New steakhouse in NW
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.16.2008
Alex Coomer has come home to Picture Rocks. He's fired up the mesquite grills at his father's old cafe and is serving up certified Angus beef and lemon-herb chicken to his neighbors and anyone making the trip through the mountain pass to the Northwest Side.
The ink on Coomer's political science bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona wasn't even dry when he set about renovating his father's old Picture Rocks Cafe building.
His dad, who passed away two years ago, ran the cafe only a short while before he started leasing it to other operators, including a greasy spoon, a Mexican restaurant and a bar.
"It's been an intense project," the 23-year-old Coomer said. "I'm pretty ambitious; I've done well at what I've tried, so I feel capable of it."
Last week, he opened the Picture Rocks Horseshoe Steakhouse & Saloon, where he mesquite-grills chicken, seafood, veggies and those 100 percent Angus steaks and burgers. The restaurant is open for breakfast and dinner. Breakfast runs $5-$7. Dinner entrees run $10-$25. The restaurant is at 6575 N. Sandario Road, just south of Picture Rocks Road. Hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, 7-11 a.m. and 5-9 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
The "saloon" part of the name is a misnomer for now; the restaurant won't have its liquor license for about 90 days, Coomer said.
—Cathalena E. Burch
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