ROSIE'S CAFE TAHOE CITY

Walking into Rosie's Café is like taking a step back in time. Each of the antique and vintage pieces in the Tahoe City restaurant, as well as the building itself, tell a story about Tahoe's past... Originally opened as a grocery store, the building itself has been providing Tahoe City residents and guests with year-round dining since 1964. Every piece hanging in the restaurant has a unique story which lends traditional character to Rosie's Café. The deer and elk chandeliers were brought from the Tahoe Tavern's main dining room, a grand hotel on Tahoe's west shore that housed guests from 1901 until 1964, when it burned down. According to bartender Dennis Loo, many of the other animal heads are "on loan to us from people who had them in their houses and their wives wouldn't let them have them anymore."

Primary location: Tahoe City United States