Zazu’s Restaurant and Farm’s husband and wife chef team, John Stewart and Duskie Estes, are the poster children for Sonoma County’s farm-to-table dining scene.
In fact, you’ll often see Duskie picking fresh herbs from the planter boxes on the restaurant patio, and the menu pulls from many of their Black Pig Meat Co. artisan pork and charcuterie. In the summer, tomatoes come from their own gardens or those of friends, and they’re Slow Food celebs, making all of their food with intent and purpose.
California-Italian with occasional nods to the South — but depends heavily on local, seasonal produce.
The wine list leans toward many affordable, rising star local wines that you won’t find elsewhere. There’s also a full bar with creative cocktails (yes, some actually have bacon as a starring flavor) along with a late-night scene until 11p.m. Brunch is spectacular.
Think you’ve seen Duskie before? Yep, she’s been on several Food Network shows.
Zazu Restaurant + Farm, 6770 McKinley St. in the Barlow, Sebastopol. Open M, W, TH for dinner, Friday and Saturday for lunch and dinner and Sunday from 9a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Tuesday. 707-523-4814, online at zazukitchen.com.
Zazu Restaurant: Can’t miss farm to feast classic in Sebastopol
Zazu Restaurant: Devoted to Slow Food and sustainability and one of Sonoma County's must-try destination restaurants
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Owner John Stewart in the Black Pig Meat Co. meat locker at Zazu.
Zazu Restaurant and Farm in Sebastopol.
John Stewart and Duskie Estes cooking with their daughter Brydie Stewart, 15, at their home in Forestville, California. June 18, 2016. (Photo: Erik Castro/for Sonoma Magazine)
Zazu Kitchen + Farm - Sebastopol: $35 prix fixe not including beverages. Menu includes cinnamon French toast, fried green tomato BLT, flatiron steak with kale Caesar and artichoke and Meyer lemon risotto with a sunny farm egg on top. Side dishes include biscuits with gravy, black pig bacon and a maple glazed donut. Reservations required. 6770 McKinley St. #150, Sebastopol. (Heather Irwin/PD)
Interior of Zazu Kitchen + Farm
Prepping BLTs at Davis Family WInery in Healsburg. The Black Piglet opens this week. PD File
A Spiritworks Sloe 75 made by bar manager Fred Johnson at Zazu Kitchen and Farm in Sebastopol, Friday, {month name} 27, 2014.(Crista Jeremiason / The Press Democrat)
John Stewart of Zazu Restaurant + Farm at Heritage Fire Napa 2014. Photo courtesy of Cochon 555.
Spirit Works will host a dinner at Zazu in Sebastopol's Barlow on May 26, 2014
The former Zazu roadhouse photo Charlie Gesell
Students at the Ceres Project in Sebastopol. The teens will cook with Chef Duskie Estes at Zazu on April 13.
Bacon Toffee Chocolate Pop from Zazu
Pineapple Pork from Zazu
Salt and Vinegar Pork Rinds from Zazu
Zazu's Menu for Cochon 555