Melting Pot at Foothills Mall reopens today

Bring on the chocolate and cheese, Tucson's lone Melting Pot fondue restaurant is back in business.

The restaurant at the Foothills Mall, 7395 N. La Cholla Blvd., will open at 4 p.m. today. 

The Melting Pot has been a fixture in Tucson's dining scene for a dozen years. It closed in early August for an extensive remodeling project that included repainting the facade and the interior, refinishing the booths and bringing in new chairs. Light fixtures and artwork on the walls also are new.

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"Floor to ceiling the entire place has been redone," said Kelly Cooper, the new owner who also has three Phoenix area Melting Pot restaurants. 

The ambience might have changed a bit with the reinvention, but the menu is pretty much the same — cheese and chocolate fondues with a variety of goodies for dipping, from artisan breads to veggies and fruits, along with meats and seafood that you cook at your table in pots of flavored bouillons, Coq Au Vin (herb-spiked burgundy) or European style Bourguignonne (canola oil).  Cooper also beefed up the Arizona presence on the wine and beer menus; 90 percent of beers are local including brews from Tucson's Barrio Brewing and Nimbus. Twenty percent of the wine list also is local, including varieties from Arizona Stronghold, Pillsbury, Sand Reckoner, Sonoita, Granite Creek and Oak Creek wineries.

The restaurant is open from 4 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 4 to 11 p.m. Fridays, 3 to 11 p.m. Saturdays and from 3 to 10 p.m. Sundays. For reservations, call 575-6358, or online.