Burger chain Fuddruckers closed its Tucson location at 6118 E. Speedway Blvd. Wednesday afternoon.
Signs posted on the entrance stated the following:
Thank you Tucson
For your Support
For many Years
We will be
Closing permanently
On August 8, 2018
At 3 PM
The street marquee simply states, “WE R CLOSED.”
Fuddruckers Tucson on Facebook listed itself as “permanently closed” under its operating hours, but no other mention of the closure is mentioned. The Fuddruckers website no longer lists the Tucson location. Staff could not be reached for comment.
Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson featured Fuddruckers as the Readers’ Pick Best Burger from 1999 through 2006.
We had trouble obtaining the exact opening date of this location, but the oldest records we found indicated this location was open in the mid-to-late eighties.
The first Fuddruckers location opened in San Antonio, Texas in 1979. The chain developed a reputation for its house-baked buns and burger topping bar.
For more information, visit fuddruckers.com.
Article written by:
Jackie Tran
More about JackieJackie Tran is a Tucson-based food writer, photographer, culinary educator, and owner-chef of the now-closed food truck Tran’s Fats. Although he is best known locally for his work for Tucson Foodie, his work has also appeared in publications such as Bon Appétit, National Geographic, and the New York Times.
An adventurous foodie, he enjoys culinary experiences ranging from seasonal omakase to sloppily devouring green chili patty melts in his car afterhours. His favorite foods include aguachile, garlic noodles, and leftover fried chicken illuminated by the fridge light. His favorite drinks include morning micheladas, fireside imperial stouts, candle-lit negroni, and grassy mezcales.
Outside of food, he also loves playing musical instruments, karaoke, Tetris, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and petting Addie’s dog Spaghetti.
If you’d like to stalk him, visit his Instagram @jackie_tran_ or jackietran.com.
