Restaurant Equipment and Supply for Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley and Sierra Vista
In December 2015, UNESCO named Tucson a Creative City of Gastronomy, the first city in the United States to get the title. People have farmed the Tucson Basin for more than 4,000 years, and the city still cooks with crops that have grown here for centuries: White Sonora wheat, tepary beans and the I'itoi onion of the Tohono O'odham.
Tucson is also Sonoran hot dog and carne seca country. El Charro Café has served the city since 1922, El Güero Canelo won a James Beard America's Classics award in 2018, and every October Tucson Meet Yourself packs downtown with food vendors. North of town, Marana is a farm town and Oro Valley runs a year-round Saturday farmers market. To the southeast, Sierra Vista is home to Fort Huachuca and sits close to Arizona's first wine region.
Since 2015, The Restaurant Warehouse has shipped to thousands of commercial kitchens in every state. Southern Arizona orders ship from our Brea warehouse, so Tucson and Southern Arizona restaurants get the same low prices and freight delivery right to Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, and Sierra Vista. The most common orders here are reach-in refrigerators, freezers, griddles, fryers, ice machines, and food truck equipment.
Tucson, UNESCO City of Gastronomy
Mission Garden, near Sentinel Peak, is a 4-acre walled garden on a site that has been farmed for more than 4,000 years. It grows heritage crops like White Sonora wheat, O'odham pink beans, tepary beans, chapalote corn and Mission grapes. White Sonora wheat is thought to have reached Sonora in the 1640s, and Slow Food credits it with moving borderlands cooking from corn to flour tortillas, the wrapper for the burrito and the chimichanga. The first revival batch was milled in 2011, and Marana's BKW Farms grows it today. The I'itoi onion, a Slow Food Ark of Taste crop, grows in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness and is named for I'itoi, the Tohono O'odham creator.
Bakeries and tortilla kitchens working with heritage grain need commercial ovens, work tables for shaping dough, and griddles for flour tortillas. Farm-to-table restaurants buying from local growers need two-door reach-in refrigerators and prep tables on the line.
Sonoran Hot Dogs, Carne Seca and El Charro Café
The Sonoran hot dog is wrapped in bacon, tucked into a bolillo-style bun and topped with pinto beans, onions, tomatoes, mayo, mustard and jalapeño salsa. It started in Hermosillo, Sonora, in the late 1980s, and a 2009 estimate counted more than 200 places in Tucson selling it. El Güero Canelo won a 2018 James Beard America's Classics award for its version. El Charro Café was founded in September 1922 by Monica Flin and is still run by Flin's family, and the restaurant bills itself as the oldest Mexican restaurant in the U.S. run by the same family. Its carne seca is beef sun-dried in a cage on the roof, and legend credits Flin with the chimichanga, saying she dropped a burro into the fryer and said "chimichanga" instead of swearing.
Hot dog stands and Sonoran kitchens run on flat-top griddles for bacon-wrapped dogs, fryers for chimichangas, and charbroilers for carne asada. Carts and trucks need compact food truck equipment and undercounter refrigerators, with freezers and reach-ins back at the commissary.
Tucson Meet Yourself, Agave Heritage and Southern Arizona Wine
Every October, Tucson Meet Yourself fills downtown with about 50 food vendors and draws more than 100,000 people a year, which is why locals call it "Tucson Eat Yourself." Every September, Sonoran Restaurant Week puts about 120 restaurants on fixed-price menus for 10 days, and every April the Agave Heritage Festival runs events across the city. Southeast of Tucson, the Sonoita AVA was approved in 1984 as Arizona's first American Viticultural Area, and the Willcox AVA in Cochise and Graham counties followed in 2016.
Festival vendors work out of food truck equipment and need ice machines that keep up in the desert heat. Tasting rooms, brewpubs and bars serving Arizona wine and agave spirits order bar refrigeration, back-bar coolers, glass merchandisers, and draft beer coolers.
Restaurant Supply Store in Tucson
We ship straight to your Tucson restaurant. Most Southern Arizona orders arrive in 1 to 3 business days from our Brea warehouse, with free freight and free lift gate service. Will-call pickup in Brea is available for verified restaurant businesses, but most kitchens skip the drive and let us ship it. Freight brings it to your door or curb, with no truck to load and nothing to strap down. Most Southern Arizona calls are for a fast replacement, like a reach-in refrigerator or ice machine that quit in the summer heat, or for a full equipment package for a new restaurant, taqueria, or hot dog cart. Tell us what you are cooking and how much space you have, and we will help you size the line.
