Events & Venues

Places We Love to Cook

After years of catering across Tahoe and Northern California, certain venues keep proving themselves — good kitchens, good light, good flow. If you're still choosing a place, these are the ones we recommend without hesitation. And if you've already found yours, we'll cook anywhere your people gather.

The HideOut lodge on the water

The HideOut

A favorite of ours for good reason — an intimate, tucked-away setting where family-style dinners feel like they belong. The kind of place where the meal becomes the evening.

Best Fit
Weddings and celebrations of 40–120 guests who want warmth over formality.
Food That Works Here
Family Meal service shines here — long tables, shared platters, seasonal menus. Paella for welcome parties.
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Desolation Hotel in the Lost Sierra near Portola

Desolation Hotel

Up in the Lost Sierra near Portola — high mountain quiet, Feather River country, and none of the Tahoe crowds. The setting does half the hosting for you.

Best Fit
Retreats, family reunions, and mountain weddings that stretch across a weekend.
Food That Works Here
Multi-day retreat menus, clambakes and paella outside, and family-style dinners after a day out.
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Sierra granite and pines at White Wolf, Alpine Meadows

White Wolf

A private estate up Alpine Meadows — granite, tall pines, and its own lake. It feels like deep Tahoe because it is, just minutes from Tahoe City.

Best Fit
Full-weekend weddings and big celebrations — the estate holds up to 200 guests without feeling crowded.
Food That Works Here
Paella cooked outside over fire, whole animal roasts, and long family-style tables under the pines.
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The stone Ehrman Mansion at Sugar Pine Point State Park

Ehrman Mansion

A 1903 stone estate at Sugar Pine Point on Tahoe's West Shore, with a lakefront lawn that does the decorating for you. State-park setting, old-Tahoe soul.

Best Fit
Classic lakeside ceremonies and receptions, up to 100 guests on the lawn.
Food That Works Here
Plated or family-style dinners that suit the estate's era — simple, seasonal, generous. Events run outdoors here, so we bring the whole kitchen.
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A-frame cabin under the pines at Chalet View Lodge

Chalet View Lodge

A boutique resort in the Lost Sierra, about an hour north of Truckee — lawns, a fishing pond, an all-weather site, and 52 rooms so nobody has to drive home.

Best Fit
Weekend weddings and retreats where the whole guest list stays on property, in any season.
Food That Works Here
Rehearsal-night barbecues, plated dinners, and late-night bites from the truck.
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Donner Lake from above, looking toward the west end

West End Beach · Donner Lake

Truckee's hometown beach on the west end of Donner Lake — sand, lawn, a covered pavilion, and that long view down the water. Casual by design.

Best Fit
Laid-back weddings, reunions, and community events up to 200 guests. Sandals encouraged.
Food That Works Here
Clambake and lobster boil territory. The food truck rolls right up.
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The river valley at Dancing Pines, near Truckee

Dancing Pines

Twenty quiet acres on the Little Truckee River, twenty minutes north of town — a riverside ceremony site, a big lawn, and room to make the day your own.

Best Fit
Summer weddings up to 150 guests, June through September.
Food That Works Here
Family-style dinners on the lawn and paella at cocktail hour, cooked within earshot of the river.
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