Guidebook for Mill Valley
Food Scene
Equator Coffees
2 Miller AveExcellent Mexican food! Try the machaca, mushroom and tuna tacos, plus avocado toast.
30 locals recommend
Shoreline Coffee Shop
221 Shoreline HwyExcellent Mexican food! Try the machaca, mushroom and tuna tacos, plus avocado toast.
Parkside Cafe
43 Arenal AveExcellent food and some of the best pie around.
You can eat outside at picnic tables and watch the boats. I love to take people to the houseboat docks nearby.
126 locals recommend
Fish.
350 Harbor DrYou can eat outside at picnic tables and watch the boats. I love to take people to the houseboat docks nearby.
Excellent food in a beautiful Craftsman style dining room with a big fireplace.
103 locals recommend
Buckeye Roadhouse
15 Shoreline HwyExcellent food in a beautiful Craftsman style dining room with a big fireplace.
Essentials
They make excellent coffee here too, and there's lots of prepared food for when you don't feel like cooking.
192 locals recommend
Good Earth Natural Foods
720 Center BlvdThey make excellent coffee here too, and there's lots of prepared food for when you don't feel like cooking.
Whole Foods Market
731 E Blithedale AveGo here for sundries, paper products and non-organic stuff. Not one of the fancy Safeways but way cheaper than Good Earth and Whole Foods.
42 locals recommend
Safeway
1 Camino AltoGo here for sundries, paper products and non-organic stuff. Not one of the fancy Safeways but way cheaper than Good Earth and Whole Foods.
Walgreens
227 Shoreline HwyThe closest pharmacy.
Drinks & Nightlife
Intimate space where you can see all kinds of rock and country acts, plus solo artists. A Marin county classic.
166 locals recommend
Sweetwater Music Hall
19 Corte Madera AveIntimate space where you can see all kinds of rock and country acts, plus solo artists. A Marin county classic.
Parks & Nature
Our happy place. Trailhead leads to a small beach (3 mi roundtrip, easy enough for little kids), plus trails up into the hills for spectacular ocean views and strenuous hikes.
103 locals recommend
Tennessee Valley Trailhead
591 Tennessee Valley RoadOur happy place. Trailhead leads to a small beach (3 mi roundtrip, easy enough for little kids), plus trails up into the hills for spectacular ocean views and strenuous hikes.
You need reservations to park here, and they book up fast. But the locals just hike in to find themselves alone with the giant redwoods.
660 locals recommend
Muir Woods National Monument
You need reservations to park here, and they book up fast. But the locals just hike in to find themselves alone with the giant redwoods.
You can walk for miles along this spectacular beach. Park on the road past the main lot (look for the turnoff just past the kayak shop). All the little streets--even those that forbid parking-- have public paths through the dunes to the beach and it's less crowded there. We like to head over in the late afternoon and walk on the beach before dinner at the Parkside Cafe.
363 locals recommend
Stinson Beach
You can walk for miles along this spectacular beach. Park on the road past the main lot (look for the turnoff just past the kayak shop). All the little streets--even those that forbid parking-- have public paths through the dunes to the beach and it's less crowded there. We like to head over in the late afternoon and walk on the beach before dinner at the Parkside Cafe.
The parking lot here makes this little beach popular with families and dogs. You can also hike over from Tennessee Valley road, or from the top of the hill at the Miwok trailhead. A beautiful spot and just a quick drive over the hill from us (10 minutes) when we don't feel like going all the way to Stinson.
170 locals recommend
Muir Beach
The parking lot here makes this little beach popular with families and dogs. You can also hike over from Tennessee Valley road, or from the top of the hill at the Miwok trailhead. A beautiful spot and just a quick drive over the hill from us (10 minutes) when we don't feel like going all the way to Stinson.
Getting Around
The best way to get to SF. I do this a couple of times a week just because it makes me happy.
30 locals recommend
Sausalito Southern Marin County Terminal station
The best way to get to SF. I do this a couple of times a week just because it makes me happy.