Arizona highways became restaurant list

Arizona Highways magazine tapped two Tucson restaurants for its list of the state’s 15 best dining spots. In its fifth annual survey, Janos Wilder’s Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails and Maynards Market & Kitchen are on a list that also includes Bisbee’s Santiago’s Mexican restaurant. Maynard’s landed on the cover of Arizona Highways April restaurant edition, which is now on newsstands. A photo of Downtown Kitchen’s dining room was on the cover of the story, which included another shot of the restaurant, 135 S. Sixth Ave., and a photograph of Chef Wilder. The article applauded Wilder for creating “an airy, art-filled and distinctly urban space to celebrate America’s culinary melting pot.” Maynards Market & Kitchen won points for being a “charming upscale market and dark, romantic restaurant” that has become “both East End hub and food-geek destination wrapped in one delicious package.” Maynards is located at400 N. Tool Ave. Bisbee’s Santiago’s won fans for its “complexly seasoned, not too-chocolatey mole. ... But utterances of surprise and delight are commonplace at this cute, colorful Mexican food favorite,” the magazine wrote of the restaurant, 1 Howell Ave.