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15034 N. Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ 85254

480-603-0922

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Phoenix New Times
Recommended
Best French Restaurant
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): Contemporary, Continental, Dessert, French, Seafood

Hours: 11 a.m.- 10 p.m. daily 10 p.m.-Midnight late night menu

Price: $$, $$$, $$$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club, cash
Attire: casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties

Parking: Lot Available

Description

A fabulous-looking and -feeling place for fabulous-looking folks not afraid to shell out big bucks for Parisian comfort food. Many dishes are, well, fabulous, including macaroni gratin, croque monsieur, onion soup gratinée, smoked salmon crepes and pork chop choucroute. Prepare for lots of butter and cream.

2010 | Best French Restaurant

Seems there's always a European vacation gnawing at the back of our mind, but the reality of hopping the pond is usually a pipe dream. Good thing we can indulge in our Francophile fantasies at Zinc Bistro anytime we want. It's like a tiny patch of Paris planted in our own backyard, complete with a chic dining room, a see-and-be-seen patio that wraps around the side, and thoughtfully prepared French bistro cuisine. Delicate salads and fresh, briny oysters, flat iron steak with frites, braised... More »
2009 | Best Place to Play Hooky

Depending on the time of day, Zinc Bistro takes on different guises -- it's a bright, bustling place to see and be seen at lunchtime, and a romantic, candlelit hotspot at night. We'll take any excuse to stop by for chef Matt Carter's tasty French cooking (like ratatouille, braised lamb shank, or prime flat iron steak), but for some reason we especially love this place in the afternoon, when we can rendezvous with friends on the front patio, order a nice bottle of wine, and... More »
2007 | BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT

Zinc Bistro is as seductive as any restaurant you'd find in the City of Lights. Bright and airy by day, with abundant windows, high tin ceilings, crisp white tablecloths, and ample patio seating fit for an afternoon of people-watching, this stylish boîte transforms into an intimate, candlelit dinner destination come sundown. Grab a stool at the restaurant's namesake, a sleek, 25-foot zinc bar, for raw oysters on the half shell, Gruy�re fondue, or a cheese platter, or shimmy onto a l... More »
2005 | BEST BIRD

There's something about squab that sounds so PBS. A dish some pudgy, truculent barrister should be supping on with a glass of sherry at hand. And when you get right down to it, squab, or domesticated pigeon, is about the last thing you'll see on menus these days, even at better restaurants in town. Too bad, because the flesh of this four-week-old bird is dark and succulent, far more delicious than Charlie chicken or Tom turkey. However, Zinc Bistro is known for providing a classic French... More »
2003 | BEST SMOKED SALMON

Zinc could send out merely decent smoked salmon. Lesser quality fish could be hidden when wrapped in such perfect, pillowy crepes as it is here, the feather light batter infused with fresh herbs. Less succulent fish might be forgiven, when dipped in such rich lemon crème fraîche created by Zinc's chefs. Even only okay fish might seem fine when partnered with the most garden-gorgeous shaved cucumber, red onion slivers and aromatic, peppery arugula, hand-picked to best the best of... More »

The Petiller at Zinc Bistro

By Katie Johnson | Thu, May 24, 2012

Matt Carter's, Zinc Bistro is your French escape from the 100 plus temperatures of Arizona, offering fine dining and drinks in a metropolitan francaphone atmosphere. Located smack dab in the middle ... More »
A Friends of James Beard Dinner in Our Own Backyard Last Night

By Carol Blonder | Thu, April 19, 2012

Is a trip to NYC and a dinner at the famed James Beard House on your "bucket list"? Note to self, a taste of the experience and access to James Beard award winning chefs from across the nation is r... More »
Top Ten Spots for Mac 'n' Cheese in the Valley

By Laura Hahnefeld | Mon, April 16, 2012

Mm, mm, mac 'n' cheese. President Thomas Jefferson had it for dinner at the White House in 1802, Crayola made it a crayon color in 1993, and Kraft sells more than one million boxes of it every day. ... More »
Take Out the Trash

By Carey Sweet | Thu, April 04, 2002

How do you start an e-mail war? Within the restaurant community, it's pretty simple: give Scottsdale bartender and gossipmonger Robert Stempkowski access to the Internet. The tidbit he sent me was basic, about a chef departing a restaurant. Yet ... More »
Too Sexy for My Soufflé

By Carey Sweet | Thu, March 28, 2002

It's finally happened. After almost 15 years of living in Scottsdale, I've become one of them. Not a yuppie, not yet, though I've decided that conspicuous consumption isn't necessarily a filthy term, but a pretty cool way of life. Here I sit in ... More »

Dinner Menu

Cold Appetizers

$10.00

Zinc House Salad, Cabernet Vinaigrette
organic hand cut greens, herbs, warm chevre crouton

