Boca Tacos & Tequila, 533 N. Fourth Ave.
Boca Tacos & Tequila on East Speedway got the news early in the year that it was getting the boot from its landlord near the University of Arizona to make way for yet another multistory housing complex. So chef-owner Maria Mazon started looking around for a new home. She found it in a prized North Fourth Avenue spot late last spring when Donna Difiore announced she was closing Delectables, which had been a dining destination at 533 N. Fourth Ave. for 44 years. Difiore, who owned the restaurant since the early 1980s, transitioned the business into catering only.
In early July, the cat was out of the bag on Mazon’s plans to buy the 3,000-square-foot space. She opened Boca in early August.
You can catch Mazon on the Food Network on Tuesday, Jan. 9, when she will compete in the cookoff game show “Chopped.”
