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A bright craft grocer and dining concept delivering quality and variety.

A bright craft grocer and dining concept delivering quality and variety in San Francisco.

11/01/2026

We just launched Luxury Ingredients and Acquired Tastes, Merchant Roots’ 20th menu to date!!! (ignoring legacy reboots). In honor of this milestone occasion, we’re gonna take a look back at our favorite dishes from this and each of the previous nine menus!

School - An Apple for Teacher
(Foie Gras mousse with PB&J!)

The Great Trees - Life - an edible treehouse.
(Linden tea with gingerbread and graham crackers)

London 1814 - Deviled Faberge Egg
(We never get tired of smashing things)

God of W**e - The Pirates of Thebes Become Dolphins
(W**e lees marinated smelt, tzatziki, anchovy fritter)

Time Traveler - Future Optimism
Fall desserts served in 3024
(Levitating apple pie orb!)

Pasta and Stories - Tortellini
Lamb belly/button mushroom
(Gorgeous dish, great story, making pasta with friends!)

Humpty Dumpty: a menu of Eggs and Broken Things - Breaking the Law
Green Eggs and Ham
(We would have adored a cease and desist…ah well)

Sleepover: a menu of Bedtime Stories and Nursery Rhymes - Chupacabra
(Mezcal/Chile-marinated goat and lardo, birria, infladita!)

Feast of Moss Woods - Gnome Decoy
(Served on a sprouted basil “chia pet” mat and that wasn’t even the coolest part!)

Luxury Ingredients & Acquired Tastes - Coffee
(With absolutely the world’s cutest pumpkin gnocchi)

What an adventure it has been. Thank you all so much for supporting us through all ten menus, and many of you the ten before that. It has been a wild journey with ups and downs, and we’ve always been so lucky to have the best guests of any restaurant in the world. Here’s to the next ten!

10/29/2026

Let there be fire...and lion’s mane marshmallow, chaga mushroom, falernum, blackstrap. Smokey looks a bit different in the light.

https://barorso.com/

10/27/2026

Introducing Vivaldi Nights 🎻

When Chef Ryan realized Vivaldi’s Four Seasons runs just under an hour, he did the only thing he possibly could: choreograph all 12 courses of our Luxury Ingredients and Acquired Tastes menu to its 12 movements. On select evenings, the music and the menu play out together, with no interruptions, start to finish.

Even on regular nights, Vivaldi is at the heart of this menu, with each course standing on its own as part of a greater whole.

Book your seat to the show on our website. Dates will fill up quickly. https://www.exploretock.com/merchantroots

10/27/2026

You never know what you’ll get when you step through our doors: flowers in every course, a faux sleepover, an evening among the fairies, an adventure back to old London. And now, a journey through life’s luxuries and acquired tastes. Book your spot at the table, now through January 23.

https://www.exploretock.com/merchantroots/search?date=2026-10-08&size=2&time=20%3A00

10/23/2026

Bar Orso: where art nouveau elegance meets California redwood apothecary and nostalgic adventure.

No map required, just follow your curiosity to find us...

https://barorso.com/

10/22/2026

New concept and new menu brings new plateware. Every time! Some are made right in our in-house craft shop, sometimes from broken plate scraps or recycled pieces, and other times from something completely unexpected. Next time you’re here, see if you can spot one. It’s all in the details.

https://www.exploretock.com/merchantroots/search?date=2026-10-08&size=2&time=20%3A00

10/20/2026

W**e and oysters? Or wh***ey and caviar? Good news: we’d never make you pick. Luxury, served.

https://www.exploretock.com/merchantroots/search?date=2026-10-08&size=2&time=20%3A00

10/16/2026

Here at Merchant Roots, reinvention is the name of the game. We unveil an entirely new theme, menu, and decor every few months, with plenty of twists and turns along the way. Book your next experience with us at our bio link.

10/16/2026

Your foraged fare awaits, dear traveler. A five-course food & drink journey through California’s bountiful flavors and lore. By reservation only, Fridays & Saturdays.

https://barorso.com/

10/15/2026

Presenting your esteemed hosts from the noble house of Merchant Roots, keepers of luxury ingredients and rather acquired tastes. Entry granted by reservation, now through January.

https://www.exploretock.com/merchantroots/search?date=2026-10-08&size=2&time=20%3A00

Address

1148 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
94103

Website

http://www.merchantroots.com/

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