WELCOMES YOU and hopes you will enjoy having dinner with us. Caruso’s was started in the 1930’s by Nicasio “Caruso” Zagona, and has remained in the family since then. Tucson’s original Caruso’s was located about a block south of its present site. An August rainstorm and flood literally washed the place away, so we moved to higher ground, where we’ve remained for the past seventy years or so.
The restaurant’s interior layout, its patio and most of its food preparation methods were developed by the senior Zagona, although inevitably some changes have been made through the years. We now have more efficient equipment, of course, but the techniques for making our pasta (for pizza, ravioli, lasagne, manicotti and cannelloni) and our homemade sauces are basically the same.
The heart of the place is the “big copper pot,” visible from the main dining room. This pot has contained all the Caruso sauce served since our first days in Tucson. We trust that you will find the sauce from this pot — and everything else at Caruso’s -as good as it was when served by the master chef — “Caruso” — himself.
The Caruso Gallery
