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Sharon Gay's Top Choices - Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week - September 5-12

Six Peaks Grille Chef Chad Shrewsbury Photo © Sharon Gay 2010
Six Peaks Grille Chef Chad Shrewsbury Photo © Sharon Gay 2010
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By Sharon Gay

Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week is an eight-day celebration of Lake Tahoe's fine dining. Sixteen of Sharon Gay's top choices from her Lake Tahoe Restaurant Guide are on the list of partipating restaurants - including 19 Kitchen & Bar at Harvey's, Beacon Bar & Grill, Chart House, Ciera Steak + Chophouse, Edgewood Restaurant, Friday's Station, Lone Eagle Grille, PlumpJack Café, Six Peaks Grille at The Resort at Squaw Creek, Soule Domain, Soupa, Baxter's Bistro and Twenty-Two Bistro & Bar.

Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week gives Lake Tahoe food aficionados an opportunity to enjoy 3-course, prix fixe lunch and dinner menus at more than 30 participating restaurants throughout the Lake Tahoe region for $20, $30 or $40 per person - tax and gratuity not included - and $2 of every $30 3-course dinner goes to the Tahoe Forest Cancer Center.

Menu options include: 19 Kitchen & Bar offers lobster corn chowder and beef medallions fromage, Edgewood has maple leaf duck breast served with an apple ginger sauce and sweet potato gnocchi, and paired with a 2006 BR Cohn, Silver Label, Cabernet. River Grill has green chard raviolis with Sonoma goat cheese and portabella mushrooms, and Six Peaks Grille is offering a pan seared Bristol Bay salmon, Lakefront in Incline Village - Lone Eagle Grille offers a mesquite grilled New York steak over watercress and red cabbage salad.

Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week - Restaurants

Sharon Gay's choices for the best dining are highlighted in *bold type.

*19 Kitchen & Bar 18 Highway 50, Stateline, NV (800) HARRAHS

Alexander's Cafe & Bar 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley, CA (530) 452-7278

Après Wine Company 3668 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, CA (530) 544-9463

*Baxter's Bistro & Lounge 8001 Northstar Drive, Suite 8114, Truckee, CA (800) 544-1801

*Beacon Bar & Grill 1900 Jameson Beach Road, South Lake Tahoe, CA (800) 544-1801

Blue Agave 425 North Lake Boulevard, Tahoe City, CA (800) 544-1801

*Chart House 392 Kingsbury Grade, Stateline, NV (775) 588-6276

*Ciera Steak + Chophouse 55 Highway 50, Lake Tahoe, NV (888) 829-7630

Cornice Cantina 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley, CA (530) 452-4362

Cottonwood Restaurant 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee, CA (530) 587-5711

*Edgewood Restaurant 100 Lake Parkway, Stateline, NV (775) 588-2787

Fireside Pizza 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley, CA (530) 584-6150 

Fresh Ketch Restaurant 2435 Venice Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA (530) 541-5683

*Friday's Station 15 Highway 50, Stateline, NV (800) HARRAHS

Gi Fu Loh 15 Highway 50, Stateline, NV (800) HARRAHS

Latin Soul 168 Highway 50,Stateline, NV (775) 588-7777

*Lone Eagle Grille 111 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, NV (775) 886-6899

*Manzanita Lake Tahoe 13031 Ritz-Carlton Highlands Court, Truckee, CA (530) 562-3050

*Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar 5001 Northstar Drive, Suite 5101 Truckee, CA (530) 562-2188

*PlumpJack Café 1920 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA (530) 583-1578

*River Grill 55 West Lake Boulevard, Tahoe City, CA (530) 581-2644

River Ranch Lodge Corner Highway 89 and Alpine Meadows Road, Tahoe City, CA (866) 991-9912

*Six Peaks Grille 400 Squaw Creek Road, Olympic Valley, CA (530) 583.6300

*Soule Domain 9983 Cove Avenue, Kings Beach, CA (530) 546-7529 

*Soupa 1850 Village South Road, Olympic Valley, CA (530) 584-6090

The Lodge at Tahoe-Donner 12850 Northwoods Boulevard, Truckee, CA (530) 587-9455

The Sage Room 18 Highway 50, Stateline, NV (800) HARRAHS

*Twenty-Two Bistro & Bar 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley, CA (530) 584-6170

Uncorked 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley, CA (530) 584-6090

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Sharon Gay, local author and photojournalist, lives on Lake Tahoe's stunning East Shore in Nevada. Sharon has two upcoming photographic books, Lake Tahoe Gardens and Lake Tahoe Inspirations. She enjoys attending and photographing local events to keep her readers informed of their Lake Tahoe and...

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