HighWire is a Foodie 500 Restaurant Partner.
It’s been nearly two years since HighWire took over the former Independent Distillery building. The 3,000-square-foot space was gutted and revamped, making it the perfect space for incredible dining and live entertainment.
Just last Friday, the team added new items to both their Brunch and Courtyard Kitchen menus.
“We want our food to be as fun and easygoing as our cocktails,” said John Hardin, co-owner of HighWire. “We are known for our pearl shots and fun nightlife experience and this menu continues to add to that atmosphere!”
The new menu, which is available now, will continue to feature customer favorites like HighWire’s wings, Flaming Hot Brie, and Chicken & Waffles, but includes new bites like the Spicy Chicken Sandwich — spicy chicken breast drenched in a house hot sauce and between a toasted bun with pickles and aioli.
The Brunch menu — available all day on Sundays — has a couple of new dishes like Biscuits and Gravy, which comes with two flaky biscuits topped with either a housemade sausage gravy or shiitake mushroom gravy. Both have quite the kick and you’ve got the option to add bacon, turkey bacon, ham, or a fried egg for $2 each.
Take a deeper look at each of the menus are start planning your visit ASAP.
Courtyard Kitchen Menu
Shareables
- Grown Up Lunchable ($15) – Ham, turkey, cheddar, olives, dried apricots, and cherries with house crackers and fig jam
- Flaming Hot Brie ($17) – Crusted brie wheel with grilled sourdough slices
- Sauce Wings ($7 half order, $13 full order) – Candy bacon wings, hot or mild, lemon pepper, teriyaki
- Hummus ($12) – House hummus, pita chips, cucumbers, celery, and carrots
- Chips & Dip ($12) – Fresh, housemade salsa, guacamole, and chorizo cheese dip with crisp tortillas chips
- Chicken Tenders Basket ($12) – Juicy, house-battered chicken with a side of fries
- Side of Fries ($7) – Golden perfection, crispy battered French fries
Local Favorites
- Tacos (3)($12) – Pollo or carne asada, fresh pico, and lettuce in fried corn or flour tortillas with chips and house salsa
- Sonoran Fries ($14) – Mountain of French fries with carne, pinto beans, pico, mustard and mayo, salsa verde, cilantro
- Sonoran Mini Corndogs ($12) – Mini corn dogs topped with pinto beans, bacon, mayo and mustard, pico, salsa verde, and cilantro with a side of fries
- Burrito ($12) – Pollo or carne asada, pinto beans, fresh avocado spread, pico and lettuce in a flour tortilla with chips and house salsa
Sandwiches (all served with a side of fries or breakfast potatoes)
- Classic Cheeseburger ($16) – Beef patty on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato, and onion. Choice of American, cheddar, white cheddar, pepper jack, or chorizo cheese sauce. Add bacon, turkey bacon, ham, or a fried egg for an extra $2 each
- BLT ($13) – Cracked pepper bacon or turkey bacon, lettuce, tomato, fig jam, and aioli on a baguette
- Spicy Chicken Sandwich ($16) – Spicy chicken breast drenched in a house hot sauce and between a toasted bun with pickles and aioli
- Avocado Toast ($15) – Housemade avocado spread, sautéed spinach, fresh arugula, and olive oil with a side of breakfast potatoes
Brunch Menu (all day on Sunday)
The Classics
- Traditional Breakfast ($13) – Choice of eggs, toast (sourdough, wheat, or English muffin), breakfast potatoes and bacon, sausage, ham, or turkey bacon
- Chicken & Waffles ($15) – Southern fried chicken cutlets, a waffle, syrup, honey butter with spicy table sauce
- Breakfast Burrito ($12) – Fresh tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, bell pepper, and cheddar with your choice of pollo asada, carne asada, sausage, bacon, or turkey bacon (add avocado or additional protein for $2 each)
- Avocado Toast ($15) – Grilled sourdough with avocado spread, sautéed spinach, fresh arugula, and olive oil with a side of potatoes
Street Fair Mini Pancakes
- Strawberries & Crème ($15) – Two scoops of Screamery Butter Cake ice cream, fresh sugared strawberries, whipped crème topped with vodka, and Fruity Pebbles (available to 21+)
- Nutella & Banana ($15) – Two scoops of Screamery Cowboy Cookie ice cream, fresh bananas, whipped crème, and drizzled with warm Nutella
French Toast
- Amaretto ($15) – Pumpkin spice French toast drizzled with cream cheese glaze, topped with whipped crème and amaretto (available to 21+)
- Rum Banana Brulée ($15) – House French toast topped with whipped crème, toasted pecans, candied bacon, and rum brulée bananas
- Berries & Crème ($15) – House French Toast topped with macerated berries and whipped crème
Eggs & Biscuits
- Eggs Benedict ($13) – English muffin with your choice of city ham, house sausage, or candied bacon with hollandaise, green chili, and cilantro with a side of breakfast potatoes
- Biscuits & Gravy ($10) – Two flaky biscuits topped with housemade sausage gravy or shiitake mushroom gravy (add bacon, turkey bacon, ham, or fried egg for $2 each)
- Rise & Shine ($15) – Flaky biscuit and fried egg with your choice of house-battered chicken breast, sausage, ham, bacon, or turkey bacon topped with housemade sausage gravy or shiitake mushroom gravy, both with a kick and side of potatoes
- Farmer John ($13) – Flaky biscuit, house-battered chicken breast, candied bacon, and cheddar topped with homemade apple butter and a side of potatoes
Then, what would be brunch without an arsenal of cocktails to get your day buzzin’? HighWire has your classic mimosas, flavored mimosas, a Cotton Candy Mimosa, and even a Mimosa Tower. The tower is $30 and you get a choice of four types of mimosas.
Check out their full list of brunch cocktails at highwiretucson.com.
Weekly & Monthly Specials
“We have added in our all-you-can-eat wings every second Wednesday of the month which will be accompanied by team trivia at 7 p.m.,” said Hardin.
To partake in all the chicken wings you can handle, it’s $29.99 a person and they’ll have multiple flavors like hot, mild, lemon pepper, teriyaki, and candy bacon. Be sure to get there early enough to power through as many wings as possible before Team Trivia.
We also have all-you-can-eat tacos on the first Tuesday of every month,” Hardin added, “that will be followed by Karaoke starting at 8 p.m. Then, we’ll be implementing our ‘Late Night Eats’ every Friday and Saturday from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. We will offer carnitas or pollo burritos.”
Hours of Operation
The downtown restaurant is currently open 6 p.m. – 1 a.m. on Monday – Wednesday, 6 p.m. – 2 a.m. on Thursday, 5 p.m. – 2 a.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. – 2 a.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. – midnight on Sunday.
Happy Hour is from the moment they open until 8 p.m. on Monday – Friday with half-off well cocktails, beer, and wine.
HighWire Tucson is located at 30 S. Arizona Ave. For more information about the event, follow HighWire on Facebook.
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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