Zuni Café

This is one of the places I have the most respect for. They have a serious oyster program and have been buyers of oysters since the early ‘80s. I remember one of my first jobs was delivering oysters for Hog Island in the middle of the night at the fisherman’s market, and we’d make special drops at Zuni. Judy Rogers, the founder who has since passed, is kind of one of the big deals in California Cuisine. I think she paid homage to the growers by showing how much she cared about her own oyster program. They carry about a dozen oysters, all awesome.