Located just north of Highway 37 and just east of Highway 101 in Novato, Vintage Oaks Shopping Center has a couple of flagship stores including Costco, Target, Marshall's, Ross and Macy's Furniture. Popular restaurants include Chevy's, Pasta Pomodoro, Jennie Low's Chinese, Fresh Choice and Sushiholic. There are over 55 stores, restaurants and service shops in this shopping center, the largest in Novato. Other businesses near Vintage Oaks include a Toyota dealership, Moylan's brewpub, Staples and a theater complex.
The center, which backs up to marshland, was the subject of much civic debate before it was built in the early 1990s because it was deemed a negative influence on non-corporate businesses around the Old Town area about a mile away. But today Vintage Oaks is by far the biggest source of sales tax revenue in the city and a key attraction for shoppers from both within Novato and outside of town.