Karyna’s guidebook
Our favorite restaurants
The food and service here is excellent. It’s also a very lively restaurant with an intimate but fun wine bar in the back while you wait for a table. Love the gnocchi here, beet salad, and seafood.
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Cucina sa
510 San Anselmo AveThe food and service here is excellent. It’s also a very lively restaurant with an intimate but fun wine bar in the back while you wait for a table. Love the gnocchi here, beet salad, and seafood.
Our favorite sushi place in Marin. Enjoy a nice walk along the pier in Sausalito and top it off with this killer restaurant.
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Sushi Ran
107 Caledonia StOur favorite sushi place in Marin. Enjoy a nice walk along the pier in Sausalito and top it off with this killer restaurant.
If you enjoy crab and would like to dine on the waterfront in Sausalito...
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Salito's Crab House & Prime Rib
1200 BridgewayIf you enjoy crab and would like to dine on the waterfront in Sausalito...
Local favorite. This little bakery can get pretty busy and while it’s a little pricey, their baked goods and breakfast\lunch food is pretty spectacular. Comforts is around the corner and is also very delicious! Downtown San Anselmo is also a really cute place to explore too and walk off your meal.. Check out Imagination park with the Indiana Jones and Yoda statues.
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M.H.Bread and Butter
101 San Anselmo AveLocal favorite. This little bakery can get pretty busy and while it’s a little pricey, their baked goods and breakfast\lunch food is pretty spectacular. Comforts is around the corner and is also very delicious! Downtown San Anselmo is also a really cute place to explore too and walk off your meal.. Check out Imagination park with the Indiana Jones and Yoda statues.
Another local favorite. Fine dining restaurant with top notch service. The Mediterranean food here is mouth-watering. Great wine too.
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Insalata's
120 Sir Francis Drake BlvdAnother local favorite. Fine dining restaurant with top notch service. The Mediterranean food here is mouth-watering. Great wine too.
This is our favorite restaurant for special occasions when we can’t drive into San Francisco. It’s on par with SF restaurants without the drive into the city. Picco’s has a small but full bar in front and has a lively, young, and fun atmosphere. Their food has so much flavor. My favorites are the ahi tuna, spring toast, and the gnocchi with fennel sausage and truffle butter!
P.S. There’s a picco’s pizza place next door (same owner) so don’t mix them up. I’ve never tried the pizza place but I’m recommending the restaurant.
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Picco Restaurant
320 Magnolia AveThis is our favorite restaurant for special occasions when we can’t drive into San Francisco. It’s on par with SF restaurants without the drive into the city. Picco’s has a small but full bar in front and has a lively, young, and fun atmosphere. Their food has so much flavor. My favorites are the ahi tuna, spring toast, and the gnocchi with fennel sausage and truffle butter!
P.S. There’s a picco’s pizza place next door (same owner) so don’t mix them up. I’ve never tried the pizza place but I’m recommending the restaurant.
WOKING
418 Las Gallinas AvenueBest Chinese food around and close to our home if you are craving takeout.
Our favorite brewery around. Their food is awesome. I love their pizza. Fun vibe and cute outdoor patio right on 4th st. in downtown San Rafael. There’s also another 2-3 more breweries in a two block radius downtown if you want to do a crawl.
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The State Room
1132 4th StOur favorite brewery around. Their food is awesome. I love their pizza. Fun vibe and cute outdoor patio right on 4th st. in downtown San Rafael. There’s also another 2-3 more breweries in a two block radius downtown if you want to do a crawl.
Probably the most reviewed restaurant in Marin on Yelp. Yummy Puerto Rican food. Yes, sometimes there’s a line out the door and it’s very trendy.
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Sol Food
903 Lincoln AveProbably the most reviewed restaurant in Marin on Yelp. Yummy Puerto Rican food. Yes, sometimes there’s a line out the door and it’s very trendy.
Fresh, high quality Mexican and Salvadoran food and they have a unique take on their food. It’s a hole in the wall spot in the middle of a medical office building.
Casa Manana Restaurant
711 D StFresh, high quality Mexican and Salvadoran food and they have a unique take on their food. It’s a hole in the wall spot in the middle of a medical office building.
Sonora Market & Taqueria
649 Del Ganado RdBen’s favorite Mexican food place and it’s walking distance!
Fun, yummy breakfast place. Diner vibe with 50s, 60s style. Cash only.
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Theresa & Johnny's Comfort Food
817 4th StFun, yummy breakfast place. Diner vibe with 50s, 60s style. Cash only.
Bagel Street Cafe
208 Northgate DrBest bagels around and cheap diner breakfast!
Neighborhood Deli sandwich ($10?) spot and grocery store (it’s is kinda pricey so it’s good for something quick if you don’t want to go to Safeway).
