R & R RESTAURANT - TUCSON, AZ

This restaurant used to be in the strip mall on Speedway and Wilmot but has recently moved (due to lease problems) to 22nd and Kolb. Also their name used to be R & R barbeque but the owner, Robert, has expanded his menu to lots of other dishes so he wanted to eliminate the word barbeque to also expand his customer base.

The menu (except for the senior and early bird deals) is high on the wall behind the cashier. I find it very disconcerting to pick what i want with my head tilted up and the order-taker waiting at attention. I feel immense pressure especially if the menu is large which it is.

R & R now offers a lot of different sized meals; so there are just the sandwiches and then the sandwiches with sides and platters and family meals and junior sizes. Plus the board also listed fish tacos and lots of salads.

Even though i wanted to try something different, i went back to my usual - the beef brisket sandwich. This has been the only place where i have eaten and absolutely savored with gusto beef brisket. It is very very tender and flavorful and is piled high on a hoagie roll; an immense portion of meat.

Bill ordered the same thing and his side was coleslaw which was just ok. I ordered steak fries which also were just ok. they had a faint odor of being fried in oil that fried other things but that went away after i doused them with ketchup. Next time i'll at least try a new side. You only get a small side container of his bbq sauce which is enough if used sparingly and i, of course, do not use ANYTHING sparingly. When Robert was at the former location, he had a big sign on the wall saying that extra sauce would be $2.50!!! this helped me along quite a bit in restraining my sauce-iness.

The building is really plain; no decorations inside either. About 10 tables covered with red and white checked oilcloth. but i don't eat here for the ambience; just for the beef brisket.