Helping keep the national culinary compass pointed toward California cuisine, Zuni Café has been keeping certain other highly lauded East Bay restaurants on their toes since opening in 1979. James Beard award-winning chef and co-owner Judy Rodgers offers her cutting-edge cooking in the quirky, multileveled eatery, once named No. 37 on Gourmet magazine's America's Top 50 Restaurants list. A neighborhood spot through and through, national press doesn't stop this place from flawlessly executing burger- and Caesar salad-like standards next to sublime ricotta gnocchi and a vast array of first-rate oysters. When in doubt, choose seafood. The loyal, diverse-as-San-Francisco clientele also love Rodger's Sunday brunch (11 am–2:30 pm) – perhaps because it includes some of the city's best Bloody Marys. Full bar. Serving lunch and dinner Tue–Sun. Closed Mon. One of the San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Restaurants of 2008. Voted Best Restaurant That's More Than 25 Years Old in 2007 Bay Guardian readers poll. Voted Best White-Linen Hamburger in 2007 San Francisco magazine readers poll.