Sonoran Restaurant Week is comin’ in hot, offering a variety of prix fixe menus available Friday, September 6 – Sunday, September 15.
A handful of Mexican restaurants have pieced together some incredible menus, restaurants that have recently opened in Tucson are joining in on the fun, and there are a few spots offering pizza specials.
Keep scrolling for Sonoran Restaurant Week specials that are circular or rectangular and then divided into smaller slices. Also, here’s a full list of every participating business during Sonoran Restaurant Week.
Anello
222 E. Sixth St.
$45 menu includes:
Appetizer
- White Sonoran Sourdough crackers with tepary bean dip and roasted green chile
- Seasonal vegetable Ceviche
Pizza
- Tomatillos, fior di Capra chèvre, red onion, cilantro, sage, E & R pork
Dessert
- Dos Manos Honey cake, burnt honey glaze, prickly pear whipped cream
Doughbird
2960 N. Campbell Ave.
$45 menu includes:
Includes a glass of featured red or white wine, sangria, or draft beer.
FIRST COURSE (choice of)
- Cast Iron Shishito Peppers – Umami sauce and sea salt
- Lebanese Hummus – Cherry tomato and hearth bread
- Chicken Wings – Choice of dry rubbed or buffalo
- Simple Caesar Salad
SECOND COURSE (choice of)
- The Aviator Pizza – Pepperoni, Italian sausage, Nueske’s bacon, crushed tomato sauce, mozzarella
- Grilled Chilean Salmon – Charred corn quinoa, asparagus, cherry tomato, arugula, lemon butter
- Prime Rib Dip – Charred onion, creamy horseradish, fontina, au jus
- Caramelized Cauliflower – Greek yogurt, smoked almond, dried cherry, garden herbs
- Rotisserie Chicken – Mashed potatoes, gravy, broccolini
DESSERT (choice of)
- Warm Butterscotch Cake – with vanilla bean gelato
- Lemon Meringue Pie – with a blackberry compote
Fentonelli’s Pizzeria & Bar
7262 N. Oracle Rd.
$45 menu includes:
STARTERS (choose two to share)
- Brussels sprouts
- Crinkle fries
- Mozzarella sticks
- Cheesy garlic bread
- Meatballs
- ABG salad
- Caesar salad
ENTREE
- Your choice of one pizza to share
DESSERT (choose one to share)
- Soft serve gelato
- Zeppole
Fiamme Pizza
4706 E. Sunrise Dr.
$35 & $15 menus include:
- Any two 13-inch pizzas and two drinks ($35)
- Any 13-inch pizza ($15)
Gourmet Girls Gluten Free Bakery/Bistro
5845 N. Oracle Rd.
The following are $15 each:
- Breakfast Pizza Personal Size with an NA beverage
- Chicken and Waffle with an NA beverage
- Greek Burger with a choice of side and choice of NA beverage or cupcake
- Fish & Chips with a choice of NA beverage or cupcake
- Double Decker Grilled Cheese with a choice of side and choice of NA beverage or cupcake
