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e’ve been coming to the Panama Hotel Restaurant for years. It just keeps getting better and better. We love the food, the ambiance and the staff. It always feels like a vacation, right near home. What more could we ask for?”

Read the Marin Independent Journal restaurant review chef damian salza
Damian Salza, chef

Cooking came naturally to me, so rather than go to chef school, I worked hard in a number of restaurants in Portland Oregon, where I moved in 1993. In 2003, I felt a calling to come back to California. I worked in the wine country for a catering company that specialized in Mediterranean and European cuisine. I took a lot of the wine country influences with me when I left, and I think some it shows in my cooking at the Panama, where I’ve been since 2006. I try to create dishes that compliment the seasons as well as dishes that pay homage to the hotel's deep roots in Mexican and Italian food. Along with combining many local and natural ingredients, it creates an interesting mix of cuisines that offers our guests a variety of menu choices.

. Lunch Monday thru Friday 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch Menu
. Dinner Tuesday thru Saturday 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., Sunday 5 to 9 p.m. Dinner Menu
. Brunch Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Brunch Menu
   
Private Parties and Events
. 20 to 150 guests
. Contact Naomi 415.457.3993 or Naomi@panamahotel.com
   
Jazz at the Panama or this month’s Dinner Jazz Calendar
   
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The Panama’s tropical garden patio takes advantage of San Rafael’s
warm climate for enjoyable outdoor dining.