BarZola Palo Alto

Menus

Accessible text versions of the Zola and BarZola menus. The original PDF menus are still available and are linked at the end of each section.

Dinner

Amuse-Bouche

  • Chickpea Panisse — Spring top aioli, smoked paprika — 12
  • Candied Almonds — Quatre epices — 6
  • Olives Marinées — Citrus, fennel, coriander, garlic — 8

From the Shell

  • Escargots — Garlic and parsley butter, puff pastry — 18
  • West Coast Oysters (Fri – Sat) — Mignonette — MP

Bistro Menu — 5pm-5:30pm Mon – Thur — 60

Soup or Salade Verte; Hanger Frites or King Salmon; Choice of Dessert.

Hors d’Oeuvres

  • Midwife and the Baker Baguette — Vermont creamery butter, Maldon salt — 10
  • Parker House Rolls — Lemon thyme butter — 14
  • Soup a l’Onion — French onion soup, mushroom broth, croutons, gruyere — 16
  • Goat Cheese Mousse — Red bell pepper emulsion, pink lady apples, sunchoke chips, leeks, grilled country bread — 23
  • Fromages & Charcuterie — Selection of house made and artisan charcuterie and cheeses — 32
  • Boles de Picolat — Pork and beef meatballs, tomato, porcini, olive verte, white beans — 18
  • Bone Marrow — Herb breadcrumbs, mustard, pickled fennel and arugula salad — 16 each
  • P.E.I. Mussels — Leeks, celery, fennel, housemade pork sausage, fresno cream sauce, grilled levain — 28

Salades

Add warm goat cheese toast — 9. Add True Story 10 month prosciutto — 12.

  • Salade Verte — Smoked beets, red wine citrus vinaigrette, pickled shallots, parmesan breadcrumbs — 18
  • Heirloom Pear & Roquefort — Belgian endive, arugula, frisée, sherry thyme vinaigrette, candied pecans — 22

Les Plats

  • Parisian Gnocchi — Summer squash, maitake, heirloom cherry tomatoes, smoked miso corn pudding — 36
  • Poisson du Jour — Roasted artichokes, Nantes carrots, sugar snap peas, sunchokes, sauce verte — M.P.
  • King Salmon — Melted leeks, zucchini, crispy potatoes, blood orange beurre rouge — 52
  • Poulet Rôti — Roasted half chicken, pork belly, mixed chicories, warm mushroom vinaigrette, croutons — 42
  • Duck Confit — House duck sausage, glazed rutabaga, spring onions, huckleberry demi — 48
  • Côte de Porc — Roasted broccolini, stone ground cheddar grits, sauce guignolet — 47

Steak Frites

Served with house cut french fries.

  • Creekstone Hanger 8oz — Chimichurri — 44
  • Creekstone Flat Iron 10oz — Sauce au poivre — 58
  • Flannery Beef 14 Day Dry Aged Ribeye 12oz — Sauce bordelaise — 72

Les Garnitures — Sides

  • Ratatouille — Eggplant, summer squash, red bell pepper, tomatoes, herb and garlic breadcrumbs — 16
  • Stoneground White Grits — Aged white cheddar — 14
  • Gratin de Macaroni — Macaroni and cheese, gruyère, breadcrumbs — 14
  • Pommes Frites — Sauce dijonnaise — 14

A 5% Living Wage surcharge will be added to all purchases. Gratuity of 20% will be added to tables of 6 or more. Corkage is $45 per 375ml/750ml bottle — Limit 2 bottles

Wines by the Glass

Sparkling

  • NV Broc Cellars Love — Chenin Blanc — 18
  • NV J. Lasalle 1er Cru Cachet Or Brut Champagne — Chardonnay, Pinot Noir & Meunier — 24
  • 2023 St Buena Vida Non-Alcoholic — Chardonnay — 16

Rosé

  • 2025 Lieu Dit Santa Barbara County — Cabernet Franc — 16

Blanc

  • 2024 Erste & Neue Alto Adige — Pinot Grigio — 17
  • 2025 Domaine Gérard & Hubert Thirot Sancerre — Sauvignon Blanc — 22
  • 2023 Domaine Baron Touraine Chenonceaux — Sauvignon Blanc — 17
  • 2025 Champalou Vouvray — Chenin Blanc — 16
  • 2019 Big Basin Howard Family Vineyard Santa Cruz Mountains — Chardonnay — 18
  • 2024 Domaine Cheveau Mâcon-Fuissé Les Grandes Bruyères — Chardonnay — 20
  • 2024 Drew Mendocino Ridge — Chardonnay — 22

