Plan your visit
Three ways to eat the week
A hundred restaurants is a list. These are plans: a neighborhood, an order to go in, and somewhere to sleep at the end of it. Every restaurant named here is participating this year, and every name links to its menu.
Sample itineraries, not bookings. Reserve directly with each restaurant. Restaurant Week fills up.
A weekend downtown
Everything on this plan is inside a few walkable blocks, so you can park once on Friday and not think about the car again until Sunday.
Arrive early
Sonoran Restaurant Week Kickoff Party
The kickoff party lands before the week opens, so a Sunday arrival buys you a whole extra night of it.
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Friday, dinner
St. Cruz at the Leo KentAmerican · Downtown
Start in the hotel dining room rather than out at it. It sets the weekend up as a stay rather than a night out.
$45
Saturday, morning
Yellow Brick CoffeeBreakfast · Downtown +1
Coffee first, roasted in town, a short walk from anywhere downtown you slept.
$15
Saturday, lunch
Barrio Brewing Co.Sonoran Inspired Pub Fare · Downtown
A long lunch in a warehouse district brewery, which is the correct pace for the middle of a hot day.
$25
Saturday, dinner
PencaCentral Mexican · Downtown
Central Mexican cooking that is the reason a lot of people book the trip in the first place. Reserve this one early.
Sunday, brunch
Cafe a la C'ArtAmerican · Downtown
Brunch in the museum courtyard, then walk it off in the galleries next door before you drive home.
Swap in
- The Coronet: Trade Saturday dinner for a quieter room and a wine list.
- Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink: Pizza in a former funeral home, with a basement bar under it. Good for a group.
Where to stay
- Hotel Congress
The oldest room in town and the loudest, right on the streetcar line. Book away from the bar side if you plan to sleep.
- The Leo Kent Hotel
Newly restored, quiet, and the shortest possible walk to Friday dinner: it is downstairs.
St. Cruz at the Leo Kent is on the Restaurant Week roster too
- The Downtown Clifton
Small, mid century, with a courtyard pool. A short walk south of the restaurants.
Hotels are our own suggestions, picked for being close to the food. They are not Restaurant Week partners and we earn nothing if you book.
Date night in the Foothills
Three stops up against the Catalinas, ordered so the sun goes down while you are somewhere with a view of it.
Early evening, drinks
Contigo Latin KitchenLatin · Foothills
Start with cocktails and something small on the patio, before the light goes.
Dinner
Flying VSouthwestern Steakhouse · Foothills
The southwestern steakhouse inside the resort, and the reason to be up here at all after dark.
$55
Late, one more
Terraza Garden Patio & Lounge | Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch ResortAmerican Cusine · Foothills
Finish on a garden patio at a 1929 guest ranch. Order dessert outside.
Swap in
- Pin + Flour Eatery: A lighter, lower priced dinner if the resort menu is more evening than you want.
- Blanco Cocina + Cantina: Modern Mexican on Skyline, easy to get a table at midweek.
Where to stay
- Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
Built into the canyon wall, with the waterfall trail starting behind it.
- The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa
The big golf and spa property on the ridge, with the widest city view of the three.
- Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort
A 1929 guest ranch turned small resort. The most Tucson thing on this list.
Hotels are our own suggestions, picked for being close to the food. They are not Restaurant Week partners and we earn nothing if you book.
An east side crawl
A grazing day out toward the Rincons, built for a group that will not agree on one restaurant. Short drives, big portions, nothing that needs a jacket.
Morning
Young Donuts by Rise'n Shine Donuts and MoreDonuts · Eastside
Start with a box of donuts for the car. This is a crawl, so plan to share everything.
Midday
Provisioner take-and-goSonoran Dogs
Sonoran dogs and burgers to take out, best eaten at a picnic table somewhere with a view.
Late afternoon
The Barnyard Crafthouse & Eaterysonoran · Tanque Verde & Sabino
Pull in for the prix fixe and a beer while the day cools off.
$35
Dinner
Tandem American EateryAmerican · Tanque Verde & Sabino
Finish somewhere with real menus at two price points, so nobody has to order the same size meal.
$25$45
Swap in
- The Cork: Steaks and seafood if the group wants one proper sit down dinner instead of four stops.
- Tanque Verde Ranch: Ranch cooking at the guest ranch, which is also on this itinerary as a place to stay.
Where to stay
- Tanque Verde Ranch
A working guest ranch with horses, on the edge of Saguaro National Park. Rates usually include meals, so check before you plan every dinner out.
- Lodge on the Desert
Closer in toward midtown, with casitas around a courtyard. A shorter drive back after dinner.
- Hilton Tucson East
The straightforward option near Broadway and Wilmot, in the middle of everything on this plan.
Hotels are our own suggestions, picked for being close to the food. They are not Restaurant Week partners and we earn nothing if you book.
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