Zuni Cafe: classic San Francisco eatery.
Judy Rogers, owner/chef of Zuni’s Cafe in San Francisco, continues to provide the ambience and great food that has defined her restaurant since 1987. The whole roast chicken and the 30-minute wait are still on the menu, and still is a huge hit with it’s accompanying bread salad. We decided to try the anchovies and parmesan cheese as an appetizer and we loved them with the crusty bread on the table and the parmesan cheese bits sprinkled on top. The tomato soup was perfect, with roasted tomatoes and cilantro and creme fraiche, and the classic Caesar she makes still delights me. I was given the opportunity to taste the ricotta gnocchi (wanted to compare them to my own- and I still prefer my own!), the pork chop roasted in the wood-burning oven, and the spaghetti and meatballs she had on the menu. I still have yet to have a bad bite there. The ambience is still funky and fun, with nooks and crannies and cubby holes hidden all over; the restaurant looks deceptively small until you walk through the labyrinth and discover tables that are hidden gems. We kept dessert simple with the plate of biscottini, and with the large bowl cappucino it was a perfect ending to the meal.