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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.
The awards 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
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Chiles rellenos
“Their menu features refined elevated Central Mexican cuisine, including the chiles rellenos.”
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Tuétano
“The Tuétano highlights roasted bone marrow with epazote chimichurri and flour tortillas.”
Tucson Foodie -
Rajas y papas
“the Rajas y Papas (queso, chipotle crema, avocado crema, green onion)”
Tucson Foodie -
Guajolote
“the Guajolote (turkey, red cabbage, and chipotle crema).”
Tucson Foodie
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