Boca Tacos y Tequila Is Now BOCA by Chef Maria Mazon — Man v. Food Update

Man v. Food, Season 8, Episode 11 Aired September 24, 2019

In this segment, Casey Webb visited Boca Tacos y Tequila on Tucson's Fourth Avenue to try the Sonoran Taco Dog, a hybrid dish wrapping a bacon-style hot dog inside a taco with the restaurant's house toppings. The business was founded in 2009 by chef Maria Mazon, a Tucson native raised in Sonora, Mexico, who built the menu around Sonoran-style street food. Mazon has also appeared on Food Network's Chopped and Cooking Channel programming beyond this episode, according to her official biography on the restaurant's site.

Since the 2019 broadcast, the restaurant has continued operating from the same Fourth Avenue address under the name BOCA by Chef Maria Mazon, according to the business's website and Yelp, which shows customer reviews dated as recently as August 2026. The rebrand keeps Mazon as executive chef-owner, with online ordering for pickup and delivery still active through the restaurant's Toast ordering page as of 2026.

You Gotta Eat Here!, Season 5, Episode 20 Aired October 7, 2016

This appearance comes from You Gotta Eat Here! season 5, episode 20 aired on Food Network Canada on 2016-10-07 with host John Catucci. TVmaze's episode listing titles the episode "Boca Tacos Y Tequila, Palomino Smokehouse, Naroma Pizza Bar" and describes the featured food at Boca Tacos y Tequila in Tucson, Arizona, as tacos. A Tucson Foodie article found in October 2026 search results carries a headline saying Food Network Canada would feature Baja Cafe, BOCA Tacos and Mother Hubbard's; the headline does not name the show, and the search results showed no publication date for it. The other two restaurants in the episode, according to the TVmaze title, were Palomino Smokehouse in Calgary, Alberta, and Naroma Pizza Bar in Burlington, Ontario.