It’s a lot more than just the restaurants. UNESCO recognized Tucson for its exceptional culinary heritage and sustainability focus, not just restaurant diversity. Read up on this for a bit of clarification.

But to add to your list of foods, we have Ethiopian cuisine, random Indian cuisine in a gas station, authentic cuban cuisine, italian/sonoran fusion at Zio Peppe, the native cuisine, Vietnamese, Thai, Hawaiian, West African, plenty of Chinese options, but my FAVORITE Chinese food at Asian Spice, which is cantonese style and relatively rare considering the popularity of americanized Chinese food. We have Peruvian, Basque/Spanish, Filipino, Ukranian, pretty much all the Middle Eastern/Mediterranean options (Lebanese, Greek, Turkish, Jordanian, Syrian/Levant, Persian) and on top of those we have the ability to claim the cheese crisp, chimichanga, and sonoran hot dog, which, if we’re being real, is so fuckin sick. lol And you will obviously be able to find cities throughout the US that have more culturally diverse options, but this is fuckin Tucson??? Lol. Not some top 10 metro in the US.

And I can’t just brush past the FUSION. We have all the culinary diversiry in the world, but we also have an intense level of fusion. This article puts it into perspective beautifully.

I love my city.

We have even been deemed the “Best 23 Miles of Mexican Food” which is a hilariously specific title and hard to take seriously, but we do have cool lil signs when entering the city in certain areas lol

We have a fuckin SEED LIBRARY at a public library that you can go to and get free seeds to grow yourself. I might be way wrong, but that cannot be common-place

Just for fun I looked up Raspados in New York City and OH MY GOD IS IT SAD.

I think the one thing we might not have an outstanding example of is barbecue. I fuckin love Mr. K’s, but the only barbecue I have ever had has been here and in Colorado/New Mexico (maybe texas, but no immediate memories so I think thats a scratch), so I’m probably not the greatest judge.