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Patagonia Regional Times
Building an Empire: Book examines life of ranch owner
In the winter of 1875, Walter Vail wrote home from Tucson after traveling through the Arizona desert. He spoke of intense sun, cold nights and long stretches without drinking water. Vail eventually went on to launch Empire Ranch, which would later become headquarters to one of the state’s most prominent...
everafterinthewoods.com
This Arizona Taco Window Serves Yucatan-Style Poc Chuc On Tortillas Made By Hand Every Day
Poc chuc, a citrus-marinated pork dish from the Yucatan, shows up on a taco menu in southern Arizona. Even better, the tortillas wrapped around it are made by hand. The kitchen opens at 8 AM every single day and stays open until 9 PM. Ordering happens at a window, and then your food travels out to a tree-lined courtyard with umbrellas, fans, and misters.
everafterinthewoods.com
This Arizona Stand Piles Mango, Chamoy, And Ice Cream On Raspados Until 10 Every Night
A drive-thru window that hands out shaved ice heaped with mango, chamoy, and a scoop of ice cream? That detail alone makes me want to hit the brakes. This east-side Arizona stand keeps that window open until 10 p.m., every single day of the week. The menu goes way past...
QSR magazine
Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop Signs Deal to Open First Southern Arizona Location
Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop, the innovative sandwich brand serving up its signature sandwiches at more than 60 locations across Arizona and California, has signed longtime Tucson resident and military veteran Daniel Hanamoto as its newest franchisee, with plans to open the brand’s first Southern Arizona location in Tucson.
fastfoodclub.com
Locals Fill Up On Green Corn Tamales And Cheese Crisps At This Longtime Sonoran Spot In Tucson, Arizona
Some of the best meals in Tucson hide behind doors you might drive right past. This one sits off an alley in an older working-class neighborhood south of downtown, and it has been feeding the city since the 1950s. Families who first came here decades ago now bring their own...
thisistucson.com
New master plan for Tohono Chul will guide garden’s growth
For 41 years, Tohono Chul has served as a garden oasis in northwest Tucson. Just don’t call it a secret garden, not anymore. The nonprofit botanical attraction has unveiled an ambitious master plan aimed at expanding the offerings and access for its more than 100,000 annual visitors. “We're often...
Patagonia Regional Times
Tucson Weekly
Musical Gumbo: A guide to the Blues Heritage Festival
Southern Arizona will celebrate its diverse medley of blues musicians at the one-day Blues Heritage Festival Nov. 7. “They always say that America’s a melting pot,” said Rita Flattley, president of the Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation (SABHF). “Well, of course, everything melts in Tucson, ‘cause it’s so hot.”
Phoenix New Times
Tempe, Tucson breweries collaborate on unique beer for the Territorial Cup
From the stories making headlines to the restaurants, music and culture that make Phoenix one of a kind, New Times is there. Help us raise $25,000 by December 31 to keep independent local journalism going strong in 2027. Sue Rigler, proud Arizona State University alum and owner of Hundred Mile...
allamericanatlas.com
5 Best Restaurants in Tucson, Arizona You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them
Tucson, Arizona — a city where the sun leans golden on adobe walls, where saguaros stand sentinel and the air shimmers with the scent of mesquite and chiles, where every block is stitched together by memory and migration. Here, the mountains cradle neighborhoods alive with the laughter of families, the wisdom of elders, the dreams of students, artists, and newcomers drawn by the promise of possibility. Tucson is a crossroads — of Native roots and Mexican heritage, of Sonoran flavors and desert soul, of those who never left and those who found their way back.
takemetotn.com
Endangered Fish Swim Through The Irrigation Ditches At This Tucson Garden Growing 4,000-Year-Old Arizona Crops
At the foot of a mountain most Tucsonans see every day, people have been growing food for more than 4,000 years. That is longer than most famous ruins have existed, and the farming never really stopped. Today the same patch of ground holds orange trees, fig trees, ancient wheat, and gardens that trace every culture that ever farmed the Tucson basin.
hoodline.com
Tucson's Harbottle Brewing Shuts Taproom, Bets Future on Wholesale Beer
Harbottle Brewing Company is closing the doors of its South Tucson taproom, telling customers the move marks its biggest pivot yet as the brewery shifts toward wholesale distribution and contract brewing. The brewery says it will keep brewing beer even as the public-facing space at 3820 S. Palo Verde Road, Suite 102 winds down.
familydestinationsguide.com
The Globe-Trotting International Market In Arizona That Puts Your Passport To Shame
Your passport has stamps from two countries, maybe three if you count that layover in Toronto, and yet Nur Market and Restaurant in Tucson, Arizona is about to make it look completely irrelevant. This is the kind of place that redefines what a grocery store can be, and it does...