Guidebook for Tucson
Food Scene
El Minuto Cafe
354 S Main AveProvides great Mexican food and cocktails at a reasonable price.
Check out the great food and live music in this historic building.
11 locals recommend
Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant
198 W Cushing StCheck out the great food and live music in this historic building.
Casa Vicente
375 S Stone AveGreat tapas and live music at this authentic Spanish Restaurant.
Great coffee and unique breakfast and lunch items. It's also a market with local produce.
92 locals recommend
Five Points Market & Restaurant
756 S Stone AveGreat coffee and unique breakfast and lunch items. It's also a market with local produce.
Cafe Desta
758 S Stone AveGood Ethiopian food and great coffee with great service.
DOWNTOWN Kitchen + Cocktails
135 S 6th AveUnique menu
Maynards Market & Kitchen
400 N Toole AveGreat menu, great service, love the trains.
It's unique. It includes a French style bistro, a taco shop, farmer's market, Mexican bakery and boutiques.
160 locals recommend
Mercado San Augustin
100 South Avenida del ConventoIt's unique. It includes a French style bistro, a taco shop, farmer's market, Mexican bakery and boutiques.
Caruso's
434 N 4th AveClassic Southern Italian
Authentic menu and wines.
7 locals recommend
Athens on 4th Avenue - Greek Cuisine & Seafood Specialties
500 N 4th AveAuthentic menu and wines.
Italian restaurant, market and bakery with refrigerators and freezers full of foods for you to take home and heat up.
10 locals recommend
Roma Imports
627 S Vine AveItalian restaurant, market and bakery with refrigerators and freezers full of foods for you to take home and heat up.
Drinks & Nightlife
Borderlands Brewing Co.
119 E Toole AveYou can watch trains go by as you taste the beers.
Restored historic movie theatre for live music, comedy and movies.
55 locals recommend
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 W Congress StRestored historic movie theatre for live music, comedy and movies.
Rialto Theatre
318 E Congress StRestored movie theatre now a venue for live performances.
Hotel Congress
311 E Congress StClassic bar in a restored hotel.
Parks & Nature
Saguaro National Park
To see the Sonoran Desert
Sabino Canyon
Beauty of a desert canyon.
Mount Lemmon
It's a mountain top.
Pusch Ridge
Great views.
Arts & Culture
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Museum
6300 N Swan RdUniquely Tucson
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block
140 N Main AveUnique art. Great neighborhood.
Borderlands Theatre
151 S Granada AveUniquely Tucson
Entertainment & Activities
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N Kinney RdThe animals sleep during the heat of the day.
Old Tucson
Where the old west comes alive.
Tombstone
300 N Sumner StIt's the town too tough to die.
Historic artsy town. Mining museum. Jeep tours. 15 degrees cooler than Tucson.
171 locals recommend
Bisbee
Historic artsy town. Mining museum. Jeep tours. 15 degrees cooler than Tucson.
Elgin
The wineries are there.
Sightseeing
Barrio Viejo
This is our neighborhood. Walk around. Take a look.
Shopping
Johnny Gibson's Downtown Market
11 S 6th AveGreat butcher and beer counters.