In the very centre of downtown San Franciso hides California's first green certified establishment – the Orchard Garden Hotel and its remarkable Roots restaurant.
Exquisite dishes offered at Roots are as fresh and organic as they can possibly be. The restaurant's chef shops every day at the ferry to ensure the highest quality of the ingridients. Most drinks from the wine list are local and sustainable too.
Roots offers a solid menu of American cuisine with a Mediterranean flair while the upcoming "fast menu" will fill intoduce a selection of sandwiches. Among the specialties, the Wild Mushroom Tamale Pie is one the restaurant's authentic and deservedly popular dishes. As the chef told me, he inhereted the recipe from his granmother, stripped her signature dish of meat and created an outstanding breed of vegan tamales.
Another exclusive feature of Roots is the environmentally friendly Natura water. Instead of countless water bottles, the kitchen is equipped with a fancy machine that turns regular tap water into five-dollar water. Oh, you can also decide if you want to it come warm or cold. The sweet taste of progress.
However, Roots' generosity doesn't end here. Be sure not to miss the bar's happy hour: between 4 and 7 ordering a cocktail grants you a free appetizer.
The dessert menu is features delicious cakes and a variety of artisan chocolate cocktails. The croissant blueberry bead pudding is one the pastry chef's most outstanding works of art and another fine reason to pay Roots a visit.
For NOVO magazine.