I've lived in Novato for 7 years. Casa del palmar has been there at least twice as long. Why have I…read morejust now noticed it?! This place is awesome. It's a tiny grocery store but they have the essentials and then some. I haven't tried the breads but they have a bunch of really yummy looking ones that smell amazing. They have a lot of Mexican spices and foods that you won't find anywhere else around here. The meat guy is cool, he butterflied a whole chicken for me and cleaned it up. All the meat here looks good. Mexican grocery stores always have the best meat! And they are so hard to find in Ignacio. The produce section has a lot of the usual stuff you find at Safeway for a better price and some more exotic stuff you would not find there. They have a huge section of Mexican candies and snacks too. I stop by every time I happen to be in this shopping center.

By far my favorite place to go when I need to get ingredients or meat to cook. Fresh bread every…read moremorning with coffee! Yummy! The staff are nice. Love coming here!

Devil's Gulch summer camp was a rare opportunity for me to free my child from suburban culture for…read morea few hours each day, to let my kid be a kid. Devil's Gulch camp encourages a kids' curiosity and then expertly directs it toward a fun experience. It gives a kid the time to have his or her own thoughts and to wonder about things. All this happens outside, where few kids go very often these days, and on a working farm, a truly unusual place for most people. My son went in with the typical too-cool, I've-seen-it-all-on-TV attitude and ended up hunting for newts in the creek and chasing other kids around in the vineyard. He enjoyed learning archery, driving a tractor and jumping into the reservoir from a zip line, all of this with expert supervision, instruction and gentle encouragement. Family camp (in which the whole family can camp together) was also wonderful. Not only did we get to enjoy the farm together, to learn things (I learned stick welding, for example) and be outdoors together, at the end of the day we could camp in a beautiful campground together (with great food!). The best and most important part was that we didn't have to interrupt our leisurely, rural days with motor-driven suburban nights. I wish that we'd been able to stay for more than a week!

Today, I needed a few things and didn't want to go to a large store, so I stopped in this market…read moreand found it to be extremely well stocked. Unfortunately, I don't speak Spanish, but that did not stop me from communicating clearly with the elam who was working. They have fresh meats, home made tamales, and pretty much anything else you need. The store is bright, clean and a refreshing change from the bigger grocery stores in the area.

This market/mercado is extremely clean and organized. They have a butcher shop with seafood, red…read moremeats, chicken and cheeses; they have produce plus pantry and dried goods; cold drinks, milk, chips, etc. The staff is very friendly; there may be a language barrier. They accept credit, debit and ebt. I'm very impressed and will return.

Calbee makes Harvest Snaps. I've been eating the original for years. I would get them at a Whole…read moreFoods. I forgot all about them until I saw a sale at my local grocery. They now have different flavors and shapes. The best part of this accidental find was the sale price of $2.99 a bag. I'm enjoying them with my main course or alone as a snack. I'm recommending you try them if you catch a sale!

I found these harvest snaps at my local grocery store. The first ones I had were individual size…read morepacks for my lunch. After eating these, I had to find the full size version. The crunchy loops in sour cream and onion are amazing tasting and better for you than potato chips. Definitely recommend trying them.

This is a super high end meat shop that offers just about every kind of animal product. The…read moreofferings cover all the species including beef, lamb, duck and pork. Staff are friendly and helpful and they have a 50% off bin that helps with cost on some items but it's totally random. They also have bags of bones for stock and four legged friends. Prices are on the high side but this is an artisanal shop.

This incredible local 'Petaluma' artisan meat shop is also a weekly vendor at the Marin Thursday…read moreCivic Center Market. I've had the savory pleasure of trying their duck sausage baked into the nirvana of pastry masters Fire Swamp Provisions. Definitely check out their stall, you'll be happy!

WOW. I was the only person there from 12 - 1 PM. (Seating for 50). Ordered grilled cheese, she…read morebrought a tuna melt ! Potato salad not edible, potatoes undercooked and tasteless. Still have Xmas lights up inside (July). Nice waitress.

This is in the Cotati Yacht Club building in Cotati. We have driven by it for years and stopped…read moretoday. Wow. Loved it. Food was excellent...playful and surprising. The service was excellent. My husband had the breakfast fried rice. Not Asian in flavor...just rice with sausage, bacon and ham. Very tasty. I had the Hobo steak. High quality meat and great flavors. It seems to have some island inspiration with MahiMahi and Spam on the menu. Well be going back for sure!

I came into the market today and it was set up so nicely!! Many options to choose from in the fruit…read more- vegetable section. They even had rambutan . I picked up baby bananas, mint, rambutan, spinach, cinnamon sticks, rose water, lentils, & Jamaica. The music was jamming and the service was friendly. Enjoyed my first but not my last visit.

Absolutely unacceptable. While shopping alone with my two toddlers, an accident happened and I…read moreimmediately paid for the broken item. Instead of professionalism, I was publicly humiliated by an employee who told me, "Hey amiga, control your kids or don't bring them at all," in front of other customers. To make it worse, this employee was later identified to me as the owner's/CEO's son, which explains the complete lack of accountability and respect. Shaming a mother after she paid for damages is disgusting behavior. If this is how leadership allows customers especially parents to be treated, it says everything about this business.

What an amazing and magical place to spend a day. Thank you for showing us your incredible farm and…read moresharing your delicious cheese. Loved every second. Highly recommend a visit to all in the area!

We have been happy CSA members of Tara Firma Farms for 3+ years now and highly recommend for anyone…read morelooking for a local, sustainable farm co-op! The eggs are wonderful, delivery prompt, online store very accessible, and they conveniently partner with other local farms to provide veggies + fruit in addition to their sustainable meats (most CSAs will only provide one or the other). We came across Tara Firma initially via online / yelp searches shortly after moving to the Bay Area in 2016. When my husband and I initially started looking into vegetarianism for animal welfare reasons, I suggested we visit a farm that employs best practices of ethically and sustainably raised meat to help inform our decision. Tara Firma offers free educational tours every weekend and so we drove up one day with our 2 dogs (leashed dogs welcome!) and another family with their 3 (non furry) children for a fun Petaluma outing. The tour was informative and our guide was clearly super passionate about their mission. The farm was very beautiful and the lands idyllic -- we loved the fact that the cows were so free range that we could just barely make them out as a tiny dot in the distant hills. We all enjoyed observing the chicken dynamics around their mobile coop with their rooster guard, and they showed us how unperturbed the hens were when removing the eggs from the nest-- evening letting the children carefully take a couple out. Ultimately, we decided to pursue a vegetarian diet (especially after my husband met the pigs there), but we joined the CSA for their eggs and veggie share + cheeses (sourced from partner farms). We also have purchased meat occasionally for visiting carnivore families and friends, as we wanted to ensure if they were going to eat meat -- they were getting it from a farm like Tara Firma that does it in the right way. The best part of the CSA was their pet share as we realized buying offal from this farm would be a great compromise for our dogs (who were rebelling against our plant-based diet experiment) as we just wanted to provide our dogs protein with leftovers / byproduct without creating additional demand on the meat industry. Our pet share included amazing proteins like heart, tongue, cheeks, as well as more indulgent items like liver and kidney. Even the trotters and bones I would use to make broth in order to flavor / disguise our dogs' vegetarian kibble haha :) We also occasionally received some freezer burn meats, which cannot be sold for human consumption but safe (and very drool-worthy) for our dogs! Unfortunately, the pet share program has been discontinued but there are still plenty of diverse offal options in the farm store! Overall, a great local farm to support and highly recommend a visit!