Crossroads Restaurant Drive In, 2602 S. Fourth Ave., South Tucson; 624-0395.
Crossroads has literally been at the crossroads of South Tucson's dynamic and bustling South Fourth Avenue restaurant corridor since the beginning.
Long before drive-in restaurants were ubiquitous, there was Crossroads, anchoring the corner of South Fourth and East 36th Street since 1936. In the early days, the restaurant boasted just a few tables inside; most preferred fresco dining, a trend that carried on for decades in cold and hot weather.
Today, Crossroads is looked upon as the patriarch of all that followed on South Fourth, which is packed with more iconic Mexican restaurants side-by-side than any other area of Tucson. The draw: A simple menu of authentic, traditional fare from tostadas and enchiladas to chimichangas and tortas. Diners consistently rave about Crossroads, especially the house carne seca. One Yelp reviewer from Benson proudly proclaimed in 2015 that Crossroads is "hands down best Mexican food in Tucson.
"This is the type of Mexican food I have been waiting to find in Tucson,' Danny B. of Tucson wrote.
