Nouveau Bistro
On any given evening, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry writes, Zoot's cozy, warmly lit dining room fills with a cross-section of the city. Seated around the white-clothed tables you find young and old, dates and small groups, black-clad hipsters and the obvious "out of towners," all nodding in approval as they spear forkfuls of sautéed veal sweetbreads, roasted chicken, or seared duck.
"...but the fact that Maxwell caramelizes his cabbage and rough-cuts his root vegetables sets the dish apart...."
March 30, 2001 Food Feature