Sauce Pizza & Wine will open its fourth Tucson location in mid-June.
Construction should wrap up this week at the restaurant, 6450 E. Grant Road, said co-owner Scott Kilpatrick. Sauce will occupy 3,200 square feet of a new building next door to Zinburger that also will include the second location of Prep & Pastry.
Zinburger is owned by Fox Restaurant Concepts, which sold Sauce to Kilpatrick and partner Todd Belfer in January 2015. In the 16 months since they owned the chain, which includes locations in the Phoenix area, the pair opened a new Sauce in Phoenix and is eying possible locations in New Mexico and Texas, Kilpatrick said Monday.
“We’re very opportunistic, but yet we’re somewhat conservative,” he said, explaining that the goal is responsible growth of the company, not growth for growth’s sake. “We are looking for the right opportunities for us.”
The new Tucson Sauce, which is the only one here without patio dining, could open June 13, Kilpatrick said.
Sauce has a dozen locations in Tucson and the Phoenix area, including one at Sky Harbor International Airport.
Construction of the new Prep & Pastry, meanwhile, is right behind Sauce. A restaurant spokesman said the new location could open sometime in the first two weeks of June.
