Through a historical brick archway in the Old Market Passageway, V. Mertz crafts elegant plates of contemporary American recipes. Patrons can sample the main dinner menu, which changes frequently, and can include plates of housemade charcuterie, octopus carbonara with bacon, pea shoots and pecorino, and hay smoked duck breast with swiss chard. A wine rack lines the rear wall of the dining room, and its vintages complement meals alongside specialty cocktails. Exposed-brick walls and rustic wooden beams envelop the dining room, where tables don crisp white linens, and chairs are draped in white slipcovers emblazoned with the restaurant's initials and the initials of diners' grade-school crushes.