Rouge

  • 2025 Marcel Lapierre Raisins Gaulois Vin de France — Gamay — 16
  • 2025 Domaine La Cadette Bourgogne — Pinot Noir — 22
  • 2025 Scar of the Sea Slo Coast — Pinot Noir — 19
  • 2024 M. Plouzeau La Bonnelère Chinon — Cabernet Franc — 17
  • 2023 Famille Gras Les Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Rhône — Grenache, Syrah, & Mourvèdre — 17
  • 2022 Bodegas Vatan Triton Tinta de Toro Old Vines — Tempranillo — 18
  • 2024 Gail Doris Sonoma Valley — Cabernet Sauvignon — 20
  • 2022 Château du Cauze Saint-Emilion Grand Cru — Merlot & Cab. Sauvignon — 23

Draft Beer

  • Sirena del Rhein – German Pilsner — Del Cielo, Martinez, CA — 4.8% ABV — 12
  • Just Send It – West Coast IPA — Original Pattern, Oakland, CA — 7.0% ABV — 12

Bottles & Cans

  • Wave Czech – Bohemian Pilsner — Humble Sea, Santa Cruz, CA — 4.8% ABV — 12
  • Kookslayer – American Amber — Humble Sea, Santa Cruz, CA — 5.3% ABV — 12
  • Weihenstephaner – Hefeweissbier — Bayerische Staatsbrauerei, Bavaria, Germany — 5.4% ABV — 12
  • Mai Tai PA. – West Coast IPA — Alvarado Street, Monterey, CA — 6.5% ABV — 12
  • Donna’s Pickle Beer – Pickle Lager — Pilot Project, Milwaukee, WI — 4.4% ABV — 10
  • Neither Here Nor Pear – Pricky Pear Gose — Original Pattern, Oakland, CA — 6.2% ABV — 12
  • Nü Dry – Hard Cider — Far West, Richmond, CA — 6.6% ABV — 12
  • Headliner – N/A West Coast IPA — Fieldwork, Berkeley, CA — 0.5% ABV — 12
  • Noralé – N/A Lager — Del Cielo, Martinez, CA — 0.5% ABV — 10

Bistro Bottles

Petillant

  • NV Catherine & Pierre Breton Vouvray Brut — Chenin Blanc — 78

Rosé

  • 2024 Turley Rosé — California — Zinfandel — 56

Vin Blanc

  • 2025 Régis Minet Pouilly-Fumé — Sauvignon Blanc — 72

Vin Rouge

  • 2025 Farm Cottage Santa Cruz Mountains — Pinot Noir — 80
  • 2019 Chateau Belles-Graves Lalande-de-Pomerol — Merlot & Cabernet Franc — 80

Dinner Menu (PDF)

Small Plates

  • Chickpea Panisse — Spring top aioli, smoked paprika — 12
  • Candied Almonds — Quatre epices — 6
  • Olives Marinées — Citrus, fennel, green garlic — 8
  • Parker House Rolls — Wildflower butter — 14
  • Fromages & Charcuterie — Selection of house made and artisan cheeses and charcuterie — 32
  • Boles de Picolat — Pork and beef meatballs, tomato, porcini, castelvetrano olives, white beans — 18
  • Escargots — Garlic and parsley butter, puff pastry — 18
  • Pommes Frites — Dijonnaise — 14

Small Plates (PDF)

Cocktails

Originale — $18

  • J’ai La Mangue! — Vodka, nodeo coconut, mango, chamoy, licor 43, lime, habanero
  • Final Swim — Dragonwell gin, yuzu, peach, blue spirulina, lemon, suze
  • Felix Felices — Toasted coconut cachaca, genepy, muscat beaumes-de-venise, fino sherry, kiwi, lime
  • Colette — Mezcal, lapsang honey, peach, salers apertif, lemon
  • Daisies at the Disco — Tequila blanco, ancho verde, tomatillo, marjoram, melon, italicus, lime
  • Garden Theory — Rum, limoncello, montenegro, licor 43, carrot, honey, sage
  • Moon Safari — Gin, genever, bermutto sake, gentian, strawberry, lychee, pandan
  • Verso — Mezcal, ramazzotti, amaro angeleno, nectarine
  • Boardwalk Empire — Elijah craig 12 year, carpano antica, gran classico, primo aperitivo, barrel aged

