As I wrote, I’m sure it’s not as good but it’s still quite good.
The chicken is great. Juicy and packed with flavor. As Robert said the bread soaking up the juices are better. Is it worth the wait and price tag? I’m happy I experienced the Zuni chicken once but not sure I would order it again mainly for some of the reasons you listed. We can make chicken at home that is very good - not Zuni good of course but at a fraction of the price. Make sure to order the french fries regardless.
Don’t tell anybody but we had a chicken and roasted mushroom dish the next night at Delfina that we liked better. To be fair the Delfina chicken was a full composed dish with a lovely au jus and those mushrooms were fantastic.
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Oooh, really? Hmmm…
Delfina’s chicken has been on the menu since they opened maybe 20 years ago and is really good - do they still serve it with the super creamy/buttery mashed potatoes?
I make the Zuni chicken at home fairly regularly with the bread, currants, champagne vinegar, etc. and it is a pretty good approximation (sans wood oven) but I’m glad I had it at Zuni once so that I know what it is supposed to taste like.
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You’re not going to Antarctica. I’ve only been to SF twice (once ~15 ys ago for several wks and then again in 2010 for a few days). The weather was fine. It’s a little bit more temperate than LA and sometimes you get some fog.
Bring a scarf, a heavy-ish jacket (by LA standards), some light long pants, one pair of closed-toe shoes (to keep your toes warm), and you’ll be fine. SF is just like LA except way smaller, more manageable (on multiple levels), less apathetic, w/ a greater density of nice mid-range restaurants (based on my last trip which was, again, a LONG time ago), and w/ much more militantly progressive people who will talk about the weird LA-SF rivalry that nobody in LA ever knew existed b/c we’re too benignly self-absorbed to think about other people in LA, let alone people who live all the way in a diff part of the state. 
BTW, I say all of the above as someone who was literally scared to get out of the car to go to the 99 cent store when we were visiting extended family in Fresno (and I NEVER say no to going into a 99 cent store), so you can totally trust me when I say that I agree w/ everyone who says that SF is pretty easy.
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Coolio
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I love it! 
Thanks!
There are a still a lot of good midrange restaurants in SF, though thanks to the tech-money glut I think they’re more expensive than in LA.
Parts of Fresno are pretty scary even by Oakland standards.
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Taking Hwy 1 to SLO then on to Monterey. I know the Big Sur stretch is beautiful, but it won’t be to me, because I’ll be terrified. Does anyone know where to get off and onto Hwy 101 in order to avoid this stretch? I’m not finding an answer online.
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Never mind, figured it out. I would like to go a little way longer on Hwy 1 from SLO 
, but maybe we just won’t get back on after SLO. People in the area will have a good idea of what to do.
You really shouldn’t be terrified by driving Hwy 1 around Big Sur as it isn’t a terribly difficult road to drive and not very windy and you would miss something very unique and beautiful.
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And if you’re northbound and in the passenger seat, you’re on the safe(r) side of the road. I’m terrified of heights but agree with honkman that it should be missed. It’s stunning. YMMV, sweetie 
And the road is really not that high above the water
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I asked how to avoid it, not whether I should. Save your breaths or fingers rather. I’m sure it will still be a very scenic trip.
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For those of us afraid of heights, that might not matter I stopped riding horses because their backs were too high. Go figure.
From Monterey to Santa Cruz Hwy. 1 is not cut into cliffs.
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Thank you! That’s all I wanna’ know. And this is coming from a guy who thinks Big Sur is one of the most beautiful drives in the world. I know, I know, folks! I just don’t wanna’! 
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I am afraid of heights and don’t think that Hwy 1 meets the criteria of being even remotely high
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I agree, but I’d still rather drive it northbound.
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