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1658 Market (at Franklin) San Francisco, CA 94102

415-552-2522

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Critics'
Pick
Best Brunch, Seated
Award Winner 2006

Cuisine(s): Mediterranean, New American

Hours: Sun-Thu 11:30am-12am, Fri-Sat 11:30am-2am

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

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express
Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Business Dining

Serving: Brunch, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Entertainment: Live Entertainment

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Street, Valet

Description

Not just one of San Francisco's best restaurants, but world-class. Everything on the short menu is reliably superb, from the oysters to the homey desserts. Judy Rodgers' Mediterranean-influenced, hearty, and well-flavored food varies from the simplest dishes to ones with complex, layered flavors. Her signature dish is a plump, juicy roasted chicken, served on a bed of warm bread salad, for two.

2006 | Best Brunch, Seated

We can think of no better way to while away a weekend morning-into-early-afternoon than seated at a table, either within sight of Market Street or tucked away in one of Zuni's many corners (up a few stairs, around an angle, down a few steps), enjoying iced oysters, a seafood platter, a divine Caesar salad, a pizza, a stellar burger on focaccia, cereallike soft polenta topped with mascarpone, or chef Judy Rodger's signature roast chicken for two, not to mention brunchy egg dishes (Sundays... More »
2004 | Best Upscale Burger and Fries

There's so much other good stuff on the menu at Zuni that we tend to forget that the place makes the juiciest, most delicious hamburger around: 6 ounces of Niman Ranch beef, ground in-house, served on rosemary focaccia with garden lettuces, garlicky aioli, and the restaurant's own famous pickles. The basic burger is $11.50, and you can customize it with Gruyère ($1.50), Gorgonzola ($1.50), portobello mushroom ($1.50), or grilled onions (75 cents). What the hell, throw in an order of... More »
2003 | Best Polenta

It's the simplest thing on the menu at the wonderful Zuni Café, just a bowlful of creamy, corny polenta topped with a drizzle of mascarpone or shards of sharp Parmesan, but it's one of the most satisfying dishes we've ever had. We always order one for the table, and it disappears with alacrity. More »
2000 | Best Place to Slurp Oysters

Zuni is all about oysters -- well, and roasted chicken and people-watching, too -- the shucking of oysters, the slurping of them, the absolute Zen of them. The venue provides the classic setting in which to consume a platter: The battered zinc bar is present and accounted for, a long and fetching array of iced mollusks is displayed behind it, the varieties are noted on a chalkboard hanging above, and there's a chattering, hungry crowd enjoying draft beers and icy martinis along with their... More »

House-Cured Anchovies at Zuni Cafe

By Jonathan Kauffman | Thu, April 29, 2010

As a daily windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010 on May 19, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here. All the tasty details after the jump. Number 14: House-Cured Ancho... More »
Back to school, samurai-style

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, October 07, 2009

Everyone likes a good revenge movie. They are tops on my list, especially old samurai flicks. The best ones take place after the warrior system has broken down, when the ronin (masterless soldiers) are wandering aimlessly through Japan trying to d... More »
Esprit de Corps

By Harry Coverte | Wed, December 12, 2001

Paris Mon Amour Need another reason to liken San Francisco to Paris? Check out Hotel Biron, a discreet new gallery and wine bar behind Zuni Cafe at 45 Rose. The space, named after a Parisian inn that is now the Rodin Museum, is owned by Caroline S... More »

Dinner Menu

Main

$8.75

House-cured Anchovies
with celery, parmigiano-reggiano, and coquillo olives

$11.00

Piccolo Fritto
deep fried agretti, onions, and lemons with marash pepper

$10.50

Oranges And Avocado
with espelette pepper and saffron-pickled shallots

$12.50

Watson Ranch Lamb And Merguez Sausage
with sweet and sour onions and cicerchie

$9.25

Arugula And Endive Salad
with shaved purple asparagus and roasted kumquat vinaigrette

$7.50

King Farm Mesclun Salad
with garlic chapons and banyuls vinaigrette

$10.00

Zuni Caesar Salad

$6.00

Bowl Of Polenta
with parmigiano-reggiano or mascarpone

$8.75

Red Lentil Soup
with black pepper, black limes, lemon zest, and spicy cilantro relish

$15.00

Bellwether Farms Ricotta Gnocchi
with black trumpet mushrooms and spinach

$15.50

Sphagetti
with san pedro bay squid, onions, garlic, hot pepper, and toasted breadcrumbs

$28.50

Grilled White Sea Bass
with an artichoke, yellow finn potatoes, spring onions, and aïoli

$29.50

Bollito Misto
evans ranch short ribs and beef tongue simmered in rich broth with asparagus, turnips, white beans, carrots, and green garlic salsa verde

$28.50

Grilled Becker Lane Pork Chop
with potato-parsnip purée, caramelized brussels sprouts, and mustard sauce

$48.00

Chicken For Two Roasted In The Brick Oven
warm bread salad with scallions, garlic, red mustard greens, dried currants, and pine nuts

$30.00
Marinated Olives $5.75
Shoestring Potatoes $6.00

Northern Halibut
braised in the brick oven with white wine, tomato, and saffron, chickpeas, cardoons, and harissa

Cheese

$5.75

Parmigiano-reggiano
with fresh khadrawi and halawi dates

$5.75

Jasper Hill Farm "winnimere"
with glazed arkansas black apple chips

$5.75

Barinaga Ranch Txiki
with fennel

$5.75

Cowgirl Creamery Soft Farmers Cheese
with tenuta di capezzana extra-virgin olive oil

$5.75

Bayley Hazen Blue
with wildflower honey

$5.75

Juniper Grove "tumelo Tomme"
with dried black mission figs in red wine

Dessert

$9.75

Warm Blood Orange And Kumquat Upside-down Cake
with cardamom crème anglaise

$9.75

Meyer Lemon Meringata
with pistachios

$7.50

Huckleberry Granita
with a pignolata cookie

$7.75

Espresso Granita
with whipped cream

$7.50

Date Ice Cream
with brown sugar cookies

$7.50

Gâteau Victoire
with whipped cream

$8.00

Chocolate Pot De Crème

$6.75

A Plate Of Almond-anise Biscottini

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Zuni Cafe

1658 Market (at Franklin) San Francisco, CA 94102

415-552-2522

Description

2006 | Best Brunch, Seated

2004 | Best Upscale Burger and Fries

2003 | Best Polenta

2000 | Best Place to Slurp Oysters

By Jonathan Kauffman | Thu, April 29, 2010

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, October 07, 2009

By Harry Coverte | Wed, December 12, 2001