Where to eat in Marin County
Restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and the places we would actually send you to across the county.
If you know what you're after: tacos, happy hour, soft serve, gluten-free, oysters on Tomales Bay, farmers markets.
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Tartine
The morning bun is back in Marin. Country loaf, pastry, coffee, and a patio at Strawberry Village that fills up fast.
Tụ Tập
Modern Vietnamese, a rooftop that looks straight at Tam, and a kitchen that knows what it is doing. San Anselmo’s new night out.
Cholita Linda
Cholita Linda's first Marin kitchen at Strawberry Village in Mill Valley, across from Tartine — fish tacos, Cubanos, aguas frescas. Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Fox Pizza
Sourdough pizza in Ignacio. Anna and Jeff Fox, Wednesday through Sunday, 4 to 8.
Alioto's Focacceria
Alexander Alioto's daytime Italian on Fourth Street in San Rafael — focaccia sandwiches, pinsa, and pasta to-go where Kitchen Table used to be. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Copita
If you want Mexican on Bridgeway, Copita is the tequila bar. The whole menu is gluten-free.
Buckeye
The lodge on the hill in Mill Valley. You go for Oysters Bingo, the smoked ribs, and then S'more Pie.
Insalata's
Heidi Krahling's Mediterranean on Sir Francis Drake. This is the one you actually book.
Gott's Roadside
Gott's at Bon Air, since 2018. Burgers, picnic tables, and Tam off the back patio.
Marché
Dinner on Ross Common. French-Italian, California farm-to-fork, named for the markets in the south of France.
Picco Restaurant & Pizzeria
Wood-oven pizza on Magnolia in Larkspur. They pull mozzarella in-house every day, and you finish with Double 8 Dairy soft serve. (Two doors: restaurant 320, pizzeria 316.)
Poggio
Italian trattoria at 777 Bridgeway. Northern Italian, pasta by hand, the harbor out the windows.
Hog Island Oyster Company
The farm on Tomales Bay. You eat outdoors, next to the water where they grow the oysters.
Flour Craft Bakery
Heather Hardcastle's dedicated gluten-free bakery on San Anselmo Avenue — bread, pastries, and the case you'd actually send someone to.
Flour Craft Bakery
Same dedicated gluten-free kitchen at the Lumber Yard on Miller — same case energy as San Anselmo.
Bovine Bakery
Bovine Bakery is the pastry stop in Point Reyes Station — coffee and a bun when you're already out in West Marin.
Madrona Bakery
Madrona Bakery is on Madrona Street in downtown Mill Valley — the neighborhood bakery you'd walk to.
Longway Coffee
A cafe in the back of the Longway flagship on San Anselmo Avenue. Coffee, community, and a slower pace.
Village Sake
Japanese and izakaya on Bolinas Road in Fairfax. Dinner Wednesday through Sunday.
Oliver's Pizzeria
Wood-fired sourdough pizza upstairs of Vin in downtown San Rafael. Limited to 75 pies a night.
Ice cream
Angela's Ice Cream
Angela's is the scoop shop on Throckmorton in Mill Valley — organic ice cream when you want to stay downtown.
Cold Stone Creamery
Cold Stone on Court Street in San Rafael — the mix-ins-on-the-frozen-stone place if that's what you want.
Lappert's Ice Cream
Scoops on Bridgeway in Sausalito. Kauai Pie, Hawaiian Sea Salt Caramel.
San Anselmo Gelato
San Anselmo Gelato is at 572 San Anselmo Avenue — gelato when you're already on the avenue.
Sausalito Gelato & Chocolate
Gelato and chocolate at 707 Bridgeway in Sausalito — easy stop on the waterfront walk.