Classique

  • Le Vesper — Gin, vodka, kina l’aero ‘dor — $20
  • Negroni — Navy strength gin, cocchi torino, campari — $17
  • Manhattan De Luxe — Old fitzgerald 7, bordiga excelsior, angostura, kirsch brandied cherries, hand cut ice — $27
  • Penicillin — Single malt scotch, lemon, ginger, honey, peated single malt — $17
  • Vieux Carré — Sazerac rye, v.s. cognac, cocchi torino, benedictine — $18
  • Bees Knees — Gin, lemon, acacia honey — $17
  • Sidecar — V.s. cognac, dry curacao, lemon — $17

Sans Booze — $11

  • Vivant Le Rêve — Abstinence cape citrus, grapefruit, lemon, jasmine rice, hazelnut
  • L’abeille — Abstinence cape agave, lapsang honey, lemon
  • Spritz Zéro — Mionetto aperitivo, st. buena vida sparkling, club soda

Amaro & Digestif

  • Averna — $12
  • Brucato Chapaarral — $14
  • Brucato Orchard — $14
  • Brucato Woodlands — $14
  • Cardamaro — $10
  • Ciociaro — $10
  • Cynar — $10
  • Cynar 70 — $14
  • Del’ Etna — $12
  • Fernet Branca — $12
  • Fernet Branca Menta — $12
  • Fred Jerbis Fernet — $14
  • Luxardo Amaro Abano — $12
  • Meletti — $12
  • Montenegro — $12
  • Nonino — $16
  • Nux Alpina Walnut — $14
  • Pasubio — $10

Brandy & Eau de Vie

Calvados & Apple Brandy

  • Grandval Manoir de Grandouet Calvados — $18
  • Ambix Apple Brandy — $14
  • Adrian Camut Calvadaos Pays D’Auge 6 Year — $22
  • Michael Huard Vintage 1993 Calvados — $38
  • Michael Huard Hors D’Age Calvados — $20
  • Lairds Single Barrel Apple Brandy 121 Proof — $16
  • Lairds Straight Apple Brandy 100 Proof — $14

Cognac, Armagnac & Brandy

  • Bertoux Brandy — $14
  • Chateau de Lacquy Bas Armagnac — $18
  • Darroze Bas Armangac Les Grand Assemblage 12 Year — $30
  • Darroze Bas Armangac Les Grand Assemblage 20 Year — $40
  • Darroze Bas Armangac “Domaine de Salie” 1995 — $42
  • Deux Familles X.O. Cognac — $26
  • Dudognon Cognac Vielle Reserve — $18
  • Pierre Ferrand 1840 1er Cru Cognac — $14
  • Louis Roques La Vieille Prune Réserve de la Maison — $16
  • St George Basil Eau de Vie — $12

Grappa

  • Bepi Tosolini Grappa — $14
  • Jacopo Poli Grappa Torcolato — $32
  • Jacopo Poli Grappa Vespaiolo — $30
  • Monovitigno il Moscato di Nonino Grappa — $24

Gin & Botanicals

  • Barr Hill — $14
  • Barr Hill Tom Cat — $18
  • Bols Genever — $14
  • Citadelle — $14
  • Citadelle Cornichon — $16
  • Griffo — $14
  • Hayman’s Old Tom — $16
  • Hayman’s Royal Dock Navy Strength — $16
  • Hendrick’s — $17
  • Junipero — $16
  • Monkey 47 — $20
  • Nolet — $18
  • Nordes Atlantico — $16
  • Roku — $14
  • Sipsmith London Dry — $16
  • Sipsmith V.J.O.P — $18
  • St. George Botanivore — $16
  • St. George Terroir — $16
  • Svol Danish Style Aquavit — $14
  • The Botanist — $16
  • Tyler’s City of London — $12

Vodka

  • Belvedere — $18
  • Grey Goose — $18
  • Helix — $12
  • Ketel One — $17
  • Rocket — $18
  • Suntory Haku — $12
  • Tito’s — $15

