Oro Valley’s popular Noble Hops Craft Beer + Fine Fare gastropub is opening a new location in midtown Tucson this month.
Noble Hops’s parent JAM Culinary Concepts, which also operates two Vero Amore pizzerias, is opening a second gastropub at the DoubleTree by Hilton at Reid Park, 445 S. Alvernon Way.
The restaurant is expected to open on Sunday, Aug. 15, said Suzanne Kaiser, who owns and operates the restaurants with her sons, Joshua and Aric Mussman.
Noble Hops takes over the 3,000-square-foot space that had been home to Copper Rock Craft Eatery until the COVID-19 pandemic led to its downfall in 2020. The space also includes a covered deck with heating and cooling.
After a decade in Oro Valley, Noble Hops is opening a new location near Reid Park, taking over the 3,000-square-foot space that had been home to Copper Rock Craft Eatery.
JAM is banking on the popularity of Noble Hops, which has had a loyal following since opening in 2011 at 1335 W. Lambert Lane in Oro Valley. The restaurant focuses on craft beer and craft eats, elevating the menu from the deep-fried bar foods you find at sports bars to upscale noshes including Brussels sprouts drizzled in an apple gastrique with a goat cheese fondue and a brewers board of assorted craft sausages and cheeses. Greasy burgers and chicken wings take a backseat to an assortment of street tacos, salads and sandwiches including an ahi steak BLT.
Kaiser said the new restaurant will have much of the same menu as the original Noble Hops, although it will initially be a little streamlined while the restaurant’s staff finds its rhythm.
The opening comes as Noble Hops and the pizzerias are enjoying a business boom coming off the pandemic shutdown and restrictions from last spring. Kaiser said business has been pretty strong at all three restaurants since last summer.
Suzanne Kaiser owns and operates Noble Hops with her sons Josh and Aric, not pictured, Mussman.
In addition to its food and craft beers and cocktails, Noble Hops also will offer live music once the restaurant gets going, Kaiser said.
Noble Hops will be one of two restaurants at the DoubleTree, which also has the Cactus Rose, a continental restaurant offering breakfast and lunch.