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1580 E. Pima St. Phoenix, AZ 85034

602-258-0524

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Best Neighborhood Mexican Restaurant, South Phoenix
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Mexican, Seafood

Hours: Daily 10am-10pm

Price: $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
Attire: Casual

Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary

Parking: Free, Lot Available

Description

This tiny, airport-adjacent Mexican restaurant offers solid, inexpensive, and fresh food choices-although most everyone comes here for the tortillas, light and fluffy and flour-y good! We like that we get one as a side with combinations that feature tasty chile rellenos, beef or chicken tacos, and cheese enchiladas that are out of this world. Sides of house-made rice and beans are a must-have from this hole-in-the-wall Mexican diner, so don't forget to order them for the table.

2011 | Best Neighborhood Mexican Restaurant, South Phoenix

Pitic certainly isn't much to look at from the outside, but that's generally the case with hole-in-the-wall Mexican joints. If you can get past the industrial surroundings, you'll be treated to a bright and cheerful interior packed with colorful folk art -- and complete with some pretty awesome Mexican food. Chiles rellenos, tacos, burritos like tu madre used to make, and it won't leave too much of a dent in your wallet. We recommend the caldo de res, a big brothy beef bowl packed with... More »
2003 | BEST PLACE TO GET BOXEADORES CON CARNE

If eating a bowl of menudo means you have a lot of guts, what better way to show it than by getting into a boxing ring just a few feet from your dinner table You can do that every Wednesday night at Pitic Restaurant, famous for its caldo de res and green salsa. The attached lounge serves up amateur night and enchiladas for the fight-crazy crowd, who line up in neatly placed rows. The place is a riot mostly because the crowd tends to take over with funny-as-hell jabs at the boxers and... More »

Pudding Passion

By Dan Cortez | Thu, April 01, 2004

It's Friday and most of the lunch crowd at Pitic Restaurant is feasting on delicious Mexican dishes -- without meat, of course. It's Lent. Lent is a time of self-denial, but there's one treat unique to this time of year. At Pitic and at othe... More »
Boxing Selena

By Dan Cortez | Thu, July 03, 2003

Known more for its cocido (beef stew), machaca and green salsa, Pitic Restaurant in south Phoenix on Wednesdays transforms into Mexican fight night. Last week, rows of chairs circled a makeshift stage that was surrounded by a chain link fence --... More »

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Pitic Restaurant

1580 E. Pima St. Phoenix, AZ 85034

602-258-0524

Description

2011 | Best Neighborhood Mexican Restaurant, South Phoenix

2003 | BEST PLACE TO GET BOXEADORES CON CARNE

Pudding Passion

By Dan Cortez | Thu, April 01, 2004

Boxing Selena

By Dan Cortez | Thu, July 03, 2003

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