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SF Chronicle: Treasured San Francisco Restaurant Piccino to Expand to in the Presidio First and in Mill Valley in Early 2026, Near the Seaplane Adventures Space Along the Waterfront

According to food reporter Elena Kadvany, after nearly two decades in the Dogpatch neighborhood, beloved San Francisco restaurant Piccino is expanding to two new locations – first in the Presidio and, likely in Mill Valley in early 2026, set at 242 Redwood Highway Frontage Rd., the space near Seaplane Adventures facility along the waterfront.

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Marin Economic Forum to Shut Down, With a County Supervisor Calling It ‘Mission Accomplished’

Over the last eight years, MEF has received an average of more than $177,000 per year from the county. For the fiscal year that began in July, however, the county had budgeted only $100,000 for the organization. Lucan said the allocation was reduced because de la Rosa would be carrying some of the load. Nevertheless, Lucan said he considers MEF a ā€œbig success.ā€

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Downtown Businesses Rally for a Sip, Shop & Stroll Around Town Visiting Some of Your Favorite Businesses, Who will be Offering Festive Drinks, Treats, Services, Discounts, and Much More!

Join more than 20 businesses on December 12th for the Downtown Holiday Bash! Sip, shop, and stroll around town visiting some of your favorite businesses, who will be offering festive drinks, treats, services, discounts, and much more! Each participating business will be handing you entry tickets for a chance to win one of more than $1500 in raffle prizes supplied by our great downtown shops and stores.Ā The more visits from you, the more chances you will have to win! Come out for a fun night and support your local small businesses in Mill Valley!

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Forbes Contributor Gary Stern: Don’t Forget The Ice-Cream Sundae At Mamahuhu in Mill Valley

A travel article of what to do in 36 hours in San Francisco, theĀ New York TimesĀ wrote that Brandon Jew’s ā€œChinese-American fast-casual restaurant Mamahuhu is worth a visit for its soft-serve sundaes alone.ā€ Co-founder Ben Moore explains the concept of Mamahuhu as chef Brandon Jew ā€œbreathing new life into Chinese-Americans classics we grew up by focusing on creative culinary twists and proud ingredient stories that so many diners value today.ā€ The name ā€œmamahuhuā€ stems from a Chinese idiom that means ā€œhorse horse tiger tiger,ā€ or boiled down to ā€œso-so,ā€ or ā€œjust okayā€ or even ā€œcareless,ā€ Moore relates, proving that the restaurant doesn’t take itself too seriously since it’s clearly much better than okay.

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Downtown Businesses Rally for a Sip, Shop & Stroll Around Town Visiting Some of Your Favorite Businesses, Who will be Offering Festive Drinks, Treats, Services, Discounts, and Much More!

Join more than 20 businesses on December 12th for the Downtown Holiday Bash! Sip, shop, and stroll around town visiting some of your favorite businesses, who will be offering festive drinks, treats, services, discounts, and much more! Each participating business will be handing you entry tickets for a chance to win one of more than $1500 in raffle prizes supplied by our great downtown shops and stores.Ā The more visits from you, the more chances you will have to win! Come out for a fun night and support your local small businesses in Mill Valley!

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Downtown Stalwarts ‘Musical Feast’ to Celebrate 100th Show at the Depot Plaza Patio on Friday Nov. 8th, Featuring a Special Appearance & Declaration by Mayor Urban Carmel – 5:30pm

On Friday, Nov. 8th, with Mayor Carmel and a City Proclamation marking the occasion, Musical Feast performs and celebrates its 100th show on the patio at the Depot Cafe & Bookstore in downtown Mill Valley. “Come Celebrate a special occasion in Mill Valley: it’s Musical Feast’s 100th Free Community Show,” says co-founder John Pearce. “After 100 Fridays over the past two years, Musical Feast has become a new musical tradition of live music, friends, families, and fun in the Plaza in downtown Mill Valley! Celebrate the occasion with Mayor Urban Carmel, the Musical Feast band and the Marin community for terrific line-up of guest artists, food and drink. Join us! Everyone is welcome! See you Friday Nov. 8th, starting at 5:30.

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Angela’s Ice Cream Co-Owner: ā€œThere’s Something About This Place. There’s the Beauty, the Connection to the Larger Bay Area – People in this Region Vote with Their Dollarsā€

At the other end of that Throckmorton Ave. block, there’s also no doubt that another relative newcomer, blockbuster hangout haven for a slightly different clientele is Angela’s Organic Ice Cream, the latest edition in a long line of fantastic ice cream shops in the 94941 (shout out to Baskin Robbins’ incredibly long run ā€˜til it closed in 2011.) In each case, the lines out the door say it all. Angela’s Organic Ice Cream was originally founded in Petaluma as Lala’s Creamery. Angela Garat and her son, Ignacio, purchased the business and recipes in 2017, and it’s been full speed ahead ever since.Ā There is MUCH more to come, as you’ll read here.

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Local Kitchens Partners with Kiddo! in November – They’ll Be Giving 5% of All Sales From Nov. 4th-10th to the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation. ‘Swing by Local Kitchens for a Meal to Support Kiddo!’

Local Kitchens in Mill Valley is pursuing its mission to give back, bringingĀ communities together through food. “We have loved being a business partner of Kiddo! to help further local children’s education through the arts,” the Local Kitchen s team says in a statement. “As a part of this partnership, we will be giving 5% of all sales between Nov. 4th-10th. Swing by Local Kitchens for a meal (or two) this week to support Kiddo!”

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Sacramento Bee: With a 7.40 Rating, Marin Would be the 7th Happiest Nation in the World, Between the Netherlands and Canada, if it Were its Own Country

ā€œWe find that happiness is aligned with specific quality of life ratings. In particular, jobs, leisure, and housing,ā€ Baldassare said, according to the report. ā€œIn our polling, we also looked at personal finance. But the biggest change we’ve seen over time has been satisfaction with jobs, which went from 52% saying they were very satisfied in our first polling to 31% today.ā€ Other polling, by Gallup, asked Californians to rate their satisfaction of life from 1 to 10. A research team from the University of Oxford then compiled all 215,801 responses into a map of the state, broken down by county.

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