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Scotty's Market
620 Manuel T Freitas PkwyNeighborhood Deli sandwich ($10?) spot and grocery store (it’s is kinda pricey so it’s good for something quick if you don’t want to go to Safeway).
Best ice cream.. located in nearby shopping center with a lot of small restaurants/quick bites.
Silbermann's Ice Cream
196 Northgate OneBest ice cream.. located in nearby shopping center with a lot of small restaurants/quick bites.
Top things to do in Marin
Be sure to see to drive up to see the Golden Gate Bridge and as far back as Rodeo Beach. Watch out for the beautiful reddish brown coyotes in the meadows!
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Marin Headlands
Be sure to see to drive up to see the Golden Gate Bridge and as far back as Rodeo Beach. Watch out for the beautiful reddish brown coyotes in the meadows!
Be sure to go to the official website and make both a parking and ticket reservation in advance. These tickets book up fast as it’s been made popular by a lot of movies. Beautiful park with redwoods.
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Muir Woods Nemzeti Emlékhely
Be sure to go to the official website and make both a parking and ticket reservation in advance. These tickets book up fast as it’s been made popular by a lot of movies. Beautiful park with redwoods.
Beautiful hiking trails and epic panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and Marin headlands.
Theres also a theatre group that performs plays on Mt. Tam - check out www.mountainplay.org
There’s also a cool restaurant near the top called the Mountain Home Inn where you could enjoy a cold drink or lunch and a few trails near the parking lot.
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Mount Tamalpais
Beautiful hiking trails and epic panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and Marin headlands.
Theres also a theatre group that performs plays on Mt. Tam - check out www.mountainplay.org
There’s also a cool restaurant near the top called the Mountain Home Inn where you could enjoy a cold drink or lunch and a few trails near the parking lot.
Protected coastline in Northern California’s Marin County. Gorgeous views of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by small dairy farms and beaches. The Point Reyes Lighthouse is a viewpoint for migrating gray whales. Drakes beach has a lot of elephant seals. Limantour beach is good for picnicking. While many people surf in Marin, the waters can be ‘sharky’ :).
Check out the Cowgirl creamery in town.
Make sure to pick up deli sandwiches or lunch in town because the small gift shop at drakes beach isn’t always open and that’s only the food available in the large national park.
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Point Reyes Nemzeti Tengerparti Park
Protected coastline in Northern California’s Marin County. Gorgeous views of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by small dairy farms and beaches. The Point Reyes Lighthouse is a viewpoint for migrating gray whales. Drakes beach has a lot of elephant seals. Limantour beach is good for picnicking. While many people surf in Marin, the waters can be ‘sharky’ :).
Check out the Cowgirl creamery in town.
Make sure to pick up deli sandwiches or lunch in town because the small gift shop at drakes beach isn’t always open and that’s only the food available in the large national park.
Beautiful state park for exploring, hiking, mountain bike riding, picnicking, and they have a nice public pool if you need to cool off at McNear Beach with a view of the San Francisco Bay. This is a 5-minute drive from our home.
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China Camp Állami Park
101 Peacock Gap TrailBeautiful state park for exploring, hiking, mountain bike riding, picnicking, and they have a nice public pool if you need to cool off at McNear Beach with a view of the San Francisco Bay. This is a 5-minute drive from our home.
Wine Country
Although Napa is known to be THE wine tasting region in California; Sonoma wine country has amazing wine also and is less pretentious and kinder to your wallet.
Downtown Healdsburg is one of my favorite places for wine tasting because of so many tasting rooms, shopping, and yummy restaurants.
Itty bitty Geyserville is good too and Is well known for their Italian restaurant Catelli’s that is frequented by Lady Gaga.
Downtown Calistoga is cute too if you’re also looking into a mud bath or to enjoy natural hot springs. I highly recommend Lovina’s for dinner.
All their wine is great and they are very generous with their pours. Can get busy on the weekends in the summer but they have a good deli and bbq food on the weekends.
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V. Sattui Winery
1111 White LnAll their wine is great and they are very generous with their pours. Can get busy on the weekends in the summer but they have a good deli and bbq food on the weekends.
Cute family winery. Wine is good and there is another sister winery on site. There is BBQ and music on the weekends. It’s also alongside a creek and they have farm animals on site.
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Truett Hurst
5610 Dry Creek RdCute family winery. Wine is good and there is another sister winery on site. There is BBQ and music on the weekends. It’s also alongside a creek and they have farm animals on site.
Castello di Amorosa
4045 St Helena HwyPretty touristy, but beautiful castle winery.