Mi Nidito ★ 4.5
Mi Nidito on South 4th Avenue in Tucson runs the same family kitchen since 1952; the President's Platter recalls Bill Clinton's 1999 dinner stop.
Signature: President's Platter, Chile relleno
El Charro Cafe is a mexican restaurant in El Presidio, Tucson.
El Charro Cafe on Court Avenue in Tucson is the United States' oldest family-run Mexican restaurant (1922), and the claimed birthplace of the chimichanga.
Signature dishes: Chimichanga, Carne seca
Address: 311 N Court Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701
Mi Nidito on South 4th Avenue in Tucson runs the same family kitchen since 1952; the President's Platter recalls Bill Clinton's 1999 dinner stop.
Signature: President's Platter, Chile relleno
BOCA Tacos y Tequila on North 4th Avenue is chef Maria Mazon's modern Mexican room, a Top Chef finalist, with 26 tacos and 40-plus tequilas in Tucson.
Signature: Carne asada taco, Salsa flight
Cup Cafe inside Hotel Congress on East Congress in Tucson is the downtown all-day diner-bistro since 1990, set in the historic 1919 hotel lobby.
Signature: Eggs Benedict, Lamb burger
Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink on East Pennington in Tucson runs wood-fired pies, house pasta and an underground cocktail club in a historic mortuary.
Signature: Wood-fired pizza, House pasta
5 Points Market and Restaurant on South Stone in Tucson runs scratch-made brunch, lunch and dinner from a historic brick warehouse since 2014.
Signature: Brunch hash, Farm-egg sandwich
El Minuto Cafe on South Main in Tucson's Barrio Viejo has run the Mexican-American menu since 1936, famous for oversized cheese crisps and topopo salads.
Signature: Cheese crisp, Topopo salad