The Best Places to Eat in Mill Valley, by the Record
The best places to eat in Mill Valley, by the professional record: Sprudgie Awards, Michelin Guide, and San Francisco Chronicle have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Equator Coffees comes out on top.
Playa and Madrona Bakery hold the next two places. San Francisco Chronicle and Sprudgie Awards show up on more of this list than any other guide.
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Rank 3. Playa
Mexican
Colorful tiles, blown-glass lights, and walls of windows make this Mill Valley Mexican restaurant feel like a vacation you didn't plan. The menu leans Baja, with al pastor tacos, chorizo empanadas, and quesadillas stuffed with mushroom and squash blossom, and the margaritas and mezcal list gives people a reason to linger on the sunny back patio well past dinner. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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Rank 4. Madrona Bakery
Bakery
- San Francisco Chronicle Best bakeries in San Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best restaurants in Marin County: Sausalito, Novato and San Rafael
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Rank 5. Hook Fish Co
Seafood
A San Francisco fish market that planted a second flag inside Proof Lab Beer Garden in Mill Valley, where the obvious move after a Marin hike is a fish taco. The fried rockfish comes out of the oil crackling, buried under a carrot habanero salsa that uses sweetness and acid to dial back the heat rather than just announce it. Order at the counter, find a sunny spot, and let the endorphins from the trail and the chile sort themselves out.