Ride and Dine: Splitrock Tap & Wheel

A former Fairfax Cyclery space in Marin County now serves food and an assortment of beers.

Finishing a task feels good, but multitasking sometimes feels even better, and it’s just what Fairfax’s Splitrock Tap & Wheel offers. The former Fairfax Cyclery space, which had been operating as just a bike shop, has been reconfigured and now also serves food and an assortment of beers.

Menu standouts include the Drop pizza — mozzarella cheese, red sauce, pepperoni, fresh tomato, garlic and fresh basil — and appetizer plates of citrus-marinated olives and house-made pickles, all ideal treats for worn-out cyclists coming off the mountain trails.

Beers on tap are almost exclusively local favorites, with a couple of San Diego breweries like Green Flash in the mix. The new concept was inspired by mountain resorts where a day on the slopes ends with beer, food and socializing, and really, what’s better than that?

WHO Jason Faircloth, Splitrock Tap & Wheel owner
WHAT A place for local riders and non-riders to gather and dine
WHERE 2020 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, 415.721.7644, $$

The Drop Pizza

Mediterranean Plate

Kasia Pawlowska is the associate editor at Marin Magazine. She enjoys sending and receiving postcards and perfect outfits for the right occasions. When she’s not busy writing and researching articles, you can find her with a crumpled New Yorker in her tote and enjoying the Bay Area music scene. Kasia supports National Public Radio, PBS and the World Wildlife Fund  Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @ohhkasia.