Bar Zola

Friday, February 6, 2026 Dinner Palo Alto, CA
with Kevin, Kunal
6.0 / 10

Notes

Nuge's 40th birthday. Started out okay, but the entrees were big misses. Both steaks were pretty bad, the ribeye was inedible. The NY Prime had good pieces, but disappointing. Le Vesper $20 gin, vodka, kina l’aero ‘dor Maize Runner Lager $12 Mouse Aux Chocolat $16 (Nuge birthday) valrhona “Illanka” - chantilly - cocoa crumble Penicillin $17 single malt scotch, lemon, ginger, honey, peated scotch Diet Coke $5 Colette $18 mezcal, lapsang honey, peach, salers apertif, lemon Coke $5 Vivant Le Reve $11 (NA) abstinence cape citrus, grapefruit, lemon, jasmine rice, hazelnut Daises at the Disco $18 tequila ocho blanco, ancho verde, tomatillo, marjoram, melon, italicus, lime Patience Grasshopper IPA $12 (x2) The duck was insultingly poor.

Dishes

Entrees
3 Oysters $48.00
note(dozen) - WEST COAST OYSTERS
3 Bone Marrow $16.00
note(x2) - herb breadcrumbs - mustard - pickled fennel & arugula salad
3 Frisee & Apple Salad $22.00
note- ARUGULA - pT. reyes blue cheese - piNK LADY APPLES, CANDIED WALNUTS - SUNCHOKES - HONEY MUSTARD VINAIGRETTE
3 Beef Cheek Bourguignon $47.00
note(best entree of the night by far) - ROASTED GARLIC pomme pureé - NANTES CARROTS - PICKLED RED ONIONS & PEPPERS
2 Parker House Rolls $14.00
2 wildflower butter
2 Escargot $18.00
2 garlic & Parsley butter, puff pastry
2 Prime New York $71.00
2 Parisian Gnocchi $34.00
notewinter squash - salsify - maitake - broccolini - sunchoke cream sauce - slow egg
2 Macaroni and Cheese $14.00
2 macaroni & cheese - aged white cheddar - breadcrumbs
1 Flannery Beef 14 Day Dry Aged Ribeye 12oz $72.00
1 sauce bordelaise
1 38 North Duck Breast $48.00
1 HOUSE DUCK SAUSAGE - sweet potato pureé - WINTER GREENS - hazelnut crumble - HUCKLEBERRY demi
Totals
Total$769.38
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