Zemam's Ethiopian Cuisine offers vibrantly seasoned offerings that customers scoop up with flat bread.
Friday is National Blah Blah Blah Day, the intent of which is for all of us to take care of those projects people have been nagging us to do. While some people take on the biggies – quitting smoking, starting a diet – a lot of other Blah Blah Blah observers just tackle the piles of paper and other assorted detritus that has accumulated on their desks at work or home. Break up your humdrum day of chores by visiting one of these five eye-opening, local eateries:
BRUNDOG’S ZY-DE-QUE
4825 N. First Ave., 887-2333, 11:30 a.m.-8:30 Mondays-Saturdays
Tucson’s only Cajun eatery has plenty of lively selections, including the fiery, homemade Habanero Duck Sausage appetizer.
BUNBUKU JAPANESE CUISINE
4520 E. Broadway, 325-6953, 11:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. daily
Break the standard meal routine with Japan’s version of Tapas-style, small-plate dining – Izakaya – while you sip your ake.
EL CUBANITO RESTAURANT
1150 E. Sixth St., 623-8020, 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays
Now that spring training is over, the throng of Latin baseball players that flock to Tucson’s lone Cuban eatery has waned enough to more easily enjoy the Ropa Vieja, Black Bean Soup and papaya shakes.
SULTAN PALACE RESTAURANT
943 E. University Blvd., 622-2892, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. daily
Tucson’s only Afghan eatery serves a great, reasonably priced dinner and a dynamite lunch buffet at its new digs in the UA-area Main Gate Square center.
ZEMAM’S ETHIOPIAN CUISINE
2731 E. Broadway, 323-9928, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays
Eat with your hands at Tucson’s only Ethiopian eatery, where you scoop up the vibrantly seasoned offerings with freshly made flat bread.