Roli Roti San Francisco

Hello porchetta! (pronounced pour - KEHT - tah) Don't you look and smell good spinning round and round, drawing everyone within aroma's radius in, and teasing us all with the image of that glistening pork skin while roasting away. The Ferry Plaza market crowd is no bunch of fools. Tourists, locals, and regulars know good food. Come early to avoid the line. But the guys at Roli Roti work quickly. They have a separate line for chicken & potatoes, so that helps speed things along. $10 Porchetta Sandwich: It doesn't take long to assemble the simple porchetta sandwich. Once they break down a pork roast, they simply stack porchetta, caramelized onion marmalade, and arugula, and done! I love all the ingredients. That Acme bread loaf is so fresh and fluffy. It tastes good with nothing on it. But the hefty amount of bread almost interferes with the meat to bread ratio. I like caramelized onions and arugula separately. I can see how sweet and bitter are meant to balance each other, but can be a little strong in sweetness and bitterness respectively, so they competed with each other. Porchetta, the most important ingredient, is no doubt a delicious roast pig with various cuts and layers interspersed with crunchy skin and fragrant herbs. However some pieces of skin weren't so much crispy and crunchy as they were chewy and hard to bite through. Still, I can't deny that it is one hearty sandwich for $10 with great ingredients. I'd still come back to try their other delicious roasted options. I may return to try the pork knuckle. At least I know the next time I visit, I'll enjoy watching the spinning meat drip delicious animal fat onto their roasted potatoes.

I always come back for the porchetta sandwich (Acme bread + absolutely amazing porchetta with a crackly skin + onion jam + arugula)! It's honestly one of the best things to eat in the bay area in my opinion, and the one thing in the farmer's market that I never tire of. Roli Roti is quite popular and lines can get long around lunch time on Saturdays, so I do recommend arriving slightly before that.