$14.00

Ahi Tuna "steak Tartare"
with cornichon, fler del sel and grilled rye

$8.00

Frisee, Savoy Spinach, Poached Egg
dill, lardons, sherry bacon vinaigrette

$12.00

Iceberg Salad, Sweet Sherry, Smokey Blue Cheese
toasted hazelnuts, haricot vert, baby tomatoes and tarragon and dungeness crab

$15.00

Local Organic Vegetable Chop Salad
whipped honey balsamic dressing, shaved d.o.p pecorino

Hot Appetizers

$16.00

California Squab And Foie Gras
cipollini onion honey-glaze, tennessee grits

$12.00

Chicken And Dumpling Consomme
pulled chicken, gnocchis, baby shitake, tarrgon and bone marrow

$16.00

Roasted Dungeness Crab And Mushroom Crepes
lobster sauce with sweet tomato ad fennel

$24.00

Onion Soup Gratinee - 10choose 5 Cheeses
traditional onion soup with bubbling gruyere

$16.00

Moules Marinieres, Matchstick Frites
white wine leeks, toasted rosemary and french butter

$12.00

Pate Maison, Duck, Chicken And Brandy
duck, gelee, sauce, gribiche, and mustard rye

Fish

$18.00

Dungeness Crab And Truffleomelette
served with bearnaise and straw potatoes

$32.00

Sugarcane Cured Ahi Tuna, Truffle Marrow Emulsion
bok choy, parsnip puree, and fennel with bonito

$32.00

Seared Dry Pack Scallops, Risotto
spanish chorizo, roast corn, creme fraiche, manchego espuma

$28.00

Scottish Salmon, Butter Poached Asparagus
braised mushroom and truffle emulsion

$20.00

Organic Ratatouille Agnolottis, Pecorino D.o.p.
roasted red pepper, egplant, squash and garlic

Meat

$26.00

Prime Flat Iron Steak, Shallots, Brandy Au Poivre
served medium rare, choice of matchstick or pomme frites

$36.00

Sous Vide Filet Mignon With A Red Wine, Foie Gras
and madeira reduction

$28.00

Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin, Sauce Hydro - Miel
cheesy, black truffled, tennessee grits

$32.00

Short Ribs Bordelaise
zinc potato gratin, garlic and nutmeg cream

$26.00

Charcoal Roast Chicken, Beurre Poulet
tuiled'ail, confit pulled leg, mushroom risotto

$26.00

Braised Lamb Shank, With Honey Roasted Peppers
fontina polenta, nicoise, and picholine

Plateaux De Fruits De Mer

$75.00

Small Tray
1/2 lobster, 8 oysters, 4 shrimp, 4 clams, 6 mussels

$105.00

Large Tray
1 lobster, 12 oysters, 6 shrimp, 8 clams, 10 mussels

Each $3.00

Oysters

Each $1.00

Clams

Each $3.50

Jumbo Shrimp

$1.00

4 Mussels

Cheese Board
European And Domestic Cheeses, Cow, Sheep And Goat With Warm Marinated Olives, Cured Meats, Olive Oil Sea Salt Spiced Walnuts

$16.00

Choose 3 Cheeses

$24.00

Choose 5 Cheeses

Dinner For Two

$112.00

Onion Soup Or Zinc House Salad
two side dishes with the main course

$112.00

Chateaubriand, Sauce Bearnaise
bacon wrapped, with roast garlic

$112.00

Apricot - Sage Souffle
amaretto caramel whipped cream

Side Dishes

$7.00

Haricots Verts
with lemon & shitakes

$7.00

Zinc Potatoes

$12.00

Truffle And Parmesan Fries

$7.00

Grilled Asparagus, Lemon, Fleur De Sel

$6.00

7quot; Mac And Cheese

$14.00

Foie Gras Risotto, Port Reduction

Desserts

$7.00

Zinc Valrona Chocolate Souffle
chocolate, mint, or gran marnier sauce

$7.00

Pistachio "cheesecake" Peanut Butter Cup
candied pistachios, house made peanut butter

$6.00

Tahitian Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee
chambord macaroons

$8.00

Chocolate Pot De Creme Infused With Earl Grey
allspice foam and honey glazed "tea bisquits"

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Zinc Bistro

15034 N. Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ 85254

480-603-0922

Description

2010 | Best French Restaurant

2009 | Best Place to Play Hooky

2007 | BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT

2005 | BEST BIRD

2003 | BEST SMOKED SALMON

By Katie Johnson | Thu, May 24, 2012

By Carol Blonder | Thu, April 19, 2012

By Laura Hahnefeld | Mon, April 16, 2012

By Carey Sweet | Thu, April 04, 2002

By Carey Sweet | Thu, March 28, 2002