Zuni is a San Francisco phenomenon and institution: everyone from business-people to artists gathers in. Once you`re in, you`ll see why Zuni has consistently drawn crowds for over a decade. Chef Judy Rodgers has a way with grilled fish, the wood-roasted chicken-for-two is famous nation-wide, and the oysters are the freshest in town. The neo-Santa Fe look -- with its flesh colors, throw rugs ...
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Owner-chef Judy Rodgers is a national star, and after one bite of her whole roast chicken and Tuscan bread salad for two, you'll be applauding, too. Dining is on two floors at Zuni: a rabbit warren of rooms on the second level includes a balcony overlooking the main dining room. At the long copper bar, trays of briny-fresh oysters on the half shell are dispensed along with cocktails and wine. The ...
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The Scene Tucked into a narrow corner building shaped like a slice of pie, Zuni is ideal for people-watching. Expansive gallery windows, exposed-brick walls and a coppertop bar set the scene. The quieter second-floor loft is perched above an open kitchen, where chefs buzz from the old-fashioned brick oven to the sparkling oyster bar. Although most of the tightly packed tables seat a dapper ...
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on April 02, 2008, (Edited September 18, 2007)
Defying Darwinian theory, Judy Rodgerss beautiful glass-walled restaurant has prospered by resisting change. Its landmark standing, among both power-lunchers and culinary purists, owes not only to its long survival but also to its dogged adherence to a very California philosophy: the kitchens insistence, born decades ago, on seasonal simplicity. Its fitting, then, that Gilbert Pilgram, a partner at ...
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