Home to the sprawling University of Arizona campus, modern-day Tucson is a major city that has all of the accompanying amenities. The city was recently named a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, making it a serious foodie destination.
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In 2017, Tucson, Arizona became the first UNESCO City of Gastronomy in the United States, and it’s not hard to see why. With an agricultural history that goes back more than 4,000 years, it’s the longest known cultivated area in North America, which lends to its incredible southwestern and Mexican cuisine influences.
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Sonoran hot dog: There are a lot of foods worth traveling for in Tucson – the food capital of Arizona is America’s first UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.
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In November, the mouthful that is UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) selected San Antonio, Texas, as a Creative City of Gastronomy. It’s one of only two cities in the USA with such gastronomic status: Tucson, Ariz., made the list in 2015.
If you’re asking yourself “what’s so tasty about the desert,” you’re asking the wrong question.
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In just a few days, I’ve met several of the city’s food and beverage entrepreneurs, all with Tucson roots, who are collaboratively building into a budding gastronomy destination distinguished by local flavors from prickly pear and mesquite to red and green chilis.
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