North Italia
2995 E. Skyline Dr.
$25 breakfast menu includes:
Starter (choice of)
- Daily soup
- Banana coffee cake: dark rum butterscotch, caramelized banana, crème fraîche
- Smoked prosciutto frittatine: bucatini, speck, mozzarella, provolone, English pea, spicy vodka sauce
- Cacio e pepe arancini: crispy risotto, pecorino romano, crushed pepper blend, pesto aioli
- Sicilian meatballs: creamy polenta, rustic marinara, grana padano
Entrée (choice of)
- The breakfast sandwich: Italian sausage, applewood bacon, shaved porchetta, egg, roasted pepper, cipollini, scamorza, Calabrian aioli, crispy hash potato
- Prosciutto & asparagus omelette: crescenza, heirloom cherry tomato, arugula, crispy hash potato
- Farmers market scramble: English peas, grilled asparagus, spinach, piquillo peppers, cipollini
- Tuscan hash: choice of roasted porchetta, braised short rib, or grilled chicken, fried egg, sweet onion, piquillo pepper, bomba sauce, grilled bread
- Breakfast carbonara pasta: poached egg, crispy pancetta, English pea, lumache, herb breadcrumb, pecorino
- Pollo fritto: crispy chicken breast, Italian sausage gravy, sunny side up eggs, crispy hash potato
- Smoked salmon avocado toast*: caper relish, watermelon radish, toasted pine nut, torn basil, pickled red onion, fresh horseradish
- Heirloom beet & chicken salad: avocado, cucumber, goat cheese, fregola, red wine vinaigrette
- Hot Italian stromboli: calabrese salami, Italian sausage, grilled piquillo pepper, red onion, ricotta, provolone, smoked mozzarella, house red sauce
- Giardino stromboli: spinach, asparagus, grilled piquillo pepper, red onion, ricotta, provolone, mozzarella, house pesto
- Margherita pizza: mozzarella, fresh basil, olive oil, red sauce
- Breakfast rosa pizza: sweet Italian sausage, crispy pancetta, smoked mozzarella, two eggs, basil, spicy vodka sauce
Dessert
- Choice of gelato or sorbet (changes daily)
Sides (+ $5.50)
- Italian donuts
- Applewood bacon
- Crispy hash potatoes
- Fresh fruit
Spritz
- Citrus blossom $14: limoncello, fiorente elderflower, lemon, prosecco
- You, me & Capri $14: Campari, peach, sparkling rosé
- Hugo $14: smashed basil & mint, fresh citrus, fiorente elderflower, prosecco
Cocktails
- Breakfast mule $14: crop Meyer lemon vodka, peach, fresh lemon, ginger beer, sparkling rosé
- Tuscan bloody mary $13.50: spicy infused Tito’s vodka, Tuscan spice blend, charcuterie
- Ristretto $15: Bottega Bacûr gin, caffè Borghetti, Campari, Carpano Antica, black walnut
- Giada $13.50: Nikka vodka, pressed cucumber, house aperitivo blend, basil, lime
$25 lunch menu includes:
Starter (choice of)
- Daily soup
- Arugula & avocado: shaved fennel, lemon, grana padano, evoo
- Smoked prosciutto frittatine: bucatini, speck, mozzarella, provolone, English pea, spicy vodka sauce
- Cacio e pepe arancini: crispy risotto, pecorino romano, crushed pepper blend, pesto aioli
- Sicilian meatballs: creamy polenta, rustic marinara, grana padano
Classico board (+$22)
- Prosciutto di Parma, speck, pecorino stagionato, crescenza, house giardiniera, Castelvetrano olive, marcona almond, fig mostarda, grilled bread
Entrée (choice of)
- Heirloom beet & chicken salad: avocado, cucumber, goat cheese, fregola, red wine vinaigrette
- Italian farm salad: salami, speck, provolone, pepperoncini, olive, heirloom cherry tomato, cucumber, pickled red onion, roasted pepper, herb breadcrumb, oregano vinaigrette
- Margherita pizza: mozzarella, fresh basil, olive oil, red sauce
- Hot Italian stromboli: calabrese salami, Italian sausage, grilled piquillo pepper, red onion, ricotta, provolone, smoked mozzarella, house red sauce
- Giardino stromboli: spinach, asparagus, grilled piquillo pepper, red onion, ricotta, provolone, mozzarella, house pesto
- Pulled porchetta sandwich: pickled red onion, crispy shallots, fontina, salsa verde, Calabrian aioli
- Parmesan chicken sandwich: prosciutto, rustic marinara, mozzarella, aged provolone, Calabrian aioli
- Tortelloni al pomodoro: simple tomato sauce, burro fuso, heirloom cherry tomato, torn basil, grana padano
- Pesto primavera pasta: sweet basil, shaved garlic, zucchini, roasted peppers, toasted pine nut, crispy caper, gigli
Dessert
- Choice of gelato or sorbet (changes daily)
Sides (+ $9.50)
- Spicy broccolini
- Grilled asparagus
- Tuscan kale & spinach
