Taste of Marana: What’s New & Delicious

Updated April 30, 2025

Your Go-to Guide For Marana, AZ Restaurant Updates.

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Amore: The same Pizza you love, with a new name
New ice cream shop in Marana!
Boba Cucue
Ray Ray's Sonoran Spirit Tea
Barro's Pizza
Asian Spice
Coming Soon

Amore: the Same Italian Food you Love, with a New Name!

Vero Amore in Dove Mountain has rebranded to Amore. You can still enjoy the same delicious Neapolitan-style pizza, pastas, sandwiches, salads, desserts, and other Italian dishes as always, either in the cozy dining room or shaded, breezy patio.

Along with the name change come new owners, who have embraced the "dine around the world" concept - you can enjoy authentic Italian food, Indian food, and chicken wings, all under the same roof! Both Indian Twist and Tucson Wings share a dining room with Amore.

Read more about Amore here

PicturedNeapolitan-style pizza from Amore
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New Ice Cream Shop in Marana: Scrumdiddly Ice Cream

Scumdiddly's in Dove Mountain is now open and serving up serious smiles with award-winning Wisconsin ice cream and ooey-gooey, stuffed cookies made in small batches.

This fun, family-owned Marana gem has tasty treats for everyone, including gluten-free, vegan, dairy-free, and no-sugar-added options.

Flavors rotate often, so there’s always something new to drool over.

Scrumdiddly's is located at Tangerine and Dove Mountain Blvd, next to Amore.

Take a look inside!

Local mom, Sabrina Chapman takes us inside!

Boba Cucue - The latest Taste of Marana STANDOUT Award Winner

Boba Cucue recently celebrated their one-year anniversary! Their Asian-style drinks feature Taiwanese boba and Hong Kong-inspired tea in a variety of flavors and creations. They go great with Asian hot snacks, dumplings, and waffle pops.

Their use of fresh ingredients, excellent customer service, charming and welcoming environment, delicious drinks, and a variety of choices landed it as a Taste of Marana STANDOUT Award winner! Owner Sharon Walker, her family, and some of the Boba Cucue team members were presented with the STANDOUT Award trophy at Concerts in the Courtyard on February 20th.

Taste of Marana: Ray Ray's Sonoran Spirit Tea

There’s a new drink in town! Marana local Rachel D’Acquisto (a.k.a. Ray Ray) has created a new lightly-carbonated hard tea, inspired by the sweet Jamaica Hibiscus drink that she enjoyed after her Mountain View High School soccer games. The new beverage is made with a combination of black teas, hibiscus, organic agave, lemon, distilled watermelon extracts, and distilled spirits. It is available in bars, restaurants, and bottle shops throughout Southern Arizona!

Read our latest Taste of Marana feature on the inspiration and origins of Ray Ray’s Sonoran Spirit Tea!

PicturedRay Ray’s Sonoran Spirit Tea logo is a mythical flower that the company’s owner drew by hand.
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Barro's Pizza - New Location Now Open

Barro’s Pizza’s new location at 5825 Arizona Pavilions Dr. (the former Boston’s building) is now open! If you haven’t been to Barro’s Pizza in a while, now is a great time to check out their new restaurant. They serve up award-winning pizza made from the secret family recipe, pasta, wings, sandwiches, salads, and more. They have a variety of daily specials, including several pizza-by-the-slice lunch specials.

They also have a new, expansive, kids’ entertainment area coming soon!

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Asian Spice is among the 100 Best Chinese Restaurants in the US

Back in December 2024, Marana’s own Asian Spice was featured in Yelp’s list of the Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in America. This is the first time that Asian Spice has been featured in a national publication. It was ranked 53rd in the nation!

Asian Spice specializes in Cantonese and Szechuan-style dishes, including Orange Chicken, Mongolian Beef, and lo mein. Before immigrating to the United States, chef and co-owner Phillip Tan was a chef at the five-star Nanhai Hotel in Shenzen, China.

Click here to read the full list from Yelp, and click here to read a feature in the Arizona Daily Star about Asian Spice after the list was released.

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Coming Soon

Ciao Down Kitchen - Summer 2025

Local restaurant Ciao Down, famous for the Ciao Down Pizza Bus (which has appeared at several Marana events throughout the years) and Ciao Culinary Studio, will soon be opening Ciao Down Kitchen in Marana! Ciao Down is known for their creative, gourmet, hand-crafted pizzas, Italian-style desserts, and more. Ciao Down Kitchen will be a full-scale restaurant extension of their current culinary concepts. The restaurant will fill the former Monsoon’s Tap & Grill location, at 6781 N. Thornydale Rd. #261 in southern Marana.

Toss Fried Chicken & Ramen

Local chain Toss Fried Chicken and Ramen will soon be bringing their unique fusion of traditional Japanese ramen and Southern-style fried chicken to Southern Marana! The new location (the chain’s third) will be right next to Two Hands Corn Dogs, at Ina Rd. & Thornydale Rd. intersection. In the meantime, you can check out the other two Southern Arizona locations!

Black Rock Coffee Bar

Black Rock Coffee Bar will soon be opening their eighth Tucson-area location at the Fry’s Plaza development at Tangerine Rd. & Lon Adams Rd. in Gladden Farms! The Oregon-based coffee chain has been rapidly expanding in the Western U.S. The new location will be serving up signature and classic hot and cold coffee, tea, and hot chocolate drinks, as well as pastries and breakfast items. There will be a drive thru, as well as space inside to relax and connect over coffee.

Food Events

  • On the first Wednesday of each month, Gladden Farms hosts a neighborhood food truck roundup at Lon Adams Park.
  • On the second Wednesday of each month, Continental Ranch hosts a neighborhood food truck roundup at 9140 N. Coachline Blvd.

Find many more Marana restaurant options here!

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