Best of 2003: Best Quick (Not Fast) Food At The Zoo

Sydney's
San Diego Zoo

Sydney's offers some of the best quick hot food in the whole hundred-acre stretch. One of its specialties is a barbecued beef sandwich that's luscious -- tender shredded beef in a nice, smoky-sweet barbecue sauce on a big, soft bun. And their jambalaya is passable, too. It wouldn't win awards in New Orleans, but it wouldn't be the worst in town, either. And they've got all the standard zoo food (burgers, hot dogs, etc.), if that's what you want. Just don't sit too far in the back near the aromatic elephant enclosure.