Havana Nights

Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails is highlighting the dishes of Havana through Sept. 2 as part of its “Downtowns Around the Globe” summer promotion. The menu features such Cubano-inspired dishes as cubano tomato gazpacho with crab, and spice-rubbed, guava-glazed pork belly. Specialty cocktails include mojitos and cubano coolers. The restaurant, at 135 S. Sixth Ave., also features happy hour specials from 4 to 6 p.m. daily. For more info, go to downtownkitchen.com.

Party Like It’s the 1980s

R.J’s Replays, 5769 E. Speedway Blvd., is holding a karaoke contest with a live band starting at 9 p.m. on Wednesdays. Local band 80’s and Gentlemen will back up patrons willing to showcase their singing talents (or lack thereof) for a chance at prizes. Customers and band members vote to determine the winner. R.J.’s has nightly drink specials, including $2.25 pints and $2 well drinks. Between your rendition of Summer Nights and Hotel California, try some of their chicken wings, tossed in house-made sauces.

Grillers Expanding to Brick and Mortar

The popular cheesesteak and burger truck, Serial Grillers, is expanding to a second location, this time one without wheels, located at 5737 E. Speedway Blvd. Somewhat similar to their existing food truck business, the new joint will be takeout and delivery only, but will offer a different menu than their mobile location, but thankfully keeps up the truck’s horror film naming conventions for their pizzas, cold deli subs, calzones, paninis and salads. More info can be found on the new location’s Facebook page (facebook.com/serialgrillerstakeout).

Have a Shot of Kurij

Tucson native Alex Deo and two other local residents (one of them a dentist) have launched a new soda named Kurij (pronounced “courage”). It is a tooth-friendly, gluten-free, vegan, low-calorie soda that doesn’t taste like a diet drink. It also makes for a great mixer that they have aptly dubbed “Liquid Kurij.” You can find their product at MaFooCo food trucks, Borderlands Brewing and kurij.com. The owners are hoping to have their products in natural food stores and grocery stores soon.

This article appears in Aug 8-14, 2013.

9 replies on “Noshing Around”

  1. There was a hamburger trailer parked downtown along pennington
    then the owners opened a fixed location nearby. Can’t recall their name
    and are they still open?

  2. Eat-A-Burger. Not sure if they are still open or not. Yelp says its closed, but their phone number is still in service.

  3. Thanks Burnie. I drove around the downtown area Saturday morning and did not spot any location for these people. Hopefully, they are still open as I did like their burgers,. Cannot believe the convoluted mess the idiots running this city have created downtown. Its no wonder businesses have closed and God forbid the dysfunctional politicians would do something that makes sense by enforcing the delay penalties with the streetcar manufacturer and using some of that money to help out the merchants. By the way, just received email from Eat a Burger that yes, they are open.

  4. In looking at Yelp, its clear that they were probably referring to the Truck
    being closed, not the “brick and mortar” location!

  5. you turned this into a diatribe about downtown and the street car? Do us a favor – stay away from downtown.

    Second, Google Tucson Food Trucks and you can find where the trucks are most of the time.

  6. rconnelly so you do not like my suggestion that the politicians do the right thing in helping area restaurants! Thats your problem, mind your own business!

  7. rconnelly Mind your own business. My post had nothing to do with you though I have noticed that many of your posts are quite mean spirited. I guess my suggestion that street car money be used to help struggling business’s is something you find distasteful. Have no idea what you are talking about in mentioning food trucks. Can’t read?

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