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Koo Zee Doo in pictures
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Koo Zee Doo in pictures
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| Photo | Drew Lazor |
Meal Ticket popped in to David Gilberg and Carla Goncalves' Koo Zee Doo (615 N. Second St.) just now to catch a peek at the Portuguese-inspired BYO, which'll officially open to the public Friday at 5.
Walk in to the 50-seater (formerly Copper Bistro) and you're greeted by an open kitchen with bar seating, the main dining room and a raised platform with seats looking out onto Second. Elements of Portugal pop up all over the space, from the cork tabletops (the country's primary export) and potted lavender plants (the national plant) to the copper utensils and pots scattered throughout (traditional tschotkes you'd find in a Portuguese household). The blue and white hand-painted tile murals on the walls are called azulejos.
Almost all of the food will be served family-style in traditional clay dishes. (Here's the proposed menu.) Gilberg says that starting in November, he'll begin developing supplemental tasting menus based around regional Portuguese cuisines, and then eventually the cooking traditions of former Portuguese colonies � Brazil, Macau, Goa, East Timor, Mozambique, etc.
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