BubbaQue Smokehouse Lands at 5005 S. Campbell: A 16-Year-Old Tucson Food Truck Just Became a 120-Seat Brick-and-Mortar

BubbaQue Smokehouse BBQ and Tex-Mex Catering opened its first brick-and-mortar restaurant on Saturday, May 2, 2026, taking over a 5,900-square-foot freestanding building at 5005 S. Campbell Avenue in zip code 85706 — the former home of Mandarin Buffet and, before that, Hole N 1 Golf Pub. Owner Ben Levine ran the Guero Loco's Bubba-Que food truck for roughly six years before this transition. The new room seats 120 guests, runs daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with extended Friday and Saturday bar hours, and serves 12-to-18-hour smoked brisket, pulled pork, beef Dino ribs, fried catfish, and shrimp on a Texas-meets-Tex-Mex menu. Here is a fully sourced May 5, 2026 walk-through for southside Tucson residents and buyers tracking commercial reinvestment along the South Campbell corridor.