunch of chocolate every day. Done.

When pondering the consequences of meat fat, sodium, and chocolate, the mouth ever wants what it wants.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:07 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:20 pm I haven't had a decent pizza at Transplant since the first time when they opened. They've quickly fallen beneath Blackjack. I wonder if they lost their pizza makers in the same way Luna did, except instead of closing, they tried to power through with new workers who don't know what they're doing.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:07 pm

Dang, they were pretty good

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Apr 15, 2022 6:46 am

https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/best-food-cities

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Apr 15, 2022 7:52 am

Pizza Luna was good, but not so much when they tried to come back. We kept going to them to see if we could help get them over the hump, but last week when they went dark, we went back to Falora and revisited what good pizza is actually like.

Unfortunately, my kid hates Falora and my wife hates NYPD. So, until we start making our own, we're probably done with pizza.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:51 am

Have any of you gone back to a buffet since the pandemic?

Ever since I saw the experiment on a cruise ship buffet and how easily the germs spread from one person to everyone else, it's been a hard pass for me.

I've seen many reopen, including a Chinese buffet walking distance from my house, and Golden Corral seems to be packed. I just can't right now and not sure if I will ever, but I sure do miss Indian restaurant buffets. Saffron was the best.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:42 am

We don't buffet. We don't theater. Don't know if we ever will again if the paradigm doesn't make an enduring change.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:44 am

Buffet has always been against my religion.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:49 am

But I must admit, I had a thing for theater hot dogs back in the pre-Covid days. That sorta combined buffet and theater in one swift unhealthy indulgence.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:31 pm

I went to the Kon Tiki. For lunch. The food was really good. WTF? Am I the last person in Tucson to know about this?

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:52 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:31 pm I went to the Kon Tiki. For lunch. The food was really good. WTF? Am I the last person in Tucson to know about this?

Did you get Monkey on a Stick?

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:19 pm

Have to break my buffet boycott already.

Satchmo's catered at a wedding in Flagstaff.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:30 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:52 pm
Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:31 pm I went to the Kon Tiki. For lunch. The food was really good. WTF? Am I the last person in Tucson to know about this?
Did you get Monkey on a Stick?

I did not. Do you recommend?

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:31 pm

I had no idea kontiki still existed

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:34 pm

They haven't cleaned the carpets at Kon Tiki since the 70's.

Those Scorpion drinks will fuck you up quick.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:44 pm

I did have a scorpion but the high alcohol level was so obvious, I had to stop halfway in.

It's okay if they don't clean the carpets because the place is so exotically dark. In the men's room, I noticed that you have to be small enough to use the urinal, but then tall enough to use the sink. I could sort of stretch to it in both instances because I'm in the sweet spot.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:22 pm

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Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:30 pm
Alieberman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:52 pm
Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:31 pm I went to the Kon Tiki. For lunch. The food was really good. WTF? Am I the last person in Tucson to know about this?
Did you get Monkey on a Stick?
I did not. Do you recommend?

I hear it's recommended you get the Monkey on a Stick with the severed vocal cords.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:11 pm

I used to live 2 blocks from the tiki.

An order of monkey on a stick and a couple drinks and I could usually remember how to stumble back to my house

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:25 pm

I've been making a lot of classic tiki cocktails lately. Very good if you do it with the right ingredients

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:56 pm

Alieberman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 8:11 pm I used to live 2 blocks from the tiki.

An order of monkey on a stick and a couple drinks and I could usually remember how to stumble back to my house

Do you remember the tall sink and the tight-squeeze urinals?

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 4:24 am

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:51 am Have any of you gone back to a buffet since the pandemic?

Ever since I saw the experiment on a cruise ship buffet and how easily the germs spread from one person to everyone else, it's been a hard pass for me.

I've seen many reopen, including a Chinese buffet walking distance from my house, and Golden Corral seems to be packed. I just can't right now and not sure if I will ever, but I sure do miss Indian restaurant buffets. Saffron was the best.

Had the buffet breakfast at a hotel in Chicago we were staying at a few weeks ago.

I used to freakin love buffets. The only way I can live my Ron Swanson fantasy and eat all the bacon. Found out I still love them. Just used hand sanitizer after my plate was made.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 7:48 am

Buffets are one thing, but what the fuck happened to room service? The Westin in Pittsburgh advised me that room service is discontinued because of the pandemic. I live for room service during conferences.

