Zagat Survey 2008 Results for San Francisco Announced
Gary Danko - Big Winner

By Carol & Joe Davis

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Gary Danko won two 2008 Zagat Survey Awards today including Most Popular Restaurant and Top Food Restaurant in San Francisco. Tim and Nina Zagat announced the results of their 2008 San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants Survey which rates restaurants on Food, Décor, Service and Cost.

The Awards were presented at the Westin Hotel in San Francisco where more than 100 local Celebrity Chefs, Restaurateurs and media dined on a delicious Eggs Benedict breakfast. Other survey results which are all in the new 2008 Zagat Book and at www.Zagat.com included The City's Top New Restaurant which went to Perbacco, Top Décor which went to Pacific's Edge in Carmel, and Top Service which went to Erna's Elderberry House in the Chateau du Sureau in Oakhurst near Yosemite.

Tim and Nina Zagat explained that their survey results found that diners in the San Francisco Bay Area are spending more than ever with costs at the upscale restaurants averaging $103.00 per person. Diners were not complaining about the value and are quite pleased with their Dining Experience and the Cuisine but that Service still appears to be an issue both here and nationwide.

Over 8,000 locals were part of the survey that included more than 1,100 Restaurants.

The Zagat Survey was started in 1979 in NYC and the guides are now available in over 70 markets. Sometimes called "The Food and Travel Bible" Zagat is the leading provider of consumer survey-based Dining and Travel information.