Evan's American Gourmet Café

536 Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe
(530) 542-1990

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This place is a GEM. They have about 8 to 10 tables in a small house living room The menu was beyond extensive, but WAIT don't make a choice yet, they bring you a white board with the specials of the day which don't even fit on the board. They had excellent choices. The presentation was lovely and the food was delicious. They had a large wine selection. At the end of the meal they bring you another white board with dessert options. Very difficult to make a choice....
The first thing the host said at the door was an accusatory, "we've tried to phone you twice today", however skiing in heavy snow in an area of poor reception does not make answering the phone easy. Service did not really improve from there, we were seated and then left until another table came in 10 minutes later so that the server could go through the specials with both tables at once, the other tables order was then taken before ours despite us having been in...
This has to be the best restaurant in South Lake Tahoe. I had eaten here 8 or 10 years ago with my wife and it was great then and also great this time. I had a salmon special with stuffed lobster and it was wonderful. The service was suburb. Do not miss eating here. I have been to Tahoe many times and usually stay at one of the hotels and eat their food but Evan's was exceptional.

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