Restaurants
To Celebrate Downtown Mill Valley’s Recent Makeover, Restaurants Around the Plaza Are Hosting a One-Week Restaurant Rally, presented by Marin Magazine and the Marin Dish – Sept. 10-17
To celebrate downtown Mill Valley’s recent makeover, restaurants around the plaza are uniting to host a one-week Restaurant Rally. The promotion encourages diners to discover all the new restaurants along the square, as well as revisit their old favorites. Restaurants will offer diners a special 3-course prix fixe menu for $55 (September 10-17), as well as an $8 specialty cocktail to complement their meal.
Read MorePaseo: A California Bistro, a Mill Valley Icon, Toasts Its 75th Anniversary With Chef Sylvain Montassier’s $75 Prix Fixe Menu Through 2023
Paseo Bistro also recently launched Wine Wednesdays, which offers select bottles from their wine list at half-price, waiving one corkage fee with a reservation made at least one day in advance. Upon arrival, customers will be offered ”one free corkage.” If you sign up to become a club member of Wine Wednesday, you will be issued permanent free corkage status after three visits.
Read MoreMarin Magazine Unveils 2023 Best of the County Honorees, And Yes, Mill Valley Businesses Are Basking in the Acclaim – Including a Lil’ 2-Year-Old Music Fest!!
In the words of the esteemed late rapper Heavy D, Bay Area residents and guests “Got Nuttin’ But Love” for Mill Valley’s shops, restaurants, galleries, arts organizations, service businesses and much, much more!
Read More2023-24 EMV Guide: Chef Connections
Marin IJ’s Vicki Larson Laments Successful Neighbor Complaints About Outdoor Live Music, Urges Cities to ‘Let the Bands Play On’
“Live music isn’t all that welcome anymore in recent years, at least outdoors, and I can’t help feeling we’ve lost something that made us “just a little out there,” as our county tourism gurus deemed us.”
Read MoreSFGate: An Insider’s Guide to Mount Tamalpais Hiking, Camping and Beyond
Longtime Bay Area writer Kelly O’Mara has cranked out an all-encompassing guide to just about all of it, from the incredible history, the varying jurisdictions between Muir Woods National Monument and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It’s the kind of roundup that simply allows you to forward the link the next time a friend comes in from out of town wondering the outdoor-centric must-do’s of our region.
Read MoreGet Your Groove On: Arts Commission’s Free Concerts in the Plaza Return – Sept. 9-10, 11am-7pm
And while the buskers and the bands keep playin’ year-round, one of the most exciting live music events returns September 9-10 as the Mill Valley Arts Commission’s brings back the Concerts in the Plaza series with two full days of live music featuring an array of acclaimed local bands, as well as a few exciting special guests.
Read More7×7 Spotlights 3 Stellar Sunset Bay Area Picnic Spots, Including Cardiac Hill, With Suggested Stops at Sol Food and MV Market
FIrst, stop for Puerto Rican eats—think veggie or bistec sandwiches and ponche (a mix of mango iced tea and limeade)—at Sol Food(401 Miller Ave., Mill Valley). Or, choose from a generous selection of cheeses and cured meats, wine, and beer at the Mill Valley Market.
Read MoreSweetwater Music Hall to Host the Ever-Popular Trivia Cafe – July 30, 6pm
The folks at the Sweetwater Music Hall want to find out. They’re reviving the popular Trivia Cafe, starting this Sunday, July 30, 5-7:30pm. Hosted by Howard Rachelson, Marin’s trivia master and the author of the Pacific Sun’s Trivia Cafe column, the event features great questions, visuals and music from all categories.
Read MoreCalifornia Film Institute Unveils 46th Mill Valley Film Fest Poster & Dates: Oct. 5-15, 2023
In between its blockbuster opening and closing nights, the 45th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival was an avalanche of amazing film that provided an early look at upcoming Academy Award contenders, some of the best films from around the globe, many talented Bay Area filmmakers and acclaimed filmmakers from countries all around the world.
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