Zest! Tops the List
The May 2011 issue of Indianapolis Monthly Magazine lists the 50 best restaurants in Indianapolis, and Zest! is at the top of the list. Go to page 58 of the publication and take a look.
ONE OF INDY’S “DINING HOT SPOTS FOR MARVELOUS MEALS”
Here are just some of things fans and the press have to say about Zest!
- Thanks, again, INDIANAPOLIS MONTHLY MAGAZINE, February 2010 issue. This is an issue of Indy's Favorites! The magazine features a full page of photos of Zest! specialties, including our WILD HIBISCUS MIMOSA!
- INDIANAPOLIS MONTHLY MAGAZINE AWARDS THE 3-NAPKIN BURGER THE MOST STARS AMONG THE TOP 25 BEST BURGERS IN INDY. October 2009 issue.
- 'COME IN AND CHECK OUT THE COCKTAIL HOUR TAPAS SERVED DAILY AT ZEST!' October 13, 2009.
- Nuvo Magazine Zest! Review. June 13, 2009. WHOO-HOO!!
- BEST BREAKFAST IN THE CITY. THE JUNE 2009 'BEST OF' ISSUE OF INDIANAPOLIS MONTHLY MAGAZINE
- THINGS WE CRAVE..Zest! Creme Brulee French Toast. THE JUNE 2009 'BEST OF' ISSUE OF INDIANAPOLIS MONTHLY MAGAZINE
- Midwest Living Magazine. “For breakfast or early lunch [NOW DINNER], I choose Zest Exciting Food Creations. My favorite: sautéed wild mushrooms in a crusty roll, served with greens and goat cheese. Decadent crème brûlée French toast, generous enough to share, is a signature dish.”
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- I Love Zest! Exciting Food Creations page on facebook. “Great breakfast lunch and now dinner! They have the BEST brownies glazed with carmel and sprinkled with sea salt!”
- The Indianapolis Star Taste. “Chef-owner Valerie Vanderpool’s world-famous macaroni and cheese really does have fans from around the globe, as the many mac-and-cheese love notes on display at her popular restaurant will attest.”
- Indianapolis Monthly Magazine 2007-2008 City Guide. My Indy Dining Hot Spots for Marvelous Meals. “Chef Valerie Vanderpool’s quaint café, opened last year, has quickly become the toast of Indy.”
- Indianapolis Monthly Magazine Critic’s Choice Best Restaurants 2007.
- Indianapolis Monthly Magazine Best of Indianapolis December 2007, “Best Gourmet Brunch”.
- Indianapolis Monthly Magazine Best of Indianapolis December 2007, “Best Salad Menu”.
- Indianapolis Monthly Magazine Best Restaurants May 2007. “This family run café serves a crème brûlée French toast…maybe the best French toast that ever was.”
- Indianapolis Monthly Magazine 2007 Best of Indy. “You don’t need sterling tureens or platters of pastries when you can have Zest! Exciting Food Creations’ quiche that’s loaded with bleu cheese and spinach, biscuits and sausage gravy, homemade scones packed with brown sugar, and cups of fresh berries.” And, “…the sole restaurant in town where we’re coerced to order a salad over something more sinful. Strong as the pull may be toward the meatloaf and mac-and-cheese, we’re consistently drawn to the fresh herb salad…or the inventive grilled Caesar.”
- The Broadripple Gazette. “While brunch features sausage-sausage (yes-double) gravy with biscuits, this is not your Grandpa’s diner. This is New Age fare with a flair. I’ll definitely go back.” “My omelet was perfectly moist and fluffy, the smoked gouda and herbs lending a wonderful aroma. I would gladly come back to Zest!”
- Indianapolis Dine Magazine 4/2007, Picnic crush fall hard for summertime flavors meant to be shared. “With her signature whimsy, Chef Valerie Vanderpool designs a picnic worth packing.”
- The Indianapolis Star Taste. “Don’t miss the scrambled egg Panini with white cheddar, organic greens and sweet dijonnaise, served on a warm ciabatta roll.”
- The Indianapolis Star. “True to its name, Zest! infuses crowd-pleasing dishes with a little something extra. And what meat-lover, no matter how old-school, could turn down the shredded beef simmered with red wine and served with bleu cheese mousse? But my friend and I are both vegetarian, and we found plenty to eat, too.”
- INtake Dining. “Restaurant makes breakfast a Zest!-fully good experience. A bright spot on an otherwise dank, dark morning, Zest! made getting up early a good idea. Zest! is a chance spot where just right is just right.”
- The Indianapolis Star Taste. “This new eatery is full of Zest! At lunch, customers clamor for Baja tacos…accompanied by homemade chipotle slaw and edamame succotash.”
- Indianapolis Dine Magazine, Prized Recipe, Grammy’s Porridge. “Valerie Vanderpool has received nothing but rave reviews for her version of Goldilocks’ famous meal. We think you’ll agree, this recipe is just right.”