La Cocina

Located in Tucson, La Cocina is a local Mexican restaurant popular with students and residents near University of Arizona. Owned and run locally, not by a chain headquartered somewhere else entirely. University of Arizona students and Tucson residents pass by it on any given day, whether they stop in or not. It sits alongside the other bars, restaurants, and shops that make up Tucson's dining scene near University of Arizona. A first visit tends to turn into a habit around here, one meal at a time. Part of the fun of a college town like Tucson is finding places like this on your own.