Category: Wine & Dine
Keep Tahoe Crafty
Tahoe’s craft beer & spirits are making local and long-distance waves Written by Julia Mueller Lake Tahoe is renowned for its unparalleled beauty. What it has not been known for until recently are its microbreweries and distilleries. Local companies are servicing the trendy and growing demand for quality small production beer and spirits, giving locals […]
Tahoe Eats: Moody’s
Ed’s note: Welcome to Tahoe Eats, TQ’s weekly review of a local restaurant and a new feature here on the website. This week, TQ food blogger Andres Quintana takes a look at Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats in downtown Truckee. By Andres Quintana Moody’s Bistro Bar and Beats is a self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades: A bistro, a […]
Chopping Block
12 questions for Julia Walter, Executive chef, River Ranch Lodge & Restaurant Born and raised in Danville, a small town in central Kentucky, Julia Walter is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University’s School of Culinary Arts in Charlotte, South Carolina. Former chef de cuisine at Truckee’s Moody’s Bistro, Walter has presided over the kitchen at River Ranch Lodge […]
The Wild Goose Takes Flight
The Wild Goose has a secret it would like to spill: You need no longer be a card-carrying member of the Tahoe Mountain Club to dine at the North Shore lakefront restaurant. Built on the site of the former Sunsets restaurant in Tahoe Vista, Tahoe Mountain Resorts (the organization for the collective communities at the Village at Northstar, Northstar Highlands, Old […]
Best New Restaurant: Manzanita
Traci Des Jardins loves Tahoe. So when the award-winning San Francisco chef was offered the opportunity to open a restaurant here, she took it. “I’ve spent time in Tahoe my whole life,” says Des Jardins, who grew up on a farm in California’s San Joaquin Valley and is of Mexican and Louisianan-French Acadian descent. “I’m […]
Food Glorious Food
The most popular spot at Martis Camp might well be MC’s Original Soda Fountain, tucked inside the family barn. With an old-fashioned motto of “good eats and fountain treats,” kids dig it for the shakes, malts, floats, sodas, razzles, sundaes, splis (made with Tahoe Creamery Ice Cream) and pies. Parents love it because they can […]
Lake Tahoe’s Best Brewpubs
Benjamin Franklin once said “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” A simple formula—malts, hops, yeast and water—Tahoe and Reno brewpubs are crafting their own versions of the beverage, quenching our thirst and bringing us bliss. From light blondes to dark stouts, enjoy a local tasting tour of what’s […]
Manzanita Restaurant featuring Chef Tracie Des Jardins
Traci Des Jardins loves Tahoe. So when the award-winning San Francisco chef was offered the opportunity to open a restaurant here, she took it. “I’ve spent time in Tahoe my whole life,” says Des Jardins, who grew up on a farm in California’s San Joaquin Valley and is of Mexican and Louisianan-French Acadian descent. “I’m […]
The Chopping Block: Eight questions for Jason Friendy, Executive Chef, Resort at Squaw Creek
Born and raised in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, Jason Friendy, 37, graduated from Johnson & Wales University with a degree in food service management. Executive chef at the Resort at Squaw Creek since 2008, Friendy specializes in regional American cuisine. What’s your favorite ingredient? Tomatoes. We use them in chutney (see recipe at right), salsa, marinara […]
Blue Water Bistro
In the quest for a meal with a view, the scenery often upstages the food. Not so at South Lake Tahoe’s Blue Water Bistro. Located at Timber Cove Marina at the end of El Dorado Beach, the casual 45-seat eatery (which in summer more than doubles with the addition of dock and balcony tables), boasts […]
