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Hidden gems really do exist. When one of them is in Midtown Tucson, all the better.

Lodge on the Desert, a small resort on North Alvernon Way since 1930, has always had a restaurant on its premises.

But aside from the hotel guests, who tend to eat breakfast there, its dining room tends to be on the empty side. Many Tucsonans apparently don’t think of the Lodge on the Desert when it comes to fine dining.

They should.