Rum & Cane

  • Ak Zanj 15 Dark Rum — $28
  • Ak Zanj 10 Dark Rum — $18
  • San Zanj White Rum — $14
  • Canaviais Cachaca — $12
  • Batavia Arrack — $15
  • Chairman’s Reserve — $16
  • Hampden Estate 8 Year Jamaican Rum — $18
  • Lemon Hart 151 — $15
  • Lemon Hart Blackpool Spiced Rum — $14
  • Plantation Cut & Dry Coconut — $18
  • Plantation Overproof (OFTD) — $18
  • Plantation Pineapple — $14
  • Rhum Barbancourt 5 Star 8 Year — $14
  • Rhum Clemente Agricole — $14
  • Rhum J.M. Agricole Blanc — $14
  • Saint Benevolence 5 Year — $16
  • Scarlet Ibis Trinidad — $14
  • Smith & Cross Jamaican Rum — $14
  • The Real Mccoy 12 Year Rum — $20
  • The Real Mccoy 3 Year Rum — $15
  • The Real Mccoy 5 Year Rum — $18
  • The Scarlet Ibis Trinidad — $14
  • Uruapan Charanda Anejo – Mexico — $15
  • Uruapan Charanda – Mexico — $13

Single Malt Scotch

Highlands

  • Aberfeldy 12 — $15
  • Aberfeldy 21 — $64
  • Oban 14 — $30
  • Tobermory 17 Oloroso Cask — $52
  • Talisker 10 — $20

Speyside

  • Balvenie 12 — $22
  • Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask — $26
  • Macallan 12 Sherry Cask — $28
  • Signatory Linkwood Hogshead 12 — $20

Islay

  • Ardbeg 10 — $24
  • Kilchoman Sanaig — $22
  • Lagavulin 16 — $32

Campbeltown

  • Kilkerran 12 — $30
  • Springbank 10 — $28
  • Springbank 5 Year Barrel Proof — $24
  • Springbank 10 Year — $28
  • Springbank 12 Yr Cask Strength — $40
  • Springbank 15 — $52

Blended

  • Compass Box Artist’s Blend — $18
  • Compass Box Hedonism — $26
  • Compass Box Peat Monster — $25

Japanese Whisky

  • Hakushu 12 — $50
  • Hakushu 18 — $150
  • Nikka Coffee Malt — $24
  • Nikka From The Barrel — $26
  • Nikka Miyagikyo — $40
  • Nikka Yoichi — $40
  • Yamazaki 12 — $50

Irish Whisky

  • Green Spot — $18
  • Yellow Spot — $50
  • Method & Madness — $24
  • Redbreast 12 — $22
  • Redbreast 15 — $55
  • Teeling Small Batch — $14

French Whisky

  • Rozelieures Origin — $16
  • Rozelieures Rare Collection — $20
  • Rozelieures Sherry Cask — $24

Tequila

  • El Tesoro Paradiso 5 Year — $52
  • Lalo — $14
  • El Tesoro Reposado — $18
  • El Tesoro Anejo — $20
  • Fortaleza Reposado — $32
  • Fortaleza Anejo — $40
  • Mijenta Blanco — $16
  • Mijenta Reposado — $18
  • Mijenta Symphony Series No. 2 — $26
  • Mijenta Anejo Grand Reserva — $38
  • Ocho Plata Tequila — $18
  • Ocho Reposado Tequila — $22
  • Ocho Anejo — $24
  • Ocho Anejo Old Fitzgerald — $56
  • Ocho Extra Anejo — $46
  • Siete Leguas Blanco — $16
  • Siete Leguas Reposado — $18
  • Siete Leguas Anejo — $20

Mezcal & Agave

  • Bozal Ensamble — $16
  • Cabaillito Cerrero Agave Azul Blanco — $20
  • Del Maguey Chichicapa — $18
  • La Leyenda Silver — $40
  • Los Vecinos — $12
  • Real Minero Arroqueño Still Strength — $46
  • Real Minero Largo — $40
  • Rey Campero Espadin — $18
  • Rey Campero Jabali — $26
  • Rey Campero Tepexate — $28
  • Union — $14

