One Pan Breakfast to Impress

Combining something as simple as pan-fried eggs and a few vegis is a great start to any day. This is one of my favorite methods for making breakfast because it uses one cutting board, a knife, and an 8″ non-stick pan. Intended to be quick, easy to clean up afterwards, and as important as anything… delicous….

Vina Vietnamese Street Food

Vina Vietnamese Street Food Vina Viernamese is Located off Oracle in the same parking lot as Home Depot. (everyone now knows it’s pronounced Fuh) But it is spelled Pho I ordered the “Vina Pho, a fresh spring roll, and a glass of ice tea. Here are my notes and by the way, I went back…

5 Points Market Restaurant

5 Points Market and Restaurant On the recommendation of our friend, Jen Eldred, whose taste for great food and inside knowledge regarding Tucson has led us to so many awesome Tucson restaurants, new and old alike, we all met over at 5 Points Market and Restaurant for an 11 a.m. brunch. By “we,” I mean…

Graze Premium Burgers Tucson AZ

Graze Premium Burgers. Do it. Edit: Update June 2019– this review originally appeared in 2015. Four years later and Graze Premium Burgers has proven they are still one of the best places in town and; have opened a couple more locations.  We eat there often. At the end of this article, I discussed a few…

Greek House

Greek House on Speedway

4.5 out of 5   Billing themselves as Authentic Greek Fast Food, this week’s review is about the Greek House, on Speedway Blvd here in Tucson, AZ. Beginning with opening day a few months ago, we’ve been three times now. During our most recent lunchtime visit, I grabbed the gyro sandwich combo with fries and…

Allure Tucson Eats Dinner

Allure when in San Diego

5 out of 5 stars — Everything was perfect.   With a name like Allure, you’d expect your dining experience to be the embodiment of all things delicious and sexy. And Executive Chef Melissa Magallon, of Allure in San Diego, delivers just that. Starting with the intimate bistro tables-for-two along San Diego’s 4th Avenue sidewalk,…

Tucson Eats Dinner at Sawmill

Sawmill Run Summer Haven

Sawmill Run Mt. Lemmon- Cooking with Altitude This is a last minute trip up Mt Lemmon which includes jumping on our Victory motorcycle and then ends with eating a great breakfast.   Met up with our new friend Shanna (Harley chick rider) at the base, gathered up Lisa Mae (rock climber and Mt. Lemmon guide extraordinaire),…

Mesa Grill Tucson Eats Dinner

Mesa Grill Las vegas

Tucson Eats Vegas, at Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill in Las Vegas Tucson Eats Dinner in Vegas- I know you can put this review to good use because the direct flights to Sin City are always packed. A few weeks ago we ate dinner in Las Vegas, at celeb/Iron Chef Bobby Flay’s Caesars Palace restaurant, Mesa…

Holy Mole

Vicki Gilbert Southern Mixologist FINALIST IN SLOW FOOD COMPETITION Vote here

Vicki Gilbert Southern Mixologist IS FINALIST IN SLOW FOOD COMPETITION  Tucson, Ariz adjacent– Slow Food Southern Arizona board member Vicki Gilbert has been named as one of 12 finalists in the 2014 Slow Food Speakeasy Ark of Taste Cocktail Competition.  The owner of Pizzeria Mimosa in Hereford, Arizona created her entry, the “Holy Mole” cocktail,  using “chiltepin,…

Aqui Con El Nene

Aqui Con El Nene

Aqui Con El Nene Update 2019: The original post was about a new location for El Nene which has since closed but the original locations remain and have expanded. They are still among the best of the best of Sonoran hotdogs. They have two locations: 4415 N. Flowing Wells RD North Side65 W. Valencia RD…