The Perish Trust


December 22, 2014

San Francisco Closing… For Now

by Kayoko Akabori

We are very sad to announce that we will be closing our San Francisco outlet inside The Perish Trust. It’s been an amazing year here and we are so grateful to Rod and Kelly of The Perish Trust for letting us park our little shop here for as long as we have. All year! Ultimately, […]

April 23, 2014

Event Recap: Umami Mart SF Official Launch Party!

by Melissa Gordon

In November, we snuck in to San Francisco and popped-up in The Perish Trust for the holidays. But it’s now April, spring is in bloom, and we’re still here! We’ll actually be staying in San Francisco until the new year, so on April 10th, we had a little party to celebrate our semi-perminant-pop-up. In this […]

November 27, 2013

Upcoming Event: Latkes + Lager: 2nd Annual Umami Mart Hannukah Party (SF)

by Kayoko Akabori

Last year we hosted a Hannukah party with Erin of The Forest Feast, and her husband Rabbi Jon, in our first year of business in Oakland. It was a peaceful evening, and the first time I ever lit a menorah! The event was meaningful to us and we decided to make it an annual event. […]

November 4, 2013

Umami Mart Pop-Up Now Open (San Francisco)

by Kayoko Akabori

San Francisco, we have arrived! Umami Mart opened inside The Perish Trust last Friday November 1 and we’ll be here through the holidays. This is truly a dream for us — to share our wares with the big City by the Bay! Our friends Kelly and Rod, owners of The Perish Trust, came to us with […]

October 14, 2013

Umami Mart Heads to San Francisco!

by Kayoko Akabori

We have some very exciting news: Umami Mart will be popping up in San Francisco for the holidays! Our friend Kelly Ishikawa and Rod Hipskind, owners of The Perish Trust, came to us a couple of months ago with a proposal to pop-up in the back of their shop. Yoko and I couldn’t believe the […]