A new restaurant called Big Juan’s is opening two locations in Tucson. The first location opens Saturday, April 21, at 4532 E. Speedway Blvd. A press release says a second location is planned for 4470 N. First Ave.
The restaurants are being opened by a company owned by John Schwimmer, the guy behind the Filiberto’s restaurants that started in Phoenix and spread into Tucson, California and New Mexico.
From the press release:
“Launching Big Juan’s in Tucson first was an obvious choice for me as my family has roots and history in Tucson,” said John Schwimmer, co-founder of Big Juan’s tacos y burros and CEO of Catalina Compadres. “Tucson is where I opened my first restaurant years ago, it’s where my son was born and went to college, and it’s a city that I truly enjoy. What we have created in Big Juan’s is a style of Mexican food and service that doesn’t currently exist in the Tucson marketplace. All of our recipes use fresh ingredients and are made from scratch continually throughout the day, just as if it was prepared in the customer’s own kitchen.”
This article appears in Mar 15-21, 2012.
Oh boy, another Mexican restaurant in Tucson.
Wow! Word has it that this will be the best Mexican Restaurant in Tucson. I will definately be there for their big grand opening celebration on 4/21/2012 around 11 AM. Let me see what you’ve got Big Juan.
I just got a carne asada burrito from the Speedway location. Since it’s only been open for two weeks, I was hoping they’d still try hard to impress their customers. They didn’t. The flavor is adequate and they were generous with the guacamole, but it was served on the cool side of room-temperature and was heavy on the grease. Also, the salsa bar sucks – the few options available were only slightly different from one another, and one was labeled “salsa rojo.” If you’re opening up a Mexican joint in Tucson, please mind the grammar. The pickled carrots – though packing a decent bit of heat – had been soaking in too much oregano. The ambiance was only a baby step above a 1980s McDonalds. If your curiosity gets the better of you and you end up at Big Juan’s, brace yourself for a big disappointment.