In a survey on our email newsletter, we asked our readers to vote for their favorite places to eat, drink, shop and play. Here are the winners of TQ’s 2017 Best of Tahoe readers’ poll: EAT & DRINK (North Shore/West Shore/Truckee) Best Mexican Food 1. Taco’s Jalisco 2. Las...
To call the winter a turnaround doesn’t do it justice. Was it remarkable? Certainly. Epic? Arguably. Safe to say, Lake Tahoe’s winter of 2016–17 will go down as one for the ages. “It’s really been very impressive,” says Jeff Anderson, snow surveyor for the federal government’s...
As motorists travel on U.S. Highway 50 between Spooner Summit and Carson City, their eyes peeled on the snaking contours of the road, a picturesque property tucked into the hillside below goes largely unnoticed. Even fewer drivers catch a glimpse of the emerald-green golf course...
Tahoe’s real estate market enjoyed a nearly Basin-wide upswing in 2016, attributed to an increase in both the number of homes sold and in median sales price—which climbed 8 and 12 percent, respectively. These statistics are part of an annual report published by Chase International,...
Terren Gomez unlocks the faded red door to his Eloise Avenue workshop. Inside, the smell of sawdust, varnish and wood glue drifts under yellow fluorescent lights. A 10-foot slab of freshly glued black walnut lies on one surface, clamps squeezing drops of adhesive from its...
It’s easy to get lost in aisles of pine log furniture and bear paraphernalia here in Tahoe. But when it comes to your home, an eclectic and personal mix of décor can speak volumes. We’ve collected a mix of modern, trendy and classic items from...
The lot at 3530 South Lake Tahoe Boulevard seemed perfect for an assisted living facility, says Lynn Humphries, a senior living and placement consultant based in the Sacramento Valley. Listed on the online real estate market LoopNet for $2.5 million, it was the site of...
The controversial approval of a unique conservation/development project has elicited pushback from environmental groups, some of which helped forge the initial approach. While the Martis Valley West project was approved by a county board, a lawsuit filed by one of the original architects of the...
Inspired by lake Tahoe’s cool, clear waters, Matt Levitt founded Tahoe Blue Vodka in South Lake Tahoe in March 2012. From the beginning, Tahoe Blue Vodka has been the little spirits company that can, with sales doubling in the last year as the brand expands...
When most people think of Antarctica, they think of a pristine, untouched landscape of snow and ice. But those who have passed through King George Island know a starkly different reality exists—a landscape littered with rusting vehicles, deteriorating fuel tanks and heaps of scrap metal. ...