Penca
ENTRADAS
Chile Relleno — 28 (GF). Achiote pork, queso oaxaca, black beans, roasted corn, pickled onion, spiced tomato sauce on a bed of arroz poblano.
TACOS — each 8
Rajas y Hongos (V, GF). Queso, potatoes, green chile, avocado crema, green onion, cilantro.
COCTELES
Bourbon & Tepache — 16. Bourbon, house tepache, sweet vermouth, falernum, angostura, pineapple, on the rocks.
VINO (Sparkling)
Raventos i Blanc — 16 gl / 55 btl. Sparkling wine, Catalunya, Spain.
White
La Val — 13 gl / 48 btl. Albariño, Rías Baixas, Spain.
Rosé
Stolpman Vineyards "Love You Bunches" — 17 gl / 68 btl. Rosé of grenache, Ballard Canyon, California.
Red
Labertino Cenizas — 16 gl / 68 btl. Pinot noir, Valle del Maule, Chile.
DEGUSTACIONES DE MEZCAL
Species — 45. Four pours of mezcal produced from different species of agave grown in Oaxaca.
HOUSE-MADE COLA
Fernet y Cola — 12. Fernet Vallet (MX), house-made cola syrup, soda.
CERVEZA
De Barril — 7 pint / 12 jar: Estrella Jalisco · Victory or Death IPA.
SIN ALCOHOL
Coffee 4 · Iced Tea 4 · Mexican Coke 5 · Limeade 5 · Horchata 6 · Jamaica 6 · Canned Soda 4 · Agua de Piedra (sparkling or still, 650 ml) 6.50. Drinks made in house; refills $2.50.
Menu as captured Sep 1, 2026 · source ↗
We hold 238 venues in Tucson, AZ and could score 32 of them. This one is not among them, so it has no position — not a low one.
There is no score breakdown to show: nothing we read about this venue earned points in any of the four categories, so a bar chart of zeroes would look like a verdict on the kitchen rather than on what it publishes. What we did read is below.
v1.7.4 0.0/100 = sourcing 0.0/50 (named-farm 0 distinct, named-region 0 distinct, attribute 0 distinct, buzzword 0 distinct) + farm partners 0.0/20 (none scored) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 0.0/18 (capped at 35% of the 0.0-point evidence base).
Buzzwords only. This venue uses sourcing language ("farm-fresh", "locally sourced") but names no farms, regions, or verifiable attributes.
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| Sunday | 11am – 8:30pm |
|---|---|
| Monday | Not listed |
| Tuesday | Not listed |
| Wednesday | 11am – 8:30pm |
| Thursday | 11am – 8:30pm |
| Friday | 11am – 9:30pm |
| Saturday | 11am – 9:30pm |
“Not listed” means the day was absent from the schedule we read — usually closed, but we never saw it stated, so we don’t claim it.
Hours checked Aug 30, 2026 · source ↗ · checked 35 days ago, so we're not calling it open or closed — anything over 14 days can have changed · Always worth confirming with the restaurant.
Book on the restaurant's own site ↗link checked Aug 30, 2026
Coverage
- Tucson Foodie (Downtown Tucson Restaurant Guide) restaurant guide entry: Penca ↗
Tucson Foodie (Downtown Tucson Restaurant Guide)
Press