Cocina Sonorense, Tucson, AZ

Guac made at your table.

Avocados crushed in a volcanic-stone molcajete while you watch, carne asada over mesquite, and our grandmother's mole negro.

$14tableside
guacamole

La carta

Tortillas pressed to order from heirloom corn ground in-house. Flour tortillas the size of a hubcap, the Sonoran way.

Para empezar to start

Guacamole de molcajete14

Made at your table. Tell us how hot.

Queso fundido13

Melted Chihuahua cheese, chorizo, flour tortillas.

Sopa de tortilla9

Tomato-chile broth, crisp strips, avocado, crema.

Platos fuertes mains

Mole negro26

Half chicken in 30-ingredient mole, sesame, rice, tortillas.

Carne asada29

Mesquite-grilled skirt steak, charro beans, grilled onion.

Chile relleno21

Roasted poblano, Oaxaca cheese, light egg batter, ranchero sauce.

Camarones a la diabla HOT27

Gulf shrimp in chile de árbol sauce.

Para terminar to finish

Flan de cajeta9

Goat-milk caramel custard.

Churros8

Cinnamon sugar, Mexican chocolate for dipping.

Horchata5

Rice, canela, vanilla. Free refills.

Café de olla4

Clay-pot coffee, piloncillo, cinnamon.

The mole negro

Thirty ingredients. Three days. One pot.

Abuela Rosario's recipe starts on Monday with toasting four kinds of dried chiles and ends on Wednesday with a pot as black as coffee. We make 40 quarts a week and it's gone by Sunday.

4dried chiles
3days to make
40quarts a week
01Chilhuacle negro
02Mexican chocolate
03Toasted sesame
04Plantain
05Charred tomato
06Pasilla chile
07Canela
08Avocado leaf
Domingos, 10 am – 2 pm

Sunday brunch, Sonoran style.

Big plates, bottomless café de olla and a mariachi trio at noon.

  • Chilaquiles rojos con huevo15
  • Machaca con huevo & flour tortillas16
  • Pan dulce basket8
  • Michelada or agua fresca7
See the brunch menu
Reserve

Save us a table.

Patio or dining room, parties up to 12. Bigger groups, call Lupe.

On Fourth Avenue, under the red door.

Hours

Tue – Thu4 – 9 pm
Fri – Sat4 – 10 pm
Sunday10 am – 8 pm
MondayClosed

Find us

612 S Fourth Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 555-0176

The streetcar stops a block away. Patio is shaded and dog-friendly.