Bourbon

  • Angel’s Envy — $18
  • Angel’s Envy Bottled In Bond — $20
  • Ange’s Envy Cask Strength — $64
  • Barrell ‘Gold Label’ Dovetail Whiskey — $150
  • Barrell ‘Silver Label’ Cask Strength — $80
  • Barrell Dovetail — $22
  • Basil Hayden’s — $18
  • Blanton’s Single Barrel — $26
  • Blanton’s Gold — $46
  • Bulleit Bourbon — $16
  • Buffalo Trace — $12
  • E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof — $42
  • E.H. Taylor Single Barrel — $26
  • E.H. Taylor Small Batch — $20
  • Elijah Craig 18 — $46
  • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof — $20
  • Elijah Craig Small Batch — $16
  • Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel — $18
  • Elmer T. Lee — $28
  • Griffo Stout Barrel — $14
  • Heaven Hill 7 Bottled In Bond — $20
  • Heaven Hill 18 Year — $200
  • Henry McKenna 10 — $18
  • Johnny Drum Private Stock — $16
  • Larceny — $16
  • Maker’s 46 — $16
  • Mellow Corn Bonded Whiskey — $14
  • Michter’s Bourbon — $16
  • Noah’s Mill — $18
  • Old Fitzgerald 10 Year — $56
  • Old Fitzgerald 11 Year — $60
  • Rowan’s Creek — $16
  • Stagg Jr. — $20
  • Weller Special Reserve 7 Year — $16
  • Weller 12 Year — $30
  • Weller Full Proof — $40
  • Willet Pot Still — $16
  • Willett 8 Year Wheated — $50
  • Willett Family Estate 5 Year — $28
  • Willett Family Estate 11 Year — $110

Rye & American

  • Angel’s Envy Caribbean Cask Rye — $26
  • Barrell Seagrass Rye — $22
  • Bernheim Straight Wheat Barrel Proof — $20
  • Bulleit Rye — $15
  • E.H. Taylor Rye — $36
  • Elijah Craig Small Batch Rye — $16
  • Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Rye — $18
  • High West Double Rye — $12
  • High West Midwinter’s Night Dram — $50
  • High West Rendezvous Rye — $20
  • Michter’s Rye — $16
  • Sazerac Rye 6 Year — $14
  • Whistle Pig 10 yr Rye — $25
  • Whistlepig Piggyback 6 Year — $18
  • Willett 4 Year Rye — $20
  • Willett Family Estate 11 Year Rye — $110
  • Willett Family Estate 7 Year Rye — $48

Cocktails and Spirits (PDF)

Dessert

  • Mousse au Chocolat — Valrhona “Illanka”, chantilly, cocoa crumble — $16
  • Peach Tarte Tatin — Pepita praline, port wine crème anglaise — $18
  • Andy’s Orchard Pluot Sorbet — Roasted pistachios, lemon verbena, moulin cornille olive oil — $13
  • Fromage — Selection of artisan cheeses, seasonal jam, grilled levain — $20
  • Fromage d’Affinois Flambé — Apricots, honey, crostini — $14
  • Espresso Martini — Espresso, coffee liqueur, vodka — $16
  • Dubai Chocolate Martini — Espresso, pistachio, creme de cacao, vodka — $18

Sweet Wines by the Glass

  • NV Rare Wine Co. Boston Bual Madeira — 18
  • 1971 d’Oliveiras Terrantez Madeira – 2oz — 85
  • NV La Cigarerra Pedro Ximenez Sherry — 14
  • NV Niepoort Porto 10 Year Tawny — 16
  • NV Niepoort Porto 20 Year Tawny — 34
  • 2020 Soucherie Coteaux Du Layon — Chenin Blanc — 10
  • 2019 Domaine de Durban Muscat de Beaumes de Venise — 12
  • NV Thomas Fogarty Solera Gewürztraminer — 16
  • 2022 Chateau Roumieu-Lacoste Sauternes — 18
  • 2021 Domaine La Tour Vieille Banyuls — Grenache — 14
  • 2020 La Calmette Ivres d’Amour VDF — Merlot — 15

Selected After Dinner Spirits

  • Cynar 70 — 12
  • Fred Jerbis Fernet — 14
  • Bepi Tosolini Grappa Cividina — 12
  • Jacopo Poli Vespaiolo Grappa – 1oz — 16
  • Louis Roques La Vieille Prune Réserve de la Maison — 16
  • Deux Familles X.O. Cognac — 26
  • Adrian Camut Pays D’Auge 6 Year Calvados – 1oz — 10
  • Chateau de Laquy Bas Armagnac — 18
  • Darroze Bas Armangac Les Grand Assemblage 12 Year — 30
  • Darroze Bas Armangac Vintage 1995 – 1oz — 21

By the Bottle — 375ml

  • 2021 Elio Perrone Moscato d’Asti Sourgal — 28
  • 2017 Weinbach SGN Furstentum Gewurztraminer — 285
  • 2017 Ridge Essence Benito Dusi Ranch Zinfandel — 145
  • 2004 La Fargue Lur Saluces Sauternes Semillon — 128

Dessert Menu (PDF)

Wine Bottle List

The Wine Bottle List is a very long list and is available as a PDF for now.

Wine Bottle List (PDF)

Events Package

Events Package (PDF)