Ride and Dine: Splitrock Tap & Wheel

Split Rock, Ride and Dine: Splitrock Tap & Wheel, Marin Magazine

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

The Drop Pizza

Splitrock Tap Wheel

The Mediterranean Plate

Mediterranean Plate

 


Kasia Pawlowska

Kasia Pawlowska loves words. A native of Poland, Kasia moved to the States when she was seven. The San Francisco State University creative writing graduate went on to write for publications like the San Francisco Bay Guardian and KQED Arts among others prior to joining the Marin Magazine staff. Topics Kasia has covered include travel, trends, mushroom hunting, an award-winning series on social media addiction and loads of other random things. When she’s not busy blogging or researching and writing articles, she’s either at home writing postcards and reading or going to shows. Recently, Kasia has been trying to branch out and diversify, ie: use different emojis. Her quest for the perfect chip is never-ending.