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Another week, another Tucson restaurant and food news update

Coming Soon: Fat Greek 2Who you calling fat? The Fat Greek on University Blvd will soon have a second location on Swan Road/Camp Lowell (perhaps in the failed Bajio…

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Lots of buzz in the air featuring Tucson restaurants and southeast Arizona.

The April 2009 issue of Arizona Highways just named VinTabla one of the best 25 restaurants in Arizona. Congratulations! Last year Feast got the only Tucson…

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Easter is Sunday, April 12.  I cannot recall if Tucson restaurants shut down like they do on Christmas or only revert to bodacious Easter brunches.  If you’re a restaurant and open for business as usual on Easter Sunday, let [more...]


Tucson restaurant news

The other night I was dining at Maynard’s and what a winner. Our party of four remarked that investing in Maynard’s gives us a glimmer of what Tucson’s downtown could be.

Between what I consider the failed…

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More noshing more often. More food news about Tucson restaurants and dining scene.

Closed – Grande Tortilla Factory
After almost 62 years, the Grande Tortilla Factory on Grande Avenue closed. Read the story.

Closed – Local Harvest Marketplace

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News about Tucson restaurants…

New: Monkey Business Eatertainment
Monkey Business finally opened on March 27 after 4.5 years of bad things happening. We wish the McGuires well and hope they are able to recoup and thrive. Monkey Business…

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More news about Tucson restaurants

James Beard Foundation finalists were announced today and all of Arizona nominees were omitted from the competition. BFD! I know the James Beard awards are the food/restaurant world equivalent of an Oscar but…

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Celebration of Basketry and Native Foods Festival
Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tohono O’odham Cultural Center and Museum
Admission is free

The Celebration features a basketry and food market,…

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New: Aguirre Mexican Restaurant
I don’t have the address but it formerly was Terrazza Mexican Restaurant. The location is on a crowded signage stretch of E. Broadway Blvd east of Safeway at Kino Parkway. The restaurant is on the…

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Splendido, a Tucson-based resort-style retirement community, and the Primavera Foundation, a non-profit organization in Tucson that promotes economic and social justice, have partnered with some of Southern Arizona’s top chefs and restaurants for a  benefit bake sale and health drive

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