Coastal California Guidebook
Coastal California Food and Drink Tour
Our favorite eats and drinks in the Tomales Bay coastal region.
The Tell is your very own living space while you're with us. It's right downstairs and since re-opening in 2018 has quickly become known for some of the best food in the region, showcasing coastal seafood and locally produced meat and produce lovingly and creatively prepared. The saloon has original craft cocktails, local beers on draft and a carefully curated wine selection. Cuddle by the fireplace or hang on the patio depending on the weather.
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William Tell House
26955 CA-1The Tell is your very own living space while you're with us. It's right downstairs and since re-opening in 2018 has quickly become known for some of the best food in the region, showcasing coastal seafood and locally produced meat and produce lovingly and creatively prepared. The saloon has original craft cocktails, local beers on draft and a carefully curated wine selection. Cuddle by the fireplace or hang on the patio depending on the weather.
Homemade Sausages and delightful sides, right around the corner. Don't miss it.
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K&A Take Away
13 Dilon Beach RoadHomemade Sausages and delightful sides, right around the corner. Don't miss it.
Fresh pastries and hot coffee every day. Try the scones, cheese breads and sausage roll, and the lemon do-nuts on Saturdays.
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Tomales Bakery
27000 CA-1Fresh pastries and hot coffee every day. Try the scones, cheese breads and sausage roll, and the lemon do-nuts on Saturdays.
Full menu featuring breakfast, salads, and sandwiches galore.
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Tomales deli + cafe
27000 Shoreline HwyFull menu featuring breakfast, salads, and sandwiches galore.
Goats! Cheese! Organic veggies! Stop in for a visit or tour, or goat yoga when you can get it. One of Tomales' best experiences.
Toluma Farms & Tomales Farmstead Creamery
5488 Middle RdGoats! Cheese! Organic veggies! Stop in for a visit or tour, or goat yoga when you can get it. One of Tomales' best experiences.
One of the oldest continually used community buildings in California, built in 1874 and still going strong. Check the events calendar for community gatherings, concerts, and other happenings.
Tomales Town Hall
27150 Maine StOne of the oldest continually used community buildings in California, built in 1874 and still going strong. Check the events calendar for community gatherings, concerts, and other happenings.
Learn about the history of this beautiful region and what life was like for California's early coastal settlers.
Tomales Regional History Center
26701 CA-1Learn about the history of this beautiful region and what life was like for California's early coastal settlers.
Charming refurbished historic resort features a beautiful private beach and the new Coastal Kitchen.
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Dillon Beach Resort
1 Beach AveCharming refurbished historic resort features a beautiful private beach and the new Coastal Kitchen.
Delicious local seafood offered in a scenic spot with a fishing lodge feel.
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Nick's Cove
23240 CA-1Delicious local seafood offered in a scenic spot with a fishing lodge feel.
Acclaimed historic oyster bar housed in a low waterfront building on Tomales Bay.
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The Marshall Store
19225 CA-1Acclaimed historic oyster bar housed in a low waterfront building on Tomales Bay.
Southern-inspired regional menu with nice bar and vibe in Valley Ford.
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Rocker Oysterfeller's
14415 CA-1Southern-inspired regional menu with nice bar and vibe in Valley Ford.
Worth the drive to Sebastapol, some of the best ramen and creative Japanese food in Northern California. Awesome cocktails too.
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Ramen Gaijin
6948 Sebastopol AveWorth the drive to Sebastapol, some of the best ramen and creative Japanese food in Northern California. Awesome cocktails too.
This is where it all started... famed micro-brewery with massive beer garden and regular concerts and events.
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Lagunitas Brewing Company
1280 N McDowell BlvdThis is where it all started... famed micro-brewery with massive beer garden and regular concerts and events.
Another regional favorite, delicious Saison
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HenHouse Brewing Company Palace of Barrels
1333 N McDowell BlvdAnother regional favorite, delicious Saison
Local organic wine and cider producers with a chill tasting lounge and patio.
22 recommandé par les habitants
Horse & Plow Tasting Room
1272 Gravenstein Hwy NLocal organic wine and cider producers with a chill tasting lounge and patio.
Independent local producer with beautiful estate and tasting room.
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Iron Horse Vineyards
9786 Ross Station RdIndependent local producer with beautiful estate and tasting room.
Award-winning micro-producer exploring the many faces of Pinot Noir.
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Furthermore Wines
3541 Gravenstein Hwy NAward-winning micro-producer exploring the many faces of Pinot Noir.
Amazing sourdough breads and the best scones you will ever eat. Lines are long but worth the wait, and come early!
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Wild Flour Bread
140 Bohemian HwyAmazing sourdough breads and the best scones you will ever eat. Lines are long but worth the wait, and come early!
Taste the local flavors straight from the Bay. Buy a bag and prepare to shuck.
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Tomales Bay Oyster Company
15479 CA-1Taste the local flavors straight from the Bay. Buy a bag and prepare to shuck.
Renowned purveyors of the bay's most popular oysters, the outdoor Boat Bar let's you get em straight from the source. Raw or baked, with other local bites and libations at hand.
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Hog Island Oyster Co
20215 Shoreline HwyRenowned purveyors of the bay's most popular oysters, the outdoor Boat Bar let's you get em straight from the source. Raw or baked, with other local bites and libations at hand.
Local Sights and Adventures.
What to see and do in the area.
Quiet and quaint coastal beach town, with a beautiful private beach, a general store, and the Coastal Kitchen.
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Dillon Beach
Quiet and quaint coastal beach town, with a beautiful private beach, a general store, and the Coastal Kitchen.
Striking outcropping of large rounded rocks on the road to Dillon Beach. Great views for photos, climb if you dare!
