Savor the Sierra, the City of South Lake Tahoe's Restaurant Week, runs Friday, Nov. 6 through Sunday, Nov. 15. More than 30 restaurants, cafés, wine bars and breweries are offering discounts, prix fixe menus and specials. The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority's interactive map lists every participant with its offer. Most offers apply for the full ten days. Four of them carry a shorter date.
Those four are the steakhouses and grills at 15 and 18 Highway 50 in the Stateline casino corridor. All four are on the map for the whole event, but their offer of 30% off any entrée runs only from Nov. 9 to Nov. 15. Nov. 9 is a Monday, so every opening-weekend discount comes from the neighborhood kitchens, from the Y to Ski Run. The casino discounts cover the last seven days. Plan your ten days around that split.
The date printed on four menus
Here are the four Highway 50 rooms next to the other percentage offers on the map. Unless a date is listed, an offer runs the whole event.
| Restaurant | Address | Offer | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fridays Station Steak & Seafood Grill | 15 Hwy 50 | 30% off any entrée | Nov. 9–15 |
| Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen | 18 Hwy 50 | 30% off any entrée | Nov. 9–15 |
| Sage Room Steak House | 18 Hwy 50 | 30% off any entrée | Nov. 9–15 |
| Wolf by Vanderpump at Harveys Lake Tahoe | 18 Hwy 50 | 30% off any entrée | Nov. 9–15 |
| Rice Thai Eatery | 3668 Lake Tahoe Blvd | 25% off entire bill | Full event |
| The Naked Fish | 3940 Lake Tahoe Blvd | 20% off entire bill, Monday–Thursday happy hour | Full event |
| Driftwood Cafe | 1001 Heavenly Village Way | 15% off entire bill | Full event |
| Himmel Haus | 3819 Saddle Rd | 10% off entire bill | Full event |
| Dumpling 85 | 4125 Lake Tahoe Blvd | 10% off entire bill | Full event |
| Gathering Botanical Café | 595 Tahoe Keys Blvd | 10% off specials menu | Full event |
Thirty percent off any entrée is the largest straight discount on the map. The Woods Restaurant & Bar, at 3115 Harrison Ave, has a bigger number with a condition attached: buy one of three listed entrées and get the second one 50% off. The casino discount also applies only to entrées. Rice Thai's 25% covers the entire bill, including appetizers, drinks and dessert. On a check with several courses, the two can end up close. The Naked Fish has a narrower offer, with its 20% tied to Monday through Thursday happy hour. So the casino discounts start on the same Monday The Naked Fish's offer starts its first full run of weeknights.
Opening weekend runs on three clusters
Before Nov. 9, every discount on the map comes from a neighborhood kitchen, and many of them sit close together. Three clusters hold most of the walkable options.
- 1001 Heavenly Village Way. Kalani's at Lake Tahoe has a $60 three-course tasting: lobster bisque, surf-and-turf and dessert. Azul-Latin Kitchen pours a $1 house margarita with one of three listed entrées. Driftwood Cafe takes 15% off the entire bill, and Base Camp Pizza Co. has specialty pizza and drink specials.
- 900 Ski Run Blvd. At Artemis Lakefront Café, two entrées come with a free appetizer. Bearry Sweet takes 25% off a second crepe, waffle, marquesita or pancake, and Early 90's Coffee takes 25% off a second coffee. Riva Grill On the Lake is also on the map, with no special posted.
- The Y stretch of Lake Tahoe Blvd. Four participants sit between 1920 and 2544. South Lake Brewing Company's brewery at 1920 has a $20 burger, fries and beer. Tahoe Cocktail Corner at 2042 has a $25 burger-and-cocktail combo. Lake Tahoe AleWorX at the Y, at 2050, gives a free one-topping pizza with a specialty pizza. Cold Water Brewery and Grill at 2544 does a burger and a beer for $22.
By Oct. 22, the Tahoe Daily Tribune reported, the new playground and path from the Tahoe Valley Stormwater and Greenbelt project were open next to AleWorX at the Y. AleWorX founder Luca Genasci praised the connection between the venue and the play area. That makes a buy-one-get-one pizza night at the Y an easy pick for families during the first weekend.
Some of the same offers repeat at other addresses. AleWorX Stateline, at 4118 Lake Tahoe Blvd, has the same specialty-pizza deal as the Y location. South Lake Brewing Co.'s Libation Lodge Kitchen & Taproom, at 4000 Lake Tahoe Blvd, matches the $20 burger, fries and beer at its brewery. If you want either deal, choose whichever end of town is closer.
Fixed prices, from breakfast to three courses
These are the offers with a set dollar figure, from lowest to highest:
- $1 house margarita at Azul-Latin Kitchen, with one of three listed entrées.
- $17.95 huevos rancheros at Frescana Méxican Bistro, 3141 US-50, listed as $2 off.
- $20 burger, fries and beer at both South Lake Brewing Co. locations.
- $22 burger and a beer at Cold Water Brewery and Grill.
- $25 combos at Tahoe Cocktail Corner and at Flight Deck Grill + Golf, 1901 Lisa Maloff Way. Flight Deck's combo is a burger, flatbread or sandwich with a draft beer.
- $49.95 dine-in pizza-and-salad night for two at Lake Tahoe Pizza Co, 1168 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
- $56 three-course prix fixe at Toulouse, 901 Park Ave. Toulouse also lists the menu on its own Restaurant Week page.
- $60 three-course tasting at Kalani's at Lake Tahoe.
The two three-course dinners are $4 apart. Toulouse is on Park Ave and Kalani's is in Heavenly Village, so both work as a sit-down dinner on opening weekend, before the Stateline discounts begin.
Breakfast has its own short list. Ernie's Coffee Shop, at 1207 Emerald Bay Rd, is serving pumpkin waffles, cinnamon-roll pancakes and a specialty latte. Zenith Bites, on Old US Highway 50, adds a free salad bar and drink to orders over $50 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. At South of North Brewing Co., 932 Stateline Ave, the Cubano and pints are $3 off every day from 4 to 6 p.m.
The newest kitchen on the map
The newest participant opened just weeks before the event. Gather Botanical Café opened at 595 Tahoe Keys Blvd., Suite A2, according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune's Oct. 6 report. Owner Misty McBride describes it as a plant-forward café that is dedicated gluten-free, with room to serve as a community gathering and event space. The LTVA map lists it as Gathering Botanical Café, with 10% off the specials menu. It's the only participant in the Tahoe Keys, so its specials menu is the easiest way to try the new spot during the event.
Sunday, Nov. 8, the last day before the casino offers
Sunday, Nov. 8 is the event's third day and the last day before the casino discounts start. It also draws a crowd to Stateline. The Caesars Lake Tahoe Classic brings four college basketball games to Tahoe Blue Event Center that day, in sessions at 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. If you're eating before or after a game that Sunday, the Highway 50 rooms are still at regular prices. The 30% doesn't start until Monday. Dumpling 85 at 4125 Lake Tahoe Blvd and AleWorX Stateline at 4118 have offers running all ten days.
A November event with a January history
The city describes the event as new. A City News post dated Oct. 21 says the City of South Lake Tahoe "is excited to launch Restaurant Week this November." The LTVA listing says the event "returns." The South Shore has hosted a restaurant week before, in a different season.
South Tahoe Now reported that 20 South Lake Tahoe restaurants took part in the Jan. 10–17, 2014 event. The next January, the Tahoe Daily Tribune covered Tahoe South Restaurant Week's return for Jan. 9–16, 2015, with more than two dozen restaurants. Before that, a lake-wide restaurant week planned its first run for Sept. 5–12, 2010. It expected about 30 restaurants, roughly 15 of them in South Lake Tahoe. The 2011 edition moved to Oct. 2–9 and reported more than 60 participants around the lake.
The 2026 event has more than 30 participants in South Lake Tahoe alone. That's about double the South Shore's share of the 2010 lake-wide count and above both January events. The new date puts it in the weeks before ski season. The city explains the purpose this way, as quoted by the Tahoe Daily Tribune:
"Restaurant Week is an opportunity to celebrate the local businesses that serve our community every day. Choosing local businesses supports restaurant owners and employees that are essential to South Lake Tahoe's community." City Manager Hilary Roverud
Claiming the offer
To get an offer, tell your server or the staff that you're there for Restaurant Week when you arrive or order. Offers differ by location, so check with each restaurant first. Some listings are still incomplete. Dragonfly Bagel Co., Idle Hour Wine & Bubbly Bar and Riva Grill are on the map with no special posted. Base Camp Pizza Co. and Cascade Kitchens' Thirsty Bear list drink specials without prices. The city's Restaurant Week page links to the full map, which may add details before Nov. 6.
Our team spends a lot of time at these tables, from a Toulouse prix fixe on Park Ave to a burger and beer at the Y. If you're deciding which part of the South Shore fits the way you like to spend an evening, Frick n' Blazer can walk those blocks with you before ski season starts. Schedule a Private Tahoe Consultation.
