Apres Ski in Alpine Meadows
The Village
Tahoe City has a community feel, fine dining and live jazz, in contrast to the bright lights of Lake Tahoe’s south shore.Tahoe City is one of the main cities on the California side of Lake Tahoe. It has a community feel, with smaller restaurants than nearby cities. Although the Lake Tahoe area is well known for its busy casinos, mostly to be found in South Lake Tahoe at the other end of the lake, guests who visit Alpine Meadows can enjoy fine dining, drinks at the locals’ pub by the fire, live jazz or up-and-coming bands from San Francisco, sushi (brought in daily from San Francisco), and also get a good night’s sleep for great skiing and snowboarding the next day.
The town of Tahoe City grew up as an historic crossroads where tourists disembarked from the train that connected Lake Tahoe and the main rail route through Truckee, then boarded ferry transports to other points around the lake. Today, most travelers arrive by road.
Alpine Meadows Bars & Restaurants
Alpine Meadows resort is home to three bars; Tahoe City, North Lake Tahoe and Truckee offer more entertainment slightly further afield.Tahoe City has a community feel, with smaller restaurants than nearby cities, fine dining and sushi brought in daily from San Francisco. Jake’s on the Lake is a waterfront grill, seafood bar and lakefront deck; Rosie’s Café offers lots of charm and a friendly atmosphere, with live music and dancing on Tuesdays. Za’s has Italian cuisine that warms the soul. Big Water Grille in Incline Village has Californian cuisine in a beautiful mountain setting. Christy Hill (Californian cuisine and panoramic lakeside dining) and Wolfdale’s (east/west fusion) are two good restaurants offering extensive wine lists. If you can’t find what you want in Tahoe City, there are over 160 restaurants in North Lake Tahoe and Truckee.
There are three bars in the resort. The Ice Bar on the back of the mountain is the best bar, with reclining sunchairs, beautiful views, microbrews, BBQ and music. The Compactor Bar and the Alpine Bar and Grill are in the main base lodge. The minimum age for consuming alcohol is 21 and if children accompany their parents in bars and other places serving alcohol they cannot sit at the bar.
Tahoe City
In Tahoe City there’s plenty to entertain you. Jake’s on the Lake is a waterfront grill, seafood bar and lakefront deck; Rosie’s Café offers lots of charm and a friendly atmosphere, with live music and dancing on Tuesdays. Za’s has Italian cuisine that warms the soul. Big Water Grille in Incline Village has Californian cuisine in a beautiful mountain setting. Christy Hill (Californian cuisine and panoramic lakeside dining), and Wolfdale’s (east/west fusion) are two good restaurants offering extensive wine lists.
North Lake Tahoe and Truckee
If you can’t find what you want in Tahoe City, there are over 160 restaurants in North Lake Tahoe and Truckee. Truckee also has plenty of bars, such as Bar of America, Moody’s, Blue Coyote and the Squeeze Inn. Cottonwood has live jazz every Saturday. Bars close around 2:00 am. And if you want to have a flutter, there are casinos at the Cal Neva Lodge in North Lake Tahoe and at the Hyatt Regency in Incline Village.