When we think of a steakhouse, we may picture a juicy red steak charred to perfection and paired with a big, bold red wine. The first iterations of the steakhouse originated in London during the 1690s and were called chophouses. They specialized in serving portions of meat called “chops.”
The 2025 readers’ choice Best of the County winner is Buckeye Roadhouse (pictured above). For the rest of the Marin Magazine‘s Best of Marin County Steakhouse picks see below.
Our 2025 Dining category sponsor is Rodney Strong. View the rest of the Dining category here.
We’ve broken it down by region: Southern and Central Marin.
Southern Marin
Buckeye Roadhouse
Mill Valley
Open since the ’30s, Buckeye Roadhouse is characterized by Californian cuisine, with menu items like their famous Oysters Bingo, baby back ribs and chili-lime “brick” chicken.
15 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley, 415.331.2600
Gravity Tavern
Mill Valley
With ingredients suited to reflect modern tastes, American classics like caesar salad, a lobster roll with toasted challah and veggie slaw and a house-made egg pasta, dungeness crab fettucine with a prosecco-lemon sauce and sugar snap peas, maitake mushrooms and parmesan, may have also been familiar fare for passengers of the Mt. Tam gravity car for which this saloon was named. Enjoy them on the popular patio.
38 Miller Ave Ste 1, Mill Valley, 415.888.2108
Central Marin
Marin Joe’s
Corte Madera
A mainstay for over 50 years for a reason: the menu calls to you with garlic bread, a calamari sandwich and mesquite-grilled prime rib. Sautéed classics of the Italian-American cannon (I’m looking at you, chicken livers and mushrooms and veal piccata) and oysters doré and a mix and match menu of pasta shapes and pastas have withstood the test of time.
1585 Casa Buena Dr, Corte Madera, 415.924.2081
San Rafael Joe’s
San Rafael
A Marin institution famous for sophisticated yet casual Italian fare since 1947. The dining room, with a friendly atmosphere and seating for 240, is great for large parties, and the roast sirloin of beef and Fettuccine Joe’s are sure to please.
931 4th St, San Rafael, 415.456.2425
Dining Sponsor
Rodney Strong
Rodney Strong was an acknowledged visionary who understood the potential that Sonoma County’s soil and climate held for producing world-class wines and was one of the first to plant Pinot Noir in Russian River Valley and the first to produce a Chalk Hill appellation Chardonnay.
Rodney Strong | Healdsburg | 707.431.1533 | rodneystrong.com
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