Elephant Rock
Striking outcropping of large rounded rocks on the road to Dillon Beach. Great views for photos, climb if you dare!
Tomales Bay has so much to offer. Grab a kayak or paddle board, or crab or fish in season. The drive down Highway 1 around the Bay and into Pt. Reyes is lovely.
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Tomales Bay
Tomales Bay has so much to offer. Grab a kayak or paddle board, or crab or fish in season. The drive down Highway 1 around the Bay and into Pt. Reyes is lovely.
The biggest village on the Bay has plenty of food, drink, local shopping and flavor.
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Point Reyes Station
The biggest village on the Bay has plenty of food, drink, local shopping and flavor.
Make the trek out to the lighthouse, it's worth it.
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Point Reyes Lighthouse
Make the trek out to the lighthouse, it's worth it.
Sleepy town on the West side of Tomales Bay is a great spot to explore from.
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Inverness
Sleepy town on the West side of Tomales Bay is a great spot to explore from.
Lovely and famous coastal town to the north on Highway One.
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Bodega Bay
Lovely and famous coastal town to the north on Highway One.
Hit the Beach
Nearby surf and sand spots.
Dillon Beach can produce some well-shaped and consistent beach breaks. The beach is wide open, and there are numerous peaks that break outside with a bigger swell. Dillon Beach can also experience strange currents as a result of being so close to Tomales Bay. Best Boards: Shortboard, funshape.
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Dillon Beach
Dillon Beach can produce some well-shaped and consistent beach breaks. The beach is wide open, and there are numerous peaks that break outside with a bigger swell. Dillon Beach can also experience strange currents as a result of being so close to Tomales Bay. Best Boards: Shortboard, funshape.
This is a sheltered and powerful beach break south of Bodega Bay. Doran Beach is located within a sheltered cove just south of Bodega Bay. The beach here is clean, large, and beautiful. And if the weather’s nice, the weekend can attract a lot of people. Luckily, very few of them come here to surf. You’ll find that the majority of visitors are here to beat the inland heat and picnic, build sand castles, or simply lie around and watch the ocean. This spot is well protected from northwest wind, which can result in picture-perfect glassy surf.
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Doran Beach
201 Doran Beach RdThis is a sheltered and powerful beach break south of Bodega Bay. Doran Beach is located within a sheltered cove just south of Bodega Bay. The beach here is clean, large, and beautiful. And if the weather’s nice, the weekend can attract a lot of people. Luckily, very few of them come here to surf. You’ll find that the majority of visitors are here to beat the inland heat and picnic, build sand castles, or simply lie around and watch the ocean. This spot is well protected from northwest wind, which can result in picture-perfect glassy surf.
This is a powerful beach break north of Bodega Bay. Salmon Creek is a consistent beach break that can hold 10- to 12-foot swells. It can be a big and heavy wave requiring experience, wave knowledge, and skill. The beach here is wide and sandy, and several peaks offer well-shaped lefts and rights. Sand being deposited by the creek plays a large role in how far out waves will begin to break. Even when the waves are good, Salmon Creek Beach usually doesn’t seem to get crowded.
North Salmon Creek Beach
This is a powerful beach break north of Bodega Bay. Salmon Creek is a consistent beach break that can hold 10- to 12-foot swells. It can be a big and heavy wave requiring experience, wave knowledge, and skill. The beach here is wide and sandy, and several peaks offer well-shaped lefts and rights. Sand being deposited by the creek plays a large role in how far out waves will begin to break. Even when the waves are good, Salmon Creek Beach usually doesn’t seem to get crowded.
This is a 10-mile stretch of mostly west-facing beach with numerous peaks on the northwest side of Point Reyes. North Point Reyes is a 10-mile section of exposed beach break also known as “the Great Beach.” It faces west-northwest, making it very vulnerable to northwest wind. However, it can also catch a lot of swell and produce quality waves under the right conditions. The main beaches along the west side of Point Reyes are, from north to south: McClures Beach, Kehoe Beach, Point Reyes Beach North, and Point Reyes Beach South.
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Point Reyes Beach North
Point Reyes Beach NThis is a 10-mile stretch of mostly west-facing beach with numerous peaks on the northwest side of Point Reyes. North Point Reyes is a 10-mile section of exposed beach break also known as “the Great Beach.” It faces west-northwest, making it very vulnerable to northwest wind. However, it can also catch a lot of swell and produce quality waves under the right conditions. The main beaches along the west side of Point Reyes are, from north to south: McClures Beach, Kehoe Beach, Point Reyes Beach North, and Point Reyes Beach South.
This is a thick and burly beach break just south of the town of Jenner. Blind Beach is a somewhat protected beach break guarded by large rock outcroppings. This beach can capture large swell from virtually any direction. Blind Beach can hold overhead swell and produce a heavy wave with fast barrels. As a result, this isn’t a very good break for novice surfers.
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Blind Beach
This is a thick and burly beach break just south of the town of Jenner. Blind Beach is a somewhat protected beach break guarded by large rock outcroppings. This beach can capture large swell from virtually any direction. Blind Beach can hold overhead swell and produce a heavy wave with fast barrels. As a result, this isn’t a very good break for novice surfers.
Good, protected bay for beginners to practice. Can occasionally get "good" a few times a year. The problem is that Duxbury Reef blocks most of the west and northwest swells, so it is usually much smaller than other places on the coast.
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Bolinas Beach
Good, protected bay for beginners to practice. Can occasionally get "good" a few times a year. The problem is that Duxbury Reef blocks most of the west and northwest swells, so it is usually much smaller than other places on the coast.
RCA Beach
Fun beach break, rather fast, better at mid to high tide.
A fairly exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves.
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Stinson Beach
A fairly exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves.