Plan ahead to dine at one of Cafe Fiore’s seven tables Sometimes a cold, dark Tahoe night calls for a cozy cabin in the woods. Bonus if it comes with warm and filling fare and a well-stocked wine cellar. Thankfully, a few of these gems await...
A Professional chef since the 1980s, Grog Verbeck is happiest when cooking in someone else’s kitchen. In 1997 he and his wife Holly founded Hey Chef!, a Truclee-based private chef and kitchen staffing company that places chefs, servers, shoppers, bartenders and baristas in Tahoe homes...
Three and a half decades in, Charlie Soule’s sauté pans are still going strong [caption id="attachment_11169" align="alignright" width="600"] Brothers Charlie, left, and Stephen Soule man the kitchen and front-of-house, respectively[/caption] During his senior year at North Tahoe High School in 1975, Charlie Soule took a job washing...
PlumpJack Cafe Squaw Valley has long been a favorite for both its buzzy bar’s aprés ski scene and intimate upscale dining room. Executive chef Jack Connell, who has a lengthy history with the restaurant, oversees its innovative seasonal New American menu. Where were you born and...
North Shore TUNNEL CREEK CAFE REOPENS Located in Incline Village at the base of the Flume Trail and start of the new East Shore multi-use path, the Tunnel Creek Cafe has reopened following a $1.7 million expansion and upgrade that increased the size of the kitchen, installed...
North Shore BOURBON PUB 8001 North Village Way #8114 | Truckee | (530) 562-3200 www.northstarcalifornia.com Celebrated restaurateur Michael Mina’s MINA group, which operates over 40 properties across the country, is opening this casual version of his Bourbon Steak concept in the village at Northstar California’s former Tavern 6330....
Restaurant pairs intimate ambiance with inviting Italian menu If walls could talk, those of Pianeta, the long-running rustic Italian restaurant in Truckee’s Old Town, would speak volumes. Located in the heart of historic Commercial Row, the 1800s-era site has over the years housed a couple of...
[caption id="attachment_10194" align="alignright" width="600"] Have a special event or just want to leave the cooking to a pro? Lee Kresy’s D’lish Catering whips up delicious dishes like sesame crusted wild salmon, watermelon and heirloom tomato salad, and grilled sea bass with papaya salsa, courtesy photo[/caption] Bay...
North Shore GOOSE & CHEY’S 877 North Lake Blvd. | Tahoe City, CA (530) 807-1003 www.facebook.com/gooseandcheys Located in the former Doma Sushi spot across from Safeway, Greg and Cheyenne Goosen post a chalkboard menu of homemade comfort food dishes like cheese-stuffed bacon-wrapped prawns, crispy pork chops, pan-roasted salmon, smokey beans...
TAHOE CITY BAKER ON TV Tahoe City resident Amanda Nguyen, who spent three and a half weeks on a set in London, was a runner-up on ABC’s The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition based on the British series. Nguyen, who tested her old-fashioned classic family...