Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Tucson for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Tucson for grown-ups.
The Owls Club on South Scott in downtown Tucson is a Food and Wine Top 10 US Bars 2026 cocktail room set inside a former funeral home in the Armory Park area.
Signature drink: Whiskey-forward house cocktails
Food: Snacks and small plates
Hotel Congress Tap Room on East Congress in Tucson opened with the hotel in 1919, one of the oldest continuously operating bars in Arizona, open until 2 a.m.
Signature drink: Tap Room house old fashioned
Food: Cup Cafe shared menu
Club Congress on East Congress in Tucson is the live-music venue and late bar attached to Hotel Congress (since 1985), with rotating local and touring acts.
Signature drink: Local craft tap pours and house highballs
Food: Snacks and Cup Cafe access
Tap and Bottle on North 6th in Tucson is the downtown craft beer bar and bottle shop (since 2013) with 40-plus rotating taps, food trucks and trivia nights.
Signature drink: 40+ rotating craft beer taps
Food: Food trucks and snack menu
Reilly Underground on East Pennington in downtown Tucson is the basement cocktail club beneath the pizzeria, with Italian-leaning drinks nightly.
Signature drink: Italian-inspired cocktails and house amari
Food: Pizza and salumi from upstairs
Pueblo Vida on East Broadway in Tucson is the downtown brewpub with house IPAs, sours and lagers, a long industrial bar and a busy patio nightly.
Signature drink: House IPA and sour beers on draft
Food: Snacks and pop-up food trucks
Crooked Tooth on East 6th in Tucson is the Fourth Avenue district brewery and taproom, with house saisons, hazy IPAs and a small front patio.
Signature drink: House saisons, hazy IPAs
Food: Rotating food trucks
BOCA's bar on North 4th Avenue in Tucson is Maria Mazon's 40-tequila program, with mezcal flights, Mexican wine and a counter that runs late.
Signature drink: Casa Dragones Joven sipping tequila
Food: Tacos and Mexican small plates
Penca's bar on East Broadway in downtown Tucson is the Mexico City mezcal counter with agave flights, sipping mezcal and a Mexican wine list.
Signature drink: Mezcal flight, agave-forward cocktails
Food: Mexico City small plates
Dragoon on West Grant Road in Tucson is the industrial-park brewery and taproom (since 2012), with the house Dragoon IPA and craft pints on a long bar.
Signature drink: Dragoon IPA and house lager
Food: Snacks and rotating food trucks
Borderlands on East 6th in Tucson is the Sam Hughes neighborhood taproom for the Sonoran-themed brewery, with house pints and a quiet patio off the bike path.
Signature drink: House Sonoran-style lagers and IPAs
Food: Snacks and food trucks
Barrio Brewing on East 16th Street in Tucson is Arizona's oldest craft brewery (1991), employee-owned, with the Barrio Blonde, Tucson IPA and a full pub menu.
Signature drink: Barrio Blonde and Tucson IPA
Food: Pub menu, burgers, pizza