In this 2014 file photo, Posters of Diego Rivera’s art line the walls of St. Mary’s Mexican Food, which has the best flour tortillas in the known universe. Oops! We mean Tucson.

$3.75 for a dozen large, 1030 W. St. Mary's Road, 884-1629

This is a universal truth, as far as we're concerned: Leave Tucson and you leave the best flour tortillas in existence behind. You'll find them at St. Mary's, a modest little restaurant on the west side. They are made daily, hand-stretched, thin and light. Some might roll beans and cheese up in them. Some beef and eggs. Us, we can't wait: the minute we leave the restaurant with our dozen, we sit in the car, tear open the package, and slowly, happily, eat the delicate tortillas with nothing but their wondrous taste.


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