Guidebook for Tucson

Kathy
Guidebook for Tucson

Food Scene

This cafe is just a few blocks from our home. The food is great and inexpensive. The hashbrowns are the best I've ever had and the trashcan omelet is exceptional!
Jethro's Little Cafe
8735 East Broadway Boulevard
This cafe is just a few blocks from our home. The food is great and inexpensive. The hashbrowns are the best I've ever had and the trashcan omelet is exceptional!
This restaurant offers exceptional grilled meats. It is just a couple of blocks from our home. You can sit outside and enjoy the wonderful Tucson weather! Our favorite is the sampler platter!
The Horseshoe Grill
7713 East Broadway Boulevard
This restaurant offers exceptional grilled meats. It is just a couple of blocks from our home. You can sit outside and enjoy the wonderful Tucson weather! Our favorite is the sampler platter!
This restaurant has a great atmosphere, bar, and some unusual dishes. I like the cashew chicken sandwich. They also have wonderful desserts! It is located close to the zoo, a mall and a movie theater.
Claim Jumper Restaurants
3761 E Broadway Blvd
This restaurant has a great atmosphere, bar, and some unusual dishes. I like the cashew chicken sandwich. They also have wonderful desserts! It is located close to the zoo, a mall and a movie theater.
This restaurant has a 50's atmosphere with a live DJ. The food is good and inexpensive. It is next door to The Gaslight Theater...our favorite entertainment in Tucson.
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Little Anthony's Diner
7010 E Broadway Blvd
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This restaurant has a 50's atmosphere with a live DJ. The food is good and inexpensive. It is next door to The Gaslight Theater...our favorite entertainment in Tucson.
This restaurant offers "home on the range" food. If you wear a tie, they will make a big production out of cutting it off because no ties are allowed! They hang the cut-off ties from the rafters and there are hundreds of them. There is also a Old West town with shops, carnival rides for children and a live gun fight show.
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Pinnacle Peak
6541 E Tanque Verde Rd
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This restaurant offers "home on the range" food. If you wear a tie, they will make a big production out of cutting it off because no ties are allowed! They hang the cut-off ties from the rafters and there are hundreds of them. There is also a Old West town with shops, carnival rides for children and a live gun fight show.
This Mexican restaurant is just a few miles from our home. The food is excellent! There is a backyard patio with wonderful ambiance. A waiter prepares salsa according to your specifications at your table at the beginning of the meal.
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Guadalajara Mexican Grill
4901 East Broadway Boulevard
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This Mexican restaurant is just a few miles from our home. The food is excellent! There is a backyard patio with wonderful ambiance. A waiter prepares salsa according to your specifications at your table at the beginning of the meal.
Eegee's is a true Arizonan experience! They are famous for frozen fruit drinks that hit the spot when you are hot. They also offer sandwiches and salads. Eegee's are all over town, but there is one located 1/2 mile from our home.
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eegee's
7102 E Broadway Blvd
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Eegee's is a true Arizonan experience! They are famous for frozen fruit drinks that hit the spot when you are hot. They also offer sandwiches and salads. Eegee's are all over town, but there is one located 1/2 mile from our home.
You can walk to the Dairy Queen (or Baskins Robbins) from our home. They only offer a wide variety of ice cream. There are no sandwiches.
Dairy Queen
100 South Sarnoff Drive
You can walk to the Dairy Queen (or Baskins Robbins) from our home. They only offer a wide variety of ice cream. There are no sandwiches.
This wonderful bakery is located 1.4 miles from our home next to Sprouts. They offer french pastry as well as many different types of fresh breads and sweets.
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La Baguette Parisienne
7851 E Broadway Blvd
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This wonderful bakery is located 1.4 miles from our home next to Sprouts. They offer french pastry as well as many different types of fresh breads and sweets.
There are two Starbucks within walking distance of our home.
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Starbucks
3025 E Speedway Blvd
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There are two Starbucks within walking distance of our home.
If you like BBQ, this is a wonderful place to eat. It is our new favorite because the meats are so tasty! Note: this place is NOT open on Sunday or Monday.
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Holy Smokin Butts BBQ
6940 E Broadway Blvd
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If you like BBQ, this is a wonderful place to eat. It is our new favorite because the meats are so tasty! Note: this place is NOT open on Sunday or Monday.
This restaurant is located near the zoo and also El Con Shopping Mall. The food is delicious and the service is great!
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Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
3455 E Broadway Blvd
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This restaurant is located near the zoo and also El Con Shopping Mall. The food is delicious and the service is great!

