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Penca
Central Mexican
Exposed brick and vintage touches give this downtown Tucson restaurant a warm, slightly polished feel, the kind of room that works for a date or a slow weekday lunch with too much mezcal. The menu leans into Central Mexican cooking, where the chiles rellenos have earned a following of their own and roasted bone marrow arrives with epazote chimichurri and flour tortillas. A sidewalk patio handles the evenings when the desert air cooperates.
Three honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Tucson Foodie The Ultimate Tucson Restaurant Bucket List
- Tucson Foodie Where I Eat in Tucson
- Phoenix Magazine Chiles Rellenos · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
One number, weighted & current 73
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Chiles rellenos Tucson Foodie
- Tuétano Tucson Foodie
- Rajas y papas Tucson Foodie
- Guajolote Tucson Foodie
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