Why Tucson Restaurants Buy From The Restaurant Warehouse
Every piece of new Atosa equipment we sell is run-tested for 24 hours at the factory before it ships. It carries Intertek's ETL Sanitation and cETLus listings, which certify it to the NSF/ANSI food equipment standards and US and Canadian safety standards that inspectors from the Pima County Health Department and the Cochise County Environmental Health Services Division look for. Refrigeration comes with a 3-year parts and labor warranty and a 5-year compressor warranty, gas cooking equipment comes with a 1-year parts and labor warranty, and extended warranties are available.
- Free freight on qualifying orders, no lift gate fees
- Built for scrappy startups, food trucks and independent kitchens
- Founder Sean Kearney answers calls, texts and email at (206) 419-5801 or therestaurantwarehouse@gmail.com
Serving Tucson and Southern Arizona
Tucson is our hub for Pima County and Sierra Vista. Restaurants from Marana down to Fort Huachuca get the same equipment, free lift gate freight, and warranty, and they talk to the same team.
Tucson
Operators searching for a restaurant supply store in Tucson usually need a fast replacement, so we ship reach-in refrigerators, freezers, griddles, and fryers to kitchens across the city, from Sonoran hot dog stands to farm-to-table dining rooms.
Marana
Marana is a farm town. People grew corn here by 2100 BC, and the town incorporated on March 21, 1977, largely over water rights. The Wong family began farming in Marana in 1939, and third-generation farmer Brian Wong runs BKW Farms. Marana farms mainly raise long-staple cotton, and durum wheat is increasingly important. Restaurants in Marana order reach-in refrigerators, charbroilers, and ice machines.
Oro Valley
Oro Valley's Heirloom Farmers Market runs every Saturday, year-round, at historic Steam Pump Ranch on Oracle Road. The market launched in 2004, and the town bought the 16-acre ranch in 2008. Oro Valley kitchens and market vendors order sandwich prep tables, undercounter refrigerators, and countertop display cases.
Sahuarita and Green Valley
South of Tucson, Green Valley Pecan Company farms 6,600 acres of pecans in the Santa Cruz Valley at Sahuarita and Continental. Restaurants and bakeries in Sahuarita and Green Valley order commercial ovens, work tables, and freezers.
Sierra Vista
Sierra Vista is home to Fort Huachuca, and the Sonoita wine country is a short drive away. Sierra Vista restaurants and bars order draft beer coolers, bar refrigeration, griddles, and reach-in refrigerators.
Tucson Restaurant Equipment FAQ
Do you ship restaurant equipment to Tucson?
Yes. The Restaurant Warehouse ships commercial restaurant equipment to Tucson and the rest of Southern Arizona by freight, with lift gate delivery to your door.
Do you deliver to Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita and Sierra Vista?
Yes. We deliver across Southern Arizona, including Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, Green Valley, and Sierra Vista.
How fast is delivery to Tucson?
Most Southern Arizona orders arrive in 1 to 3 business days from our Brea warehouse, depending on item availability and carrier routing. Contact us if you need equipment urgently.
Do you offer free freight?
Yes. Free freight is available on select models and qualifying orders. Contact us to confirm freight options for a specific item.
Do you charge lift gate fees?
No. We do not charge lift gate fees.
What types of restaurant equipment do you sell?
We sell commercial refrigerators, freezers, prep tables, griddles, charbroilers, deep fryers, ovens, ice machines, bar refrigeration, and food truck equipment, plus many other categories for professional kitchens.
Can I get help choosing the right equipment?
Yes. If you can't find what you need, call or email us and we'll help you source the right product for your kitchen.
Can I pick up my order?
Yes. Verified restaurant businesses can arrange will-call pickup at our Brea warehouse. But why lose a day renting a truck, strapping it down and unloading it yourself? With free freight and free lift gate service, most Southern Arizona orders arrive at your door or curb in 1 to 3 business days. Call (206) 419-5801 to set up either option.
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Restaurant Equipment Across Arizona and the Southwest
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