Tucson, Arizona, in Pima County, is approximately 113 miles southeast of Phoenix and is home to the University of Arizona, one of the largest four-year post-secondary institutions in the state. Tucson offers numerous dining options for students and for tourists who come to view attractions such as the Pima Air and Space Museum. For lunch and dinner, Tucson delis serve sandwiches, salads and other specialties.
Bison Witches Bar & Deli is a favorite of University of Arizona students. The deli menu includes 22 specialty sandwiches, including the Tucson, which consists of smoked turkey, bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, cheddar cheese and Parmesan-peppercorn dressing. Other featured sandwiches include grilled peanut butter and jelly, ham and cheese, pastrami, albacore tuna salad and corned beef. The rye bread is a specialty of the house and is made on the premises daily. Salads and soups in bread bowls are also featured. The restaurant's bar has eight beers on tap and has more than 65 bottled beer selections. Bison Witches Bar & Deli serves lunch and dinner daily and is open late every evening.
Bison Witches Bar & Deli
326 N. 4th Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
520-740-1541
bisonwitches.com
Shlomo & Vito's New York Delicatessen is owned by two Brooklyn natives who decided to bring a classic New York deli to the Tucson area. The restaurant's dinner menu features classic Italian and Jewish fare, including platters of Italian meats and cheeses and smoked fish such as nova salmon, creamy herring and sturgeon. For lunch, the restaurant serves potato and meat knishes and a variety of sandwiches, including pastrami, beef brisket, hot dogs, Reubens and Italian hoagies. The restaurant also offers its breakfast menu all day long, featuring stuffed French toast, cheese blintzes, corned beef hash and lox on a bagel. Shlomo & Vito's New York Delicatessen serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.
Shlomo & Vito's New York Delicatessen
2870 East Skyline Drive
Tucson, AZ 85718
520-529-3354
shlomoandvitos.com
Established in 1999, the European Market & Deli is a Greek and Russian restaurant established by a Ukrainian family that immigrated to the area during the late 1980s. Among the featured sandwiches are smoked salmon lox, smoked kielbasa, and the Russian, topped with red caviar and butter. Greek menu items include gyros, stuffed grape leaves and spanakopita, a spinach pie with cucumber tzatziki sauce. Russian borscht, cabbage rolls and pelmeni Russian ravioli in sour cream are also available. The restaurant carries more than 90 types of European beer. The European Market & Deli serves breakfast and lunch daily and dinner Mondays through Saturdays.
European Market & Deli
4500 East Speedway
Tucson, AZ 85712
520-512-0206
europeanmarketandeli.com
