SAVOR showcases the diversity of food and ingredients by bringing more than 60 of the region’s best chefs, wineries, breweries, and local restaurants together.
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The artistic side of the city continues to expand throughout Tucson as it molds a unique gathering of local businesses. With so many local restaurants, breweries, and wineries popping up in the region it’s hard to keep track and taste them all, but that’s why this festival is so well supported.
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Tickets are $79 per person and that includes samples from all wineries, breweries, distilleries, restaurants, and food purveyors.
VIP Tickets are also available at $125 per person and gets you in one hour early, scores you reserved parking, access to all Tucson Botanical Gardens exhibits, and everything that comes with the General Admission access.
Last year’s tickets vanished days before the event, so don’t wait too long to purchase yours.
Participating Restaurants, Chefs & Purveyors
Alfonso Gourmet Olive Oil & Balsamics
Angie’s Gourmet To Go
Beyond Bread
Boca Tacos y Tequila
Brother John’s Beer, Bourbon & BBQ
Brushfire BBQ
Café Botanica
Casino Del Sol
Ceilos at The Lodge on the Desert
Chef Chic
Dante’s Fire
Dominicks Real Italian
El Cisne Concina de Mexico
Ermanos Craft Beer & Wine Bar
Fermented Tea Company Kombucha
Fusion’z
Gourmet Girls Bakery/Bistro
Mad Batter Bakery
Mano Y Metate Freshly Ground Mole
Merkin Vineyards Pizza Wagon
Noah Mi Amore Custom Catering
Nook Downtown
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Penca Restaurante
Pima Community College Hospitality Leadership
Pita Jungle
Omni Tucson National
[POPPED] Artisan Popcorn
Queen Ceviche
Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink
Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain
Seis Kitchen
Snack Monster
Tavolino Ristorante Italiano
Villa Peru
Wild Tonic Jun Kombucha
Yellow Brick Coffee
YWCA Tucson
(Credit: SAVOR Southern Arizona Food and Wine Festival)
Participating Breweries, Wineries & Libations
Adventurous Stills
AZ Distilling
Barrio Brewing Company
Borderlands Brewing Company
Button Brew House
Callaghan Vineyards
Chateau Tumbleweed
Dragoon Brewing Company
Four Peaks Brewing Company
Four Eight Wineworks
Grand Canyon Brewery + Distillery
High Lonesome Vineyard
Laramita Cellars
Maynards Market & Kitchen
The Meading Room
Mother Road Brewing Company
Roger Clyne’s Mexican Moonshine Tequila
Rune Wines
Sand-Reckoner Vineyards
Three Amigos Tequila
Whiskey Del Bac
Sand-Reckoner Vineyards
Featured Experiences & Entertainment
Live Music throughout the event
Photo booth Masquerade with handmade masks created by Riddlemetrue’s Leathercraft
Live Painting by Eli Farias, Donovan White, and Jesse Perry
Tucson Botanical Gardens newest art exhibit “Out of the Woods” will be on display, featuring tree inspired sculptures by Robert J. Wick
Tucson Botanical Gardens is located at 2150 N. Alvernon Way. For more information and to purchase your tickets, visit saaca.org.
At a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.
He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.
If you’re in the mood for strange stories, head over to his pride and joy, wonkytimes.com. And in case you’re curious — yes, after all of this time, he still manages to roll a killer burrito.
