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Zoopa, Tukwila, Tacoma & Bellevue, WA P131
 
I'm always a bit worried when any business bills itself as the "ultimate" anything.  Zoopa's..."The Ultimate Salad Bar" is just such a place.  Is it, in fact, the ULTIMATE salad bar...I doubt it...but it's pretty darn good!  How can a place like this put out a decent Caesar salad, for instance, without all that white, gloppy stuff other restaurants use?  Their Caesar salad doesn't rate a 10 on a scale of 1-10, but for not being made at the table, it can rate as high as a 7 when it's fresh. 

Zoopa's is not the place to go if you want a lot of protein.  Other than pepperoni on the pizza or meat in the meat sauce, you won't find any.  But if you want a salad, pasta, soup, baked potato and dessert, it's pretty hard to go wrong.  Dinners for $7.99 are an excellent value...but don't forget...that won't include much (if any) protein. 

The pastas are excellent, with usually a choice of two types and a choice of three sauces; a vegetable marinara, some sort of tomato/meat sauce, and an artery clogging "white, gloppy Alfredo".

Nothing spectacular, but good value...and the salad bar is huge if not "ultimate". 

Food: A-. Service: Serve yourself. Attitude: Generally good. Ambiance: A-. Parking: A. Value: A+.

 
Zoopa
Overall grade: A
Date of visit: 8/1999
Address: 393 Strander Blvd.; TUKWILA, WA 98188-2916
Phone: (206) 575-0500
Address: 1901 S 72d C-39, TACOMA,WA 98408
Phone: (253) 472-0900
Address: 1070 Bellevue Sq; BELLEVUE, WA 98004-5019
Phone: (425) 453-7887
Submitted by: HCG, Tualatin, OR
 
 
Rcvd: 9/3/1999
C2 R133
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