Raves & Reviews

We're convinced you'll love Zest... However, don't take our word for it! Read what others have to say below.

    - Desert Living Magazine

      - SUZZANNE STARR, The Arizona Republic

      - The Arizona Republic, Feb. 2, 2005

      - Java Magazine

      - The Arizona Republic, Feb. 2, 2005

      - Phoenix Magazine, Jan. 2005

"Fruit vodka amplifies citrus zest"
      - The Arizona Republic, Feb. 16, 2005

"5 new restaurants not to forget about"
      - The Arizona Republic, Feb. 2, 2005

"Best New Restaurants"
      - NIKKI BUCHANAN, Phoenix Magazine (October 2004)

"BEST USE OF AN EGGPLANT"
      - Phoenix New Times, 2004

"...it's Zest's food that puts it over the top, constantly challenging one's expectations with otherwise familiar items such as pork chops or Atlantic salmon. How do you make a pork chop interesting, you might wonder? Rich Rathert does it by taking a one-and-a-half-inch center cut pork chop, flattening it with a mallet until it can almost cover a dinner plate by itself, and then battering it, seasoning it, and breading it with special Japanese-style panko breadcrumbs, which create an especially savory crust. Served atop smashed potatoes, with cranberry-orange chutney, and surrounded by perfectly prepared zucchini and squash, it reminds me of a haute cuisine chicken-fried steak that's both filling and fulfilling to devour."
      - STEPHEN LEMONS, Phoenix New Times

Read the entire article: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/2004-06-03/cafe.html

"The good-time vibes start with the look."; "The killer entree platter is the crisp, moist, panko-breaded pork chop"
      - BY Howard Seftel, The Arizona Republic

Read the entire article:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/food/articles/0901zest01.html

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