- Roasted seasonal vegetables
- Roasted fingerling potato
- Glazed chioggia beets
- Sweet corn & fontina polenta
$45 dinner menu includes:
Starter (choice of)
- Arugula & avocado salad: shaved fennel, lemon, grana padano, evoo
- Little gem Caesar salad: grated grana padano, herb breadcrumb, cracked pepper
- Cacio e pepe arancini: crispy risotto, pecorino romano, crushed pepper blend, pesto aioli
- Smoked prosciutto frittatine: bucatini, speck, mozzarella, provolone, English pea, spicy vodka sauce
- Sicilian meatballs: creamy polenta, rustic marinara, grana padano
Classico board (+$22)
- Prosciutto di Parma, speck, pecorino stagionato, crescenza, house giardiniera, Castelvetrano olive, marcona almond, fig mostarda, grilled bread
Entrée (choice of)
- Hot honey & smoked prosciutto pizza: scamorza, speck, Calabrian honey, arugula, pecorino Toscano
- Tortelloni al pomodoro: simple tomato sauce, burro fuso, heirloom cherry tomato, torn basil, grana padano
- Crushed meatball ragu: beef meatball, porchetta, blistered onion, wild oregano, bucatini, pecorino
- Chicken pesto pasta: sweet basil, shaved garlic, toasted pine nut, crispy caper, gigli
- Spicy rigatoni vodka: Italian sausage, crispy pancetta, shaved garlic, torn basil, grana padano
- Bolognese house specialty: traditional meat sauce, pappardelle, grana padano, wild oregano, evoo
- Ricotta cavatelli: jumbo lump crab, tiger shrimp, peperoncino, mint, lemon olive oil
- Chicken parmesan: crushed tomato, aged provolone, mozzarella, parmesan rigatoni
- Pork Milanese: smoked prosciutto, pepperoncini, red onion, bagna cauda aioli, arugula, fresh lemon
Dessert
- Dark chocolate budino: whipped crème fraîche, chocolate pearls, amarena cherries, pine nut wedding cookie
- Lemon olive oil cake: lemon curd, wild blueberry compote
Sides (+ $9.50)
- Spicy broccolini
- Grilled asparagus
- Tuscan kale & spinach
- Roasted seasonal vegetables
- Roasted fingerling potato
- Glazed Chioggia beets
- Sweet corn & fontina polenta
Cocktails (Add a feature cocktail)
- New Italian spritz $15: Aperol, citrus smash, prosecco
- Sicilian margarita $16: El Mayor Reposado, Grand Marnier, Montenegro, fresh citrus
- Red sangria $12: a delightful blend of red wine, brandy, blood orange, and raspberry
- Golden fig old fashioned $16.5: fig-infused PiggyBack rye, Strega, brown sugar, Angostura, brandied figs
- Pomegranate mule $15.5: Bottega Bacûr gin, pomegranate
Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink
101 E. Pennington St.
$45 menu includes:
STARTERS (choose one to share)
- Brussels sprouts
- Grilled Broccolini
- Caesar Salad
- Apple, pecan brittle, and gorgonzola salad
ENTREES
- Choose one pizza and one pasta to share
DESSERT (choose one to share
- Gelato
- Sorbet
Twin Peaks Pizzeria
7575 W. Twin Peaks Rd.
$35 menu includes:
Meal for two to share
- Large one-topping Detroit-style pizza
- Entrée-size garden salad
- Two large cannoli
- One gallon of Milo’s sweet tea
Zio Peppe
6502 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
$45 menu includes:
FIRST COURSE (Choice of)
- Elote Arancini (three) with Cilantro + Lime Crema, Tajín, and Queso Fresco
- Coctel de Camaron (three) – Mexican Shrimp Cocktail with Tomato, Chile, Lime, Cucumber, and Avocado
ENTRÉES (Choice of)
- Bucatini Chiltepin Arrabbiata and Meatballs, Basil Ricotta, Pecorino Romano
- Any Zio Peppe Pizza
DESSERT
- Tres Leches Tiramisu
Plus One Glass of Select Wine (choice of)
- Marques de Caceres 2022 – Verdejo – Rueda, Spain
- Misión Red Blend 2022 – Tempranillo, Carignan, & Misión – Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico
This is a small list of just some of the best deals happening during Sonoran Restaurant Week. But remember — ALL of the menus offered for Sonoran Restaurant Week are a deal. It was a requirement to participate!
So — take advantage! Use this time to explore all that Tucson’s incredible restaurant scene has to offer without breaking the bank. That’s what Restaurant Week is all about!
Huge Guide to Sonoran Restaurant Week
Like last year, we created an interactive map to help you plan your week.
For more information about Sonoran Restaurant Week, visit sonoranrestaurantweek.com.
Article written by:
Matt Sterner
More about MattAt 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.
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