Tucson, Arizona

===Cuisine===
Tucson is well known for its [[Sonora]]n-style Mexican food.<ref>Alpers, Jackie. [http://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/photos/welcome-to-tucson--10-must-try-mexican-inspired-dishes.html "Welcome to Tucson: 10 Must-Try Mexican-Inspired Dishes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415223652/http://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/photos/welcome-to-tucson--10-must-try-mexican-inspired-dishes.html |date=April 15, 2016 }}, Food Network. Retrieved April 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Arellano, Gustavo (March 6, 2018). [https://wamu.org/story/18/03/06/why-doesnt-tucsons-mexican-food-scene-get-more-national-attention/ "Why Doesn't Tucson's Mexican Food Scene Get More National Attention?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328164932/https://wamu.org/story/18/03/06/why-doesnt-tucsons-mexican-food-scene-get-more-national-attention/ |date=March 28, 2018 }} ''WAMU''. Retrieved March 28, 2018.</ref>  Since the turn of the century, other ethnic restaurants and fine dining choices have proliferated.<ref>Downing, Renée (July 27, 2006). [http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/the-birth-of-tucson-cuisine/Content?oid=1084809 "The Birth of Tucson Cuisine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424071311/http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/the-birth-of-tucson-cuisine/Content?oid=1084809 |date=April 24, 2016 }}, ''Tucson Weekly''. Retrieved April 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Tersigni, Jennifer (October 16, 2014). [https://tucsonfoodie.com/2014/10/16/must-try-12-amazing-ethnic-dishes-from-all-over-tucson/ "Must Try: 12 Amazing Ethnic Dishes from All Over Tucson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423203427/https://tucsonfoodie.com/2014/10/16/must-try-12-amazing-ethnic-dishes-from-all-over-tucson/ |date=April 23, 2016 }}, ''Tucson Foodie''. Retrieved April 10, 2016.</ref>

In 2015 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ([[UNESCO]]) designated Tucson a "world city of gastronomy" under the [[Creative Cities Network]] program,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tucsonaz.gov/integrated-planning/tucson-unesco-city-gastronomy|title=Tucson, UNESCO City of Gastronomy|website=www.tucsonaz.gov|language=en|access-date=October 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203062906/https://www.tucsonaz.gov/integrated-planning/tucson-unesco-city-gastronomy|archive-date=December 3, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> becoming thus the first city of gastronomy in the United States.<ref>Berlin, Andi (December 11, 2015). [http://tucson.com/business/local/unesco-designates-tucson-as-world-city-of-gastronomy/article_55f3f0a6-0b47-5fab-8672-af53bef07f15.html "UNESCO Designates Tucson as World City of Gastronomy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914212145/http://tucson.com/business/local/unesco-designates-tucson-as-world-city-of-gastronomy/article_55f3f0a6-0b47-5fab-8672-af53bef07f15.html |date=September 14, 2016 }}, ''Arizona Daily Star''. Retrieved August 27, 2016.</ref><ref>Severson, Kim (August 23, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/dining/tucson-food-unesco.html "Tucson Becomes an Unlikely Food Star"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224121139/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/dining/tucson-food-unesco.html |date=December 24, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 27, 2016.</ref> The city's focus on food includes [[Mission Garden]], a living agricultural museum that showcases the crops and trees that have been grown in the area for over 4000 years.

The [[Sonoran hot dog]] is very popular in Tucson. A hot dog is wrapped in bacon and grilled, served on a [[bolillo]]-style hot dog bun, and topped with pinto beans, onions, tomatoes, and a variety of additional condiments, often including mayonnaise, mustard, and jalapeño salsa.<ref>Nevarez, Griselda (August 15, 2015). [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/tucsons-savory-invention-sonoran-hot-dog-n406211 "Tucson's Savory Invention: The Sonoran Hot Dog"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729230737/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/tucsons-savory-invention-sonoran-hot-dog-n406211 |date=July 29, 2019 }}, NBC News. Retrieved April 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Robbins, Ted (August 6, 2009). [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106366080 "The Sonoran Hotdog Crosses the Border"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405020009/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106366080 |date=April 5, 2018 }}, NPR. Retrieved April 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Edge, John T. (August 25, 2009). [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/dining/26unit.html "In Praise of the All-American Mexican Hot Dog"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020145308/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/dining/26unit.html |date=October 20, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 10, 2016.</ref> Tucson also has a strong, though contested, claim to being the place of origin of the [[chimichanga]].