Guidebook for San Rafael

Connie
Guidebook for San Rafael

Essentials

This is no 7-11: it has nice produce, quality food and a good butcher, plus tasty prepared foods.
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Santa Venetia Market
71 San Pablo Ave
8 místní doporučují
This is no 7-11: it has nice produce, quality food and a good butcher, plus tasty prepared foods.
A few minutes walk from our house.
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United States Postal Service
4083 24th St
35 místní doporučují
A few minutes walk from our house.

Food Scene

Coffee shop with a Mediterranean-leaning lunch menu. Comfortable place to hang out or absorb yourself in the wifi.
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Aroma Cafe
1122 4th St
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Coffee shop with a Mediterranean-leaning lunch menu. Comfortable place to hang out or absorb yourself in the wifi.
Puerto Rican cuisine; everything is tasty and the atmosphere is warm, communal and casual.
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Sol Food
903 Lincoln Ave
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Puerto Rican cuisine; everything is tasty and the atmosphere is warm, communal and casual.
Our quirky neighborhood restaurant; breakfast and lunch; American cuisine.
Bogie's Too
1335 4th St
Our quirky neighborhood restaurant; breakfast and lunch; American cuisine.
Homey, family run, neighborhood Basque restaurant. Lunch and dinner.
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Le Chalet Basque Restaurant
405 N San Pedro Rd
8 místní doporučují
Homey, family run, neighborhood Basque restaurant. Lunch and dinner.
Good Italian food and bar; dinner.
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Gaspare's Pizzeria Ristorante
200 Merrydale Rd
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Good Italian food and bar; dinner.
Amazing food sold by friendly farmers and vendors.
7 místní doporučují
Thursday Marin Farmers' Market
5800 Ave of the Flags
7 místní doporučují
Amazing food sold by friendly farmers and vendors.
Amazing food sold by friendly farmers and vendors.
37 místní doporučují
The Sunday Marin Farmers Market
3501 Civic Center Dr
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Amazing food sold by friendly farmers and vendors.

Drinks & Nightlife

Bar, music venue and restaurant-- together or separately: the bar has additional seating away from the music, so that you can audit the music while talking with your companion(s). It's a great place.
18 místní doporučují
Fenix Restaurant and Bar
919 4th St
18 místní doporučují
Bar, music venue and restaurant-- together or separately: the bar has additional seating away from the music, so that you can audit the music while talking with your companion(s). It's a great place.

Arts & Culture

A few minutes walk from our house, in the Marin Civic Center.
Civic Center Library
3501 Civic Center Dr
A few minutes walk from our house, in the Marin Civic Center.

Entertainment & Activities

Art house, Art Deco inspired, independent repertory film theater.
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Smith Rafael Film Center
1118 4th St
38 místní doporučují
Art house, Art Deco inspired, independent repertory film theater.

Parks & Nature

The Civic Center features a huge man-made pond, inhabited by ducks, geese and other waterfowl, a lovely park, a pétanque court, a children's playground and the historic, Frank Lloyd Wright designed Civic Center.
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County of Marin
3501 Civic Center Dr
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The Civic Center features a huge man-made pond, inhabited by ducks, geese and other waterfowl, a lovely park, a pétanque court, a children's playground and the historic, Frank Lloyd Wright designed Civic Center.
On the other side of San Pedro Mountain, on the shore of San Pablo Bay. It includes a historic Chinese American shrimp-fishing village and a salt marsh. It has wonderful hiking and mountain biking trails, scenic views, and open spaces.
87 místní doporučují
China Camp State Park
101 Peacock Gap Trail
87 místní doporučují
On the other side of San Pedro Mountain, on the shore of San Pablo Bay. It includes a historic Chinese American shrimp-fishing village and a salt marsh. It has wonderful hiking and mountain biking trails, scenic views, and open spaces.
Behind our neighborhood; trails lead to the ridge, which offers expansive views of forests & eagles.
San Pedro Mountain Open Space Preserve
Behind our neighborhood; trails lead to the ridge, which offers expansive views of forests & eagles.

Shopping

Bookstore and coffee shop.
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Copperfield's Books
1200 4th St
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Bookstore and coffee shop.
A large shopping mall with a movie theater: shopatnorthgate.com. Two other, smaller malls are adjacent, which include a grocery store, restaurants, etc. Together, they feature most stores that you might need.
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Northgate
5800 Northgate Dr
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A large shopping mall with a movie theater: shopatnorthgate.com. Two other, smaller malls are adjacent, which include a grocery store, restaurants, etc. Together, they feature most stores that you might need.