Do Grubhub and stuff like that still not work? I stopped using those delivery services a few years back when it became clear that they just couldn't get your food to you. You put in an order, followed by three hours of vanishing drivers, claims of delivery to the wrong house, and other impossible negotiations before eventually begging for your money back so you can just go endure the humiliation of eating in a restaurant alone.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:29 am

Now Grubhub and DoorDash deliver to hotels. But the hotel we were at had room service and me and the kids begged to get breakfast in bed but the wife put her foot down. For some reason she hates room service. I think her parents convinced her it was gross to eat in a hotel room because they used to stay in Motel 6’s when there wasn’t a family friend close enough to go impose upon.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 9:15 am

Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:29 am Now Grubhub and DoorDash deliver to hotels. But the hotel we were at had room service and me and the kids begged to get breakfast in bed but the wife put her foot down. For some reason she hates room service. I think her parents convinced her it was gross to eat in a hotel room because they used to stay in Motel 6’s when there wasn’t a family friend close enough to go impose upon.

Yeah, I've tried that in the past, but the problem is Grubhub has been unable to deliver said order to my room. I'm nothing without room service. You might as well throw me to the alligators.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:00 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:31 pmI went to the Kon Tiki. For lunch. The food was really good. WTF? Am I the last person in Tucson to know about this?

Its a well kept secret how incredible the food is at Kon Tiki. Went last Friday for dinner with the parents and its always amazing. Highly recommend the steak bulgogi and short rib plate

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:15 pm

If any of you are on the northwest side, give Dominick's Real Italian, it's very good.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:16 pm

Irish27 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:15 pmIf any of you are on the northwest side, give Dominick's Real Italian, it's very good.

Its been on my list of places to go. Heard great things and it smelled amazing when I was parking at Blacktop Grill next door

Put Nate's Metro Deli on Golf Links on your list if you haven't been

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:09 pm

Interesting, I live like 2 minutes from Dominick's and never gave it a second thought

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:05 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:29 am Now Grubhub and DoorDash deliver to hotels.

I just learned about the complete lack of accountability in the hotel delivery. They leave your order in the lobby. Of course, they forget half your order, and have nobody to answer to as they drive away.

Bring back my room service!

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Apr 27, 2022 1:02 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:05 pm
Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:29 am Now Grubhub and DoorDash deliver to hotels.
I just learned about the complete lack of accountability in the hotel delivery. They leave your order in the lobby. Of course, they forget half your order, and have nobody to answer to as they drive away.

Bring back my room service!

The good news is that it will only take four months, 8 emails, and 3 calls for you to get your money back.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Wed Apr 27, 2022 1:12 pm

Irish27 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:15 pm If any of you are on the northwest side, give Dominick's Real Italian, it's very good.

A little pricey. Tried their pizza the other day - decent enough but it was $28 for a large one item.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:12 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:05 pm
Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:29 am Now Grubhub and DoorDash deliver to hotels.
I just learned about the complete lack of accountability in the hotel delivery. They leave your order in the lobby. Of course, they forget half your order, and have nobody to answer to as they drive away.

Bring back my room service!

That's because most nicer hotels won't let delivery people go up to rooms and force them to leave it in the lobby. Also customers usually never answer messages and texts from the delivery person or forget they ordered. Also the restaurants are the ones that make orders wrong, the drivers just pick up already assembled and packaged orders and have no control over what's in it.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:01 pm

Longhorned wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:05 pm
Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:29 am Now Grubhub and DoorDash deliver to hotels.
I just learned about the complete lack of accountability in the hotel delivery. They leave your order in the lobby. Of course, they forget half your order, and have nobody to answer to as they drive away.

Bring back my room service!

I've used to use uber eats and doordash all the time when I was on the road staying at hotels. I always had to go down and outside to pick up my food.... drivers would never even get out of their cars.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun May 01, 2022 2:35 pm

I'm at La Chingada for the first time in my life and I find it to be at oh my god level

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat May 07, 2022 4:51 pm

The Mt. Fuji bowl at Kukai in the Mercado Annex is the most delicious thing ever made by human beings. And it's fully Tucson-based in a Sonoran way. It would be a cross-cultural experience for people visiting from Japan.

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sun May 22, 2022 7:58 pm

Went to Dante’s Fire at Grant and Tucson.

Great food and creative cocktails.

Ran into an ol’ boy I hadn’t seen on a while. Total Tucson experience.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon May 23, 2022 3:49 pm

Went to The Delta downtown Sat night. Amazing food, drinks and service. Its better than the pics look: https://www.instagram.com/thedeltatucson/

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:13 am

Didn't realize Claim Jumper was being torn down for Portillo's.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:57 pm

Endorse

Also,

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:44 pm

Yeah another new CEO for Eegee's today

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:50 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:13 am Didn't realize Claim Jumper was being torn down for Portillo's.

Is nothing sacred?

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