Shop till you drop with the best shopping voted by our readers from women’s clothing, bookstores, and everything in between.
Best Book Store
Marin: Book Passage, Corte Madera
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Book nerds came together to place a long-running shop that pivoted to outdoor service and digital events during Covid on the top shelf.
Bay Area: Green Apple Books, San Francisco
Runners Up
Marin: Copperfield’s, Larkspur and San Rafael
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Bay Area: Books, Inc., San Francisco
Best Women’s Clothing
Marin: Viva Diva Boutique, San Rafael
On-trend tanks, rompers and jeans from popular brands paired with high-touch, one-on-one service earned a shower of love from voters.
Bay Area: Margaret O’Leary, San Francisco
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Runners Up
Marin: The Store, Mill Valley
Bay Area: Betty Lin, San Francisco
Best Consignment/Thrift
Marin: Swan Dive
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Located on an easy-tomiss corner of Menke Park, this shop is a perpetual winner for its efforts to source only high-quality designer items and give fair prices to consignees.
Bay Area: Cris, San Francisco
Runners Up
Marin: Stella’s Fine Consignments, San Anselmo
Bay Area: Reloved, San Francisco
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Best Men’s Clothing
Marin: The Perfect Provenance, Tiburon
The refined California style is evident from shoes and shorts to bathing suits — and speaks to men of all ages.
Bay Area: Mr. Lin, San Francisco
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Runners Up
Marin: Nordstrom
Bay Area: Rag & Bone, San Francisco
Best Eyewear
Marin: Wink Optics, Mill Valley and San Anselmo
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Our voters love the personal, dare we say old-fashioned, service and right-sized selection of on-brand glasses and sunglasses.
Bay Area: Rims & Goggles, multiple locations
Runners Up
Marin: Marin Optometry, Mill Valley
Bay Area: 20/20 Optical
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Best Gifts
Marin: Poet and/the Bench, Mill Valley

Curator Bonnie Powers and goldsmith Jeffrey Levin enjoy hanging out at the shop with friends new and old, but it’s the custom jewelry and contemporary artwork that tipped this atelier into the winner’s circle.
Bay Area: Maker’s Market, multiple locations
Runners Up
Marin: Chase Ace Hardware Garden & Gift, San Rafael
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Bay Area: Rare Device, San Francisco
Best Home Furnishing/Home Accessories
Marin: Sunrise Home, San Rafael
Over 30,000 square feet of showroom space provides ample opportunity to experience a range of furniture in different finishes and fabrics for nearly every room in the house.
Bay Area: RH, multiple locations
Runners Up
Marin: Summer House, Mill Valley
Bay Area: Hudson Grace, SF
Best Jewelry
Marin: Sofia Jewelry, Mill Valley
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Multiple generations of the Priolo family are on-hand to help customers through the sometimes fraught decision of buying jewelry, a nice touch for what can be a once-in-alifetime purchase.
Bay Area: D&H Jewelers, San Francisco
Runners Up
Marin: California Girl Jewelry, Mill Valley
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Bay Area: Gallery of Jewels, San Francisco
Best Pet Store
Marin: Woodlands Pet, Mill Valley
The shop’s assortment of leashes, collars and other goodies for pets is great but really, isn’t it all about the kittens playing in the window?
Bay Area: Pet Food Express, San Francisco
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Runners Up
Marin: Pet Club, Corte Madera
Bay Area: George, San Francisco
Best Shopping Center/Mall
Marin: The Village at Corte Madera
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OK, OK, it’s all about the Apple store, but voters also like the children’s play area, plentiful eating options, fountains and majestic flower baskets at this shopping center.
Bay Area: Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
Runners Up
Marin: Marin Country Mart
Bay Area: Fourth Street, Berkeley
Best Bridal Shop
Marin: Lea Couture, San Anselmo
Call Lea for an appointment; bring your ideas for the ideal wedding dress, mother of the bride or wardrobe items; and she will realize them for you as if out of thin air.
Bay Area: Emerald City Gowns, Berkeley
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Runners Up
Bay Area: Bliss Bridal & Black Tie, Petaluma
Best Home & Garden Store
Marin: Ground, Belvedere-Tiburon
Realizing that Marinites live life indoors and out, a new store serves up plants, tableware, baskets, teas and much more.
Bay Area: Sloat Garden Center, multiple locations
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Runners Up
Marin: Green Jeans Garden Supply, Mill Valley
Bay Area: Flora Grubb Gardens, San Francisco
Best Cannabis Delivery
Marin: Ona Life, San Rafael
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Delivery that works around your schedule, an in-depth cannabis education program, and a commitment to the community and giving back are pillars of this women-owned business.
Runners Up
Marin: Nice Guys
Best Cannabis Dispensary
Bay Area: The Apothecarium Dispensary, San Francisco
Runners Up
Marin: Moonflower, San Rafael
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Visit our Best of the County winners page for more.
Christina Mueller is a long-time Bay Area food writer. She hails from the East Coast and has spent way too much time in South America and Europe. She discovered her talent as a wordsmith in college and her love of all things epicurean in grad school. She has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Sunset, and the Marin Independent Journal, among others. She volunteers with California State Parks and at her child’s school, and supports the Marin Audubon Society, PEN America, and Planned Parenthood. When she is not drinking wine by a fire, she is known to spend time with her extended family.s the Assistant Editor at Marin Magazine and a graduate of Elon University where she studied Professional Writing and Fine Art. Born and raised in San Francisco/Marin, she loves traveling just as much as coming home to the Bay Area. She has curated a sophisticated palate for food, travel and culture and uses her travels as an outlet to develop her photography portfolio and hone her writing craft.