After 10 years of serving up seafood to Tucsonans, Bluefin Seafood Bistro is calling it quits at Casa Adobes Plaza. However, if you need to get one last taste from the oyster bar or some more of that Bluefin bouillabaisse, there is some more time to do so.
The seafood-centric spot will be serving their last crab cake on Sunday, May 24. According to a statement from owners Jeff Azersky and Jim Murphy, their lease was under re-negotiation and they could not “come to an equitable deal” with the center’s new owners.
“Thanks to our many loyal regular guests for dining with us. It always amazes us how many familiar faces we constantly see at our restaurants,” the statement said. “This is the true testament to our work.”
Bluefin will be moving forward and serving a new spring menu soon, despite the imminent close of the location entirely. Fans of Azersky and Murphy’s take on fresh seafood can still get a taste at Kingfisher Bar & Grill after May 24 and onward.
This article appears in Mar 5-11, 2015.
Thumbs down to the new owners of Casas Adobe Plaza.
The new owners better not bank too heavily on the new traffic brought in by Whole Foods. That’s going to even off and long-lasting restaurants like Bluefin and Wildflower are what keep people like me shopping there. If we go to dinner at Bluefin, I inevitably want to go to Frost afterward, and we window shop in the stores. If I’m only there for Whole Foods I’ll never venture past its edifice.
Fukushima radiation has destroyed west coast seafood although I’m sure this would never be admitted but folks out there are figuring it out…A real shame about Bluefin though…
Great spot. Will miss it. Maybe they’ll start a place there called, “The Bull Ring.”
So sad to see Blue Fin go
It was one of our all-time favorites