I like this store -- it's not as large as Saratoga or Berkeley (the other two I'm familiar with) but it's right-sized for about everything I need without the "wandering the desert plains of camping gear" effect, and it's incredibly convenient off 101. It has a small gathering of other outdoor stores around it, too.

It's intimate and cozy, and the service was breathtakingly good (at one point three separate people were doing a complicated but not distracting dance around our table replacing silverware etc. for dessert) and the food was magnificent -- the prawn ravioli and the filet both pretty much as good as they possibly could have been. A nice reasonably priced wine list, and a good recommendation there from the server. What's not to like? I loved every second of it.

Food was different and really excellent. The ambiance is pretty cool, too -- feels very far away from San Francisco. It's inside a hotel - you walk through the lobby to get there. Good vegetarian options, too!