Grilled seafood with beans in a clay bowl
Grilled seafood with beans in a clay bowl Photo: Bacanora
No. 58of the 100

Sonoran grill · Phoenix, United States

How to book Bacanora

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On the 1st of each month at 09:00 Phoenix time, Bacanora opens the following month on OpenTable.

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About Bacanora

Bacanora is a small Sonoran restaurant at 1301 NW Grand Avenue in downtown Phoenix, run by chef and owner Rene Andrade, who comes from Sonora1,4. It opened in February 20214,6. Andrade built its Santa Maria style grill with help from Armando Hernandez and Nadia Holguin of Tacos Chiwas, who also make the flour tortillas served there4.

Everything on the menu is cooked over a wood-fired grill, and the menu changes almost every day1,3. Small plates such as embered elote, bone marrow and a bean dip sit alongside large cuts for the table, including short rib asado, a bone-in New York strip and a 40-ounce bone-in ribeye, plus tacos, caramelos and a carne asada burrito3. Sunset described mesquite cooking on a handbuilt steel grill, a 46-day dry-aged ribeye and pollo asado seasoned only with salt5. The bar pours agave cocktails, and the namesake spirit is served with cinnamon, piloncillo and smoke3,4.

The room is a bright pink dining room with 33 seats, which the restaurant calls its "little casita"2,5. Dinner runs Monday to Saturday from 5 pm, each table is held for 90 minutes, and reservations open on the first of each month at 9 am for the following month, only through OpenTable1,2.

PHOENIX magazine named it the best new restaurant of 20214. In 2022 it was a James Beard finalist for Best New Restaurant and appeared on the New York Times list of the best restaurants in the United States, and Andrade won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southwest in 20241,5,6.

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Artwork and flowers in the dining room
Artwork and flowers in the dining room Photo: Bacanora
A table set with shared plates and cocktails
A table set with shared plates and cocktails Photo: Bacanora
Embered elote with crema and lime
Embered elote with crema and lime Photo: Bacanora
Food hanging over the wood-fired grill
Food hanging over the wood-fired grill Photo: Bacanora
A spirit served with orange slices, cinnamon and embers
A spirit served with orange slices, cinnamon and embers Photo: Bacanora

Sources

Last checked 19 October 2026.

Sources for the description and pictures

  1. bacanoraphx.com official: Bacanora
  2. bacanoraphx.com official: Reservations, Bacanora
  3. bacanoraphx.com official: Menu, Bacanora
  4. phoenixmag.com press: 2021 Best New Restaurants, PHOENIX magazine
  5. sunset.com press: Phoenix's Best New Restaurant Has the Secrets to Open-Fire Grilling, Sunset
  6. yahoo.com press: These 4 Arizona restaurants named among the best in US on New York Times list, The Arizona Republic

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