Food-drink

Food truck roundup coming to Desert Diamond Casino in Sahuarita

Arizona Daily Star

Desert Diamond Casino in Sahuarita will host a food truck roundup on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 6 t0 10 p.m.

Ditch the pumpkin spice and try these creative, cozy fall flavors in Tucson

Jamie Donnelly

If you’re craving the cozy, comforting flavors of fall but have a strict no pumpkin spice rule, below are some local places that are bringing something new and delicious to the table.

Tucson's Lemongrass food truck combines Nepalese curry and Native frybread

Jamie Donnelly

Back in 2020, Allen Salway walked into Lemongrass for the first time.

Arizona's oldest bar is still serving drinks 149 years later

Paige Moore Arizona Republic

PRESCOTT — As a premier location for outlaws and cowboys, Arizona's oldest bar has a story to be told and a drink to be had.

$25 Challenge: Time Market has tasty affordable bites, including slices under $5

Jamie Donnelly

Picture this: you’ve been running around all day, doing household chores, attending multiple lectures or dodging the stressful construction around town, making your errand trip expand from 30 minutes to a whole hour.

This is Date Night: Sonoran Restaurant Week on a budget

Isabella Barrón Arizona Daily Star

For Tucsonans, September brings a few things to look forward to: slightly cooler evenings (emphasis on slightly), the promise of spooky season around the corner and, perhaps most importantly, Sonoran Restaurant Week.

Inaugural Michelin SW guide snubs Tucson restaurants

Cathalena E. Burch

For Star subscribers: Tucson is nowhere to be found in the inaugural Michelin Guide Southwest. In fact, In fact, only one of the 19 Arizona restaurants that made the cut is from outside of Scottsdale and Phoenix.

Arizona's best tiki bars: Where to sip mai tais and zombies

Shake. Clink. Pour. The ice rattles, the rum flows and, before you know it, you're sipping a tropical cocktail beneath bamboo ceilings, glowing lanterns and carved tiki statues.

Tucson tortilleria is now home to Chihuahuan restaurant

A restaurant power couple from Phoenix with a trio of James Beard Award nominations and a half-dozen restaurants is making inroads in Tucson this week, opening what could be the city’s first Chihuahuan-style Mexican food restaurant and tortilleria.

New Tucson breakfast menus include a Nacho Libre-inspired one

1989 Bake House’s new specialty menu in August gives you all the eagle powers and nutrients you need to take down any luchador.

Tucson chefs to turn desert’s bounty into special dinner

Some of Tucson’s most celebrated chefs, including a 2026 James Beard Award semifinalist, a two-time Tucson Iron Chef and chef ambassadors with the Tucson City of Gastronomy, will turn to the desert as their pantry for the second annual Desert Magic at Tohono Chul Park on Aug. 29.