Zuni Cafe

The Haight & Hayes Valley


Gimmickry is for amateurs – Zuni has been turning basic menu staples into gourmet go-tos since 1979. Reservations and fat wallets are key for oyster-and-martini lunches, but the see-and-be-seen seating is a kick and the local, sustainably sourced signatures beyond reproach: Caesar salad with house-cured anchovies, brick-oven-roasted free-range chicken with Tuscan bread salad, and mesquite-grilled, grass-fed-beef burgers on focaccia (shoestring fries $9 extra).


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