[2006alum]

What did Yogi Berra say - something like, "nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded"?

Last night, we went to Zotts. It was nearly 8 pm. Parking lot overflowing. And the wait was . . .  one hour for a table, or 30 minutes for a shared table. Every high school kid within a 10 mile radius seemed to be there (PAUSD started today, Menlo Park starts next week). We ended up going elsewhere rather than wait amongst all the high schoolers!

Sounds like you may have had an anomalous experience due to first day of HS. I've gone to Zott's at least 8 times in the past year before/after events at Stanford and while it's almost always crowded and sometimes a wait of 10-20 minutes, I don't mind - I love the vibe, the greatly expanded and improved facilities, and the extremely reasonably priced and tasty food. Old Zotts had old world charm but it had nothing on this extremely well run biergarten. Glad to hear they're invested in and investing in this Stanford institution of yore.

[2006alum]

What did Yogi Berra say - something like, "nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded"?

Last night, we went to Zotts. It was nearly 8 pm. Parking lot overflowing. And the wait was . . .  one hour for a table, or 30 minutes for a shared table. Every high school kid within a 10 mile radius seemed to be there (PAUSD started today, Menlo Park starts next week). We ended up going elsewhere rather than wait amongst all the high schoolers!

Sounds like you may have had an anomalous experience due to first day of HS. I've gone to Zott's at least 8 times in the past year before/after events at Stanford and while it's almost always crowded and sometimes a wait of 10-20 minutes, I don't mind - I love the vibe, the greatly expanded and improved facilities, and the extremely reasonably priced and tasty food. Old Zotts had old world charm but it had nothing on this extremely well run biergarten. Glad to hear they're invested in and investing in this Stanford institution of yore.