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Angela Orlando

Contributor at Tucson Foodie.

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Guide to Tucson Mexican Restaurants with House-Made Tortillas

As with any regional food, locals, and natives are blindly wed to their preferred go-to taqueria. They shake their fists in the air and shout to the maize goddesses which taco joint is “best,” which is not, and then inte

Apr 25, 20251 min read

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8 New Must-Try Dishes for 2021

If nothing else, the pandemic has provided us with lots of leisure time at home. Some of us have tried to take it easy and wait the nightmare out. Others […]

Mar 23, 20219 min read

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To open or not to open: many restaurants not ready to resume dine-in service

While Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced the allowance of restaurants to reopen for dine-in service, the decree does not translate to “business as usual.” Seventeen new measures have been provided […]

May 11, 20206 min read

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While dining rooms can reopen Mon. May 11, many are not ready to dine out

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced on Monday May 4 that restaurants could resume dine-in service on Monday, May 11. Whether that means diners will actually head out to dine or […]

May 8, 20208 min read

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How some local producers are managing an increase in demand

The coronavirus pandemic is affecting small and large producers in unexpected ways. Local producers, as are most businesses, have been forced to forge creative solutions in order to sustain themselves […]

Apr 29, 20206 min read

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Community rallies to save brand-new El Taco Rústico

Times are dire for small businesses and local restaurants are desperately struggling to survive. Mestizo’s, a brand-new brick-and-mortar eatery that showed great promise, shuttered indefinitely. Many other businesses hav

Apr 4, 20204 min read

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Your Guide to 9 Tasty Greek Restaurants in Tucson

Fun fact: not all the Greek spots in Tucson are frat houses. We have a selection of Greek eateries, as well. Each offers predictable staples representative of the country, but […]

Mar 5, 20207 min read

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Monsoon Chocolate: World-Class Chocolate, Bon Bons & Bars

Monsoon Chocolate’s visually stunning and divine-tasting bon bons are finally available again after having sold out of them several days prior to Valentine’s Day. As owner Adam Krantz said, it’s […]

Mar 4, 20205 min read

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Exo Roast Co. & El Crisol mezcal bar share intertwined mission for community building

Tucson is home to plenty of businesses that simultaneously want to thrive as self-sustaining entities and help provide for our community. With Exo Roast Co. and their newer endeavor El […]

Jan 30, 20206 min read

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12 Eateries Along Grande Avenue to Put on Your Radar

Situated west of Interstate 10 between Speedway Boulevard and Congress Street, the old-school Barrio Hollywood and Menlo Park neighborhoods are gentrifying with alarming rapidity. Whatever your opinion on that controvers

Jan 23, 20209 min read

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Viro’s cranks out thousands of loaves baked for the bakery-cafe & local restaurants daily

Viro’s Real Italian Bakery and Café isn’t a fancy place. Viro’s is frills-free. It’s just solid Italian favorite foods served by kind folks who love where they work. Several menu […]

Jan 2, 20203 min read

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Sonoran-style Crossroads Restaurant offers a rotating buffet to return for

For Tucsonans of a certain age, the word “Crossroads” evokes one or both of two things. It could be Eric Clapton on guitar (you’re welcome for the earworm). Or it […]

Dec 18, 20196 min read