Enjoy Mill Valley Blog

Since the moment the Mill Valley Depot Cafe and Bookstore & Cafe reopened in January, longtime regulars and newbies alike have streamed into the gorgeously renovated building to bask in Mill Valley’s most celebrated landmarks and enjoy a delicious menu that linked the past with the present. But general manager Matt Borello has long had it in the back of his mind that they were missing something: menu items specifically catering to the kiddos.

Whether it’s been in support of restaurants and nonprofits during the wreckage of the COVID-19 crisis or the myriad programs to support frontline workers, Mill Valley residents have stepped up time and time again to hold up their neighbors. Tragically, they’ve had another reason to do so…

Bloom, the San Rafael-based nonprofit that provides free wardrobes and life skills training to men, women and families transitioning to a life of self-reliance and looking for a job, is ready to put the tumultuous, coronavirus-driven roller coaster in the rearview mirror.

Each dose of good news of Milll Valley’s emergence ​from the pandemic, from live music returning to the Throckmorton, the top of Mount Tam and Sweetwater Music Hall to the long-awaited returns of the Hivery, La Ginestra and Movies in the Park, brings a jolt of adrenaline to our community.

Despite having 85% of Marin County residents over the age of 12 fully vaccinated, we all got a stark reminder Friday that we are far from out of the COVID-19 woods. Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis locked arms with six of his fellow Bay Area counties in making a strong recommendation for everyone to wear a mask in indoor settings going forward.

In the past three years (and slightly less so in the many decades before), there’s been a global recycling crisis. In the years since that move, which essentially shut down what had been the industry’s biggest market, China’s plastics imports plummeted massively. Three-plus years on, where do things stand?

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Mill Valley’s already bountiful restaurant landscape is about to get an acclaimed addition with the planned opening of Mamahuhu, Michelin-starred chef Brandon Jew’s more casual Chinese-American restaurant and his first move outside of San Francisco, ​according to a City of Mill Valley Zoning Administrator ruling on June 16. Jew garnered approval last month from the City of Mill…