Fashion in Sausalito
In general people in Sausalito dress in a casual and informal style. If you want an elegant special occasion dinner you can dress for the Red Carpet and you'll fit in with the people around you, but there will be casually dressed diners there as well. There are no longer any "jacket required for gentlemen" restaurants, as was the case for many years in the dining room at the now-closed Alta Mira Hotel.
If you're looking for tradition, The Spinnaker is probably the most formal restaurant in Sausalito. If I had to name a spot where younger people are fashionably dressed I'd think of Murray Circle (and its downstairs cousin Farley Bar) or Poggio Trattoria.
Walking through downtown Sausalito at lunchtime most of the people on the street are visitors or residents, but scattered among them are local business people. Most wear "business casual," but you'll also see some men and women wearing tailored suits.
One of the questions we recently got for Ask Annie was where we have most often encountered celebrities, and (probably by coincidence more than anything else) the answer to that question is Poggio.
Which restaurants offer valet parking (which, as one editor notes, matters if you're walking in heels)? Maybe it's not a coincidence that it's the same places named for fashion above: Murray Circle, Poggio Trattoria and Spinnaker offer free valet service (and all three feature valets whom we like), while Horizons offers paid parking that is offset by validation from eating at the restaurant depending on how long you stay.
For questions of clothing chosen for warmth rather than fashion, check out our page on Sausalito Weather and What to Wear.
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