La Pianola 840 E. Ft. We in Tucson are spoiled by an abundance of good Mexican food. There's hardly a neighborhood in our sprawling metropolis where you can't find great carne asada, homemade tamales, fresh corn tortillas, or some other Sonoran specialty within a few miles of where you start looking.
Standards are high, higher than for any other cuisine available in town.
So it's always disappointing to find a restaurant that doesn't meet them. La Pianola, an otherwise inviting, friendly place, has difficulty achieving even the basics with any real success. The space is brightly colored, the music festive. Service, while slow, is thorough and precise. But the restaurant is usually half empty, or more so.