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By Tim Hauserman
Lake Tahoe has bike riding, hiking, kayaking, paddleboarding, wakeboarding, waterskiing, boating and yoga. Or you could just hang out and do nothing on the beach. But alas, eventually you have to feed yourself and that rowdy gang of friends and family that is hanging around your mountain cabin. There are plenty of nice restaurants in town, but wouldn’t it be nice to sit back and have someone bring you the food? And I’m not talking pizza, but real organic, healthy delicious lunches and dinners delivered to your door. With no buying, chopping or boiling required. Yep, somebody is doing that.
Priya Hutner moved to Truckee a few years ago with a desire to live in the mountains, a background in the food industry, and a love of turning people on to healthy food. She founded Seasoned Sage with the simple premise to bring delicious organic food to busy people.
She will deliver meals to your door, or prepare them for you in your kitchen. She uses all organic products, and focuses on the freshest and most local that she can find. Which means she heads to the farmers markets and buys boxes of produce from local farmers.
Purely in the interest of research of course, I agreed to sample some of Priya’s lunches. I especially enjoyed the Kahula pork on sweet potato with cabbage, beet and brussels saw. But I couldn’t stop there. I dove into a turkey wrap with veggies with a carrot ginger dressing, and then there was a spring chicken ragout with roasted chick peas, and then finally I had just enough room left to savor the Veggie Lasagna. All of it, very yummy.
Priya can also come to your house and be your personal chef. Wouldn’t if be nice if she was preparing your dinner while you are getting in that last paddleboard ride on Donner Lake? Or she could even put on a cooking class so once your vacation is complete, you can go home and cook the food you’ve been enjoying while you were in Truckee. Bon appetite.
For information go to seasonedsage.com
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By Michelle Portesi
View from the back deck at the 1882 Bar and Grill. Photo by Michelle Portesi
Located in the back of the old River Street Inn is the new 1882 Bar and Grill. Thus named because the building was actually built in 1882. (See! The west coast doesn’t tear everything down when it gets old!) Overlooking the Truckee River and a hop, skip and a jump from Old Downtown Truckee, it’s a little bit of New Orleans tucked away in the Sierras.
The menu features Barbecued Brisket, Pulled Pork, Tri Tip, Chicken, Ribs, New York Steak and much more. It’s BBQ served multiple ways and you can have them as an entre, in a salad or on a sandwich. A wide variety of side dishes and appetizers fill the rest of the menu. The restaurant also offers a full bar with some of their own specialty drinks. My friend Joan had the best red beer ever. I could smell the fresh lushness of the bloody Mary mix without even tasting it. (Low salt diet forbids any partaking unfortunately…) We must have inadvertently hit them at happy hour, as drink prices were beyond reasonable for a tourist town. I had their hard cider which was just the refreshing drink I needed to compliment my meal while sitting on the back deck and watching the river roll by.
Fun in the sun or dining by starlight on the deck at 1882 Bar and Grill
I’ve eaten here twice already and it has been a very pleasant experience both times. The food is fresh, delicious and the portions are hearty, which is why we didn’t order the following…
Beignets!!! Let’s get real here. No self respecting homage to New Orleans would be complete without these tasty treats. If you’ve never indulged in these little puffy fluffs of French fritter heaven covered in powdered sugar, you really need to get out more. To remedy that, plan for a lunch or dinner – and dessert! at the 1882 Bar and Grill.
Beignets. Oh the yummyness!
To view their complete menu, go here: www.riverstreetinntruckee.com/1882-Menu.pdf
To learn more about the 1882 Bar and Grill, Tahoe Weekly did an excellent article on them: thetahoeweekly.com/2015/01/1882-bar-grill-truckee-river
You can also follow them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/1882-Bar-and-Grill
Location: 10009 East River Street between Donner Pass Road and West River Street.
Hours of operation: 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Contact: (530) 550-9222
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by Tim Hauserman
Every Thursday evening from 5 pm to 8 pm between now and August 20th the heart of downtown Truckee is closed to cars. Instead you will find food trucks, a beer garden with a live band, a farmers market, an arts faire with dozens of booths full of interesting hand made and local items, and a whole lot of happy people.
At Truckee Thursday you can eat tacos and sliders and tater tots covered with lamb, then follow it up with a chocolate dipped ice cream bar. Getting thirsty? They got homemade lemonade and beer. You can check out clothing, and earrings, and photographs. You can buy a book, a shirt, a painting and anything else that mike strike your fancy as something you need to adorn your house, body or mind. You can dance to the music, and sometimes dance to the sounds of the trains roaring just a few feet behind the band. But mostly, you can spend a warm summer night slowly strolling through the crowd, and experiencing Truckee’s awesome meet and greet with an eclectic mix of locals, second-home owners and visitors.
Every age demographic finds Truckee Thursday as a meeting spot. The littlest ones are bouncing in the bouncy houses. The tweens and teens are standing around trying to look cool and aloof while watching a couples yoga performance or a magic trick. Some of the folks from 21 and up are in the beer garden rocking out, while everyone else is eating, chatting with friends, and enjoying the fine splendor of the night.
Parking at Truckee Thursday is at a premium. There is a large dirt parking lot across the railroad tracks from the event, as well as several parking areas to the east of the closed off road section. Donner Pass Road is closed between Spring Street and Bridge Street, and anytime after five it’s best not to attempt to drive too close to the festivities. Not surprisingly, the earlier you get there, the easier it will be to find parking. Information is available at truckeethursdays.com, but you don’t need any information. Just come on downtown and enjoy.
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