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Downtown Tucson has a new culinary compass: Ursa, the desert‑to‑table tasting‑menu restaurant that opened in mid‑October 2025 inside the historic Central Block at 110 E. Congress St. Led by chef‑owner Aaron Lopez, it occupies a restored 1912 building — a Rio Nuevo, Peach Properties and Dabdoub Investments project — and centers an open‑kitchen experience.
Ursa’s “desert‑to‑table” mission zeroes in on the foodways of the Sonoran, Mojave, Great Basin and Chihuahuan deserts. Menus spotlight…..