Entertainment & Activities

The Gaslight Theater is our favorite entertainment. It features daily shows with dancing and drama. It is one of the few places where you can go and laugh all night! They also offer food such as pizza, sandwiches, alcoholic beverages and free popcorn!
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Gaslight Theatre
7010 E Broadway Blvd
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The Gaslight Theater is our favorite entertainment. It features daily shows with dancing and drama. It is one of the few places where you can go and laugh all night! They also offer food such as pizza, sandwiches, alcoholic beverages and free popcorn!
This is a wonderful place to take your family. They have a great miniature golf course, go-karts, bumper boats, laser tag, and arcade games. This is next to Pinnacle Peak, so you can have a great dinner experience next door after playing all day at Golf N' Stuff.
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Golf N' Stuff
6503 E Tanque Verde Rd
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This is a wonderful place to take your family. They have a great miniature golf course, go-karts, bumper boats, laser tag, and arcade games. This is next to Pinnacle Peak, so you can have a great dinner experience next door after playing all day at Golf N' Stuff.
Plan to spend at least half a day at the Sonora Desert Museum. There are so many desert animals to see in "their natural" habitat. Our favorites are the javalinas and the underground cave. It takes close to an hour to get there as you wind your way through the mountain with spectacular views.
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N Kinney Rd
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Plan to spend at least half a day at the Sonora Desert Museum. There are so many desert animals to see in "their natural" habitat. Our favorites are the javalinas and the underground cave. It takes close to an hour to get there as you wind your way through the mountain with spectacular views.
If you love the Old West, you'll love Old Tucson! Many westerns were actually filmed at this location and there is a wonderful tour that gives you a lot of "behind the scenes" information about those movies. There are also a couple of shows and various rides to enjoy in this old western town.
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Old Tucson
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If you love the Old West, you'll love Old Tucson! Many westerns were actually filmed at this location and there is a wonderful tour that gives you a lot of "behind the scenes" information about those movies. There are also a couple of shows and various rides to enjoy in this old western town.
We love this museum! The displays are professional and many of them are interactive. This is a wonderful place to see all kinds of animals displayed in unusual ways and learn a lot of new information about wildlife.
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Mezinárodní muzeum přírody
Boulevard
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We love this museum! The displays are professional and many of them are interactive. This is a wonderful place to see all kinds of animals displayed in unusual ways and learn a lot of new information about wildlife.
This park is home to the Reid Park Zoo. The Zoo is very interesting and "well done". You can ride the camels and feed the giraffes. The park also includes a golf range, many playgrounds, beautiful flowers and a lake filled with ducks. Its a great place to picnic!
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Reid Park
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This park is home to the Reid Park Zoo. The Zoo is very interesting and "well done". You can ride the camels and feed the giraffes. The park also includes a golf range, many playgrounds, beautiful flowers and a lake filled with ducks. Its a great place to picnic!
This mall is just a few miles from our house. It has a food court, movie theater, restaurants and a variety of stores.
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Park Place
5870 E Broadway Blvd
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This mall is just a few miles from our house. It has a food court, movie theater, restaurants and a variety of stores.

Parks & Nature

Sabino Canyon is close to our home. It is a wonderful place to hike in the desert. There use to be a wonderful tram you could ride, but it is not operating at the current time.
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Rekreační oblast Sabino Canyon
5700 North Sabino Canyon Road
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Sabino Canyon is close to our home. It is a wonderful place to hike in the desert. There use to be a wonderful tram you could ride, but it is not operating at the current time.
You can drive to the top of Mt. Lemmon in just an hour from our home. Along the way, there are many places you can stop and enjoy exceptional mountain views and/or picnic in the middle of the forest. At the top there is a little town where you can shop, eat at The Cookie Cabin and enjoy a sky ride in the summer or ski in the winter. We love the sky ride! It is SO relaxing and beautiful.
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Mount Lemmon
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You can drive to the top of Mt. Lemmon in just an hour from our home. Along the way, there are many places you can stop and enjoy exceptional mountain views and/or picnic in the middle of the forest. At the top there is a little town where you can shop, eat at The Cookie Cabin and enjoy a sky ride in the summer or ski in the winter. We love the sky ride! It is SO relaxing and beautiful.
This park is in two sections on either side of the city. The park is named for the large saguaro cactus, native to its desert environment. In the eastern Rincon Mountain District, which is near our house, the Cactus Forest Drive is a loop road with a striking view of the desert landscape. This park offers scenic views, hiking trails and picnic areas.
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Národní park Saguaro
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This park is in two sections on either side of the city. The park is named for the large saguaro cactus, native to its desert environment. In the eastern Rincon Mountain District, which is near our house, the Cactus Forest Drive is a loop road with a striking view of the desert landscape. This park offers scenic views, hiking trails and picnic areas.

Essentials

This grocery store is owned by Kroger and is only 1.4 miles from our home. You will also find a gas station in the parking area, as well as Burger King and Starbucks.
Fry's Pharmacy
7812 E Speedway Blvd
This grocery store is owned by Kroger and is only 1.4 miles from our home. You will also find a gas station in the parking area, as well as Burger King and Starbucks.
Sprouts is a natural and organic grocery store. It is located 1.4 miles from our home. Next door is a wonderful bakery that offers french pastry.
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Sprouts Farmers Market
4645 E Speedway Blvd
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Sprouts is a natural and organic grocery store. It is located 1.4 miles from our home. Next door is a wonderful bakery that offers french pastry.
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Walmart Supercenter
3435 E Broadway Blvd
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Sightseeing

This state park features a show cave with 2.4 miles of passages. There is a movie, displays, gift shop and areas for picnicing. This is well worth the one hour drive from our home.
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Kartchner Caverns State Park
2980 AZ-90
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This state park features a show cave with 2.4 miles of passages. There is a movie, displays, gift shop and areas for picnicing. This is well worth the one hour drive from our home.
The Kitt Peak National Observatory is a USA astronomical observatory located about 1 1/2 hours from our home. It has an extensive collection of telescopes and is well worth the drive.
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Kitt Peak National Observatory
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The Kitt Peak National Observatory is a USA astronomical observatory located about 1 1/2 hours from our home. It has an extensive collection of telescopes and is well worth the drive.
This famous town is located 1 1/2 hours from our home . It is known for its Wild West history.
Tombstone, Arizona
This famous town is located 1 1/2 hours from our home . It is known for its Wild West history.