Neighbor Roy and I went to Proof for pizza one Friday afternoon. We entered St. Phillip’s Plaza from River Road on the north side of this shopping center and the place was right in front of us. As we entered the building, we could see that hardly anyone was there, … Continue reading
We occasionally invite people of discriminating taste to write a dining review. Richard & Wendy Buckley, our guests from Canada were planning on going out to Empire Pizza for lunch. We invited them to write a review. Here it is. Wendy and I had a hankering for a pizza and … Continue reading
The first year that we published Southern Arizona Guide, we posted the Top 3 Mexican Restaurants in Tucson. It has remained one of our most popular features. The next year, we posted the Top Ten Burgers In Tucson. That too has remained incredibly popular with our visitors & newsletter subscribers. … Continue reading
As is my custom, I usually take others with me when visiting a restaurant for the purpose of writing a dining review. The deal is we all have to order something different so we can get a broad spectrum of taste experiences. This tends to involve a certain amount of … Continue reading
Six of us ventured to mid-town to see if Grimaldi’s should be on our upcoming List of the 10 Best Pizzas In Tucson. Having read their website self-description, I was particularly interested in their oven. They claim that a “coal fired brick oven” gives their pizzas a “unique flavor and … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: 09/18/2016 Sadly, Pizzeria Bianco Tucson has closed. You will have to go to Phoenix now. I have known audiophiles. I have known Francophiles. And now, after reviewing 13 pizzerias for our Top 10 List, I know a few people who self-identify as “pizzaphiles”: those who love pizza. Apparently, … Continue reading
Neighbor Roy went with me to review Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizzeria on East Broadway for our upcoming List of the 10 Best Pizzas. Did it make the List? Indeed it did. There was only one problem. The dozen or so pizzeria at which we have dined for this list, we … Continue reading
Reilly’s Craft Pizza & Drinks is located on Pennington Street downtown in the old Reilly Funeral Home building across from one of our Top 3 Mexican Restaurants in Tucson. The owners did a fine job of transforming the funeral home into a contemporary pizzeria while preserving the best features of … Continue reading
According to the review of Los Olivos Pizzeria in the Arizona Daily Star August 14, 2014; [Los Olivos offers] … “some really excellent pizza variants with a serious streak of foodie flair. The writer continues. “This unbelievably cheap pie was incredible, period.” Aside from using the word “incredible” three times … Continue reading
September 2013 – Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink is a Downtown Tucson newbie. However, the 3-story brick building in which this establishment is now located is fairly old by Tucson standards. Built in 1906, this was the Reilly Funeral Home from 1908 to 1990. Reilly opened just recently, but I … Continue reading
