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Tucson Restaurant Tournament: (3) Guadalajara Original Grill vs. (14) Fleming's Steakhouse

Will the tableside salsa take down the fancy steaks?

By Jason Bartel

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In a first round meeting in the Tortolitas Region, three-seed Guadalajara Original Grill takes on 14-seed Fleming's Steakhouse.

Be sure to vote in the poll at the bottom. You can also vote by tweeting the restaurant name with the hashtag #TRT.

More: Full Tucson Restaurant Tournament Bracket

Tale of the Tape

(3) Guadalajara Original Grill

Guadalajara grill Jason Bartel

Neighborhood: Mountain View

Website

Cuisine: Mexican

Yelp rating: 4 stars

Entertaining Yelp review: "MARIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

LAST TIME YOU GAVE US DIARRHEA BECAUSE WE DIDNT TIP! BUT THIS TIME WE TIPPED AND THE SALSAL MWAHHHH MAMMA MIA~~~~

The best and only thing you need to know here is the AMAZING freshly made custom salsa that Maria makes you infront of the table"

(14) Fleming's Steakhouse

Fleming's Jason Bartel

Neighborhood: Catalina Foothills

Website

Cuisine: Steakhouse

Yelp rating: 4.5 stars

Entertaining Yelp review: "Lastly, and most importantly- THE DESSERT. I don't mean to be melodramatic but the chocolate lava cake literally made me want to die it was so amazing. I don't know what kind of liquid crack they put in their chocolate but it was rich and heavenly in flavor without being overpoweringly sweet. I could not stop eating it until my plate was scraped empty. Paired with the light chocolate cake and ice cream... Holy. Shit. I was in awe for probably one of the few times dining out in Tucson ever- I would have never guessed that dish would be at a chain steakhouse, but what can you do about it?"

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