Okay. So I am a nut, I admit it. Before moving to Boston I pronounced Zagat as in Zagat Survey, as ZA-git (rhymes with maggot). After hanging around Stephen and his pals, I got into the habit of accepting the pronounciation, za-GHAT (the gat rhyming with not).
But to settle things once and for all I have just visited zagat.com to find the
key to pronouncing the silly name.
za-GAT' - rhymes with "the cat"