Chocolate! Home-baked breads and confections! Organic veggie, fruits, jams, chutneys, salsas, craft beer and wine, spices, organic meats, ethnic ingredients! You can find all this and more in Tahoe shops specializing in gourmet and specialty foods.
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Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
10091 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA
Now that two longtime favorite Downtown Truckee shopping destinations, Tahoe Oil & Spice and Dorinda's Chocolates & Essentials, are under one roof, you can experience all the delectables of both stores in one visit. Tahoe Oil & Spice offers more than 25 premium extra virgin and flavor-infused olive oils and more than 30 premium and flavor-infused balsamic vinegars as well as a few other specialty oils and vinegars. Their olive oils are seasonal offerings from the northern and southern hemispheres, and their flavor-infused balsamic vinegars and traditional balsamic vinegars are barrel-aged from Modena, Italy. Look for other gourmet treats like honey, jams, spices, rubs and delicious pasta.
A few steps away, discover the sweet bliss of Dorinda's Chocolates & Essentials, with handmade chocolate confections, caramels, award-winning truffles, chocolate-covered nuts and coffee beans, toffee creams, Tahoe bark, caramel corn and so many other treats. They even have homemade ice cream sandwiches. But this is more than a sweets store. It's also a gift boutique with an incredible array of essentials, such as fresh gourmet teas and tea accessories, women's accessories and housewares and gift baskets galore.
This is the perfect place to pick up pre-made or custom gift baskets, the ideal housewarming, hostess or holiday gift. The stores and tasting room are open seven days a week. For out-of-town guests who don’t want to carry items home, Tahoe Oil & Spice offers shipping and a web store.
Now that two longtime favorite Downtown Truckee shopping destinations, Tahoe Oil & Spice and Dorinda's Chocolates & Essentials, are under one roof, you can experience all the delectables of both stores in one visit. Tahoe Oil & Spice offers more than 25 premium extra virgin and flavor-infused olive oils and more than 30 premium and flavor-infused balsamic vinegars as well as a few other specialty...read more
Now that two longtime favorite Downtown Truckee shopping destinations, Tahoe Oil & Spice and Dorinda's...read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Sticks Market is rustic chic. You'll find more organic foods and craft beers – lots of craft beers – than Cheez Whiz and fishing lures (although that's not to say that they don't still carry a decent selection of old cabin staples in addition to the high-end products and produce). There's also a nice focus on local items such as the Truckee Sourdough bread used...read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
For young and old alike, a vacation wouldn’t be complete without some sort of fresh, homemade confectionary goodness. Sweets Handmade Candies in Downtown Truckee has made fudge, truffles, caramel apples and other sweet and gooey goodies since 1995. With employees at its big copper vat often stirring away on a fresh batch of fudge in the front window, it’s difficult to pass by the store....read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Tahoe Central Market in Kings Beach isn’t a big place but it’s packed full of wholesome goodness. Mornings you can stop in for a coffee, tea, bagel, breakfast sandwich or baked goods. At the juice bar they blend up smoothies, tonics, wheat grass and fresh organic juices. Come lunchtime the deli turns out gourmet sandwiches made with Boar’s Head meats and cheeses on Truckee Sourdough...read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Tahoe City Chocolates is a one-stop shop for gourmet sweets. The choices in chocolates are handmade and from both near and far, coming from as far away as Europe. There are also other sweets to tantalize, like ice cream, fudge and hard candies. Additionally, you can find tasty sugary items — giant lollipops, tequila truffles and jelly beans in hundreds of flavors. read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
The Tahoe City Farmers Market, located directly on the shores of Lake Tahoe in the Commons Beach parking lot, is a fun place to discover the variety of fresh produce available in Northern California. Operating from mid-May through mid-October on Thursday mornings from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., vendors sell fruit, vegetables, flowers, eggs, nuts, honey, bread and meats. Artisans are also part of the event: from...read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
In a new location near Truckee Airport, Tahoe Food Hub puts customers in connection with food that is farmed locally in the Sierra Foothills and Northern Nevada. A highlight of their operations is the online farmers market known as Harvest to Order. The service allows people to order a box filled with fresh, local, sustainable and seasonal fruits and vegetables. Tahoe Food Hub is a nonprofit as...read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Tahoe House Bakery & Gourmet, a family-owned restaurant since 1977, is one of the favorite local places for getting a cup of tasty coffee or a freshly made sandwich. Their Swiss coffeemaker creates each cup of coffee for the individual. The bakery has the freshest bread around, with the bakers rising at 2 a.m. to start the different styles of breads that are part of...read more
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Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Tahoe Provisions is your go‑to destination in Incline Village for grab‑and‑go snacks, fresh‑brewed coffee and quick dining options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Whether you're starting your day or fueling up between adventures, you’ll find convenient, high‑quality choices ready when you are. For even more flexibility, Tahoe To Go offers a selection of thoughtfully prepared items packaged in eco‑friendly containers – perfect for picnics, hikes or...read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Jerky isn’t just for beef anymore. Jerky Junction in Truckee sells exotic jerky offerings with meats you may not have ever pondered: wild boar, alligator, ostrich, kangaroo and even fish like ahi and trout. Of course you’ll find USDA beef jerky as well as venison, elk and buffalo. Jerky Junction isn’t hard to miss as it is located in a classic Union Pacific caboose that...read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Tahoe Wine Collective is more than just a wine bar, so stop in to discover North Lake Tahoe's newest neighborhood gathering spot. They showcase a rotating wine-tasting menu with a focus on boutique wines and craft beers from producers located in the nearby Sierra Foothills. Although the focus is local, they also offer a hand-picked selection of wines from regional and international small, family-owned wineries to satisfy...read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Tahoma PDQ Market is a small convenience store that also has the bonus of being one of the greatest sandwich shops in the Tahoe Basin. The sandwich shop makes all of its bread fresh daily, creating huge hoagie-type rolls that are flavored with various toppings such as pesto and jalapeno cheese. The bread is the size of a large man's forearm, making the sandwiches gigantic,...read more
Lake Tahoe Gourmet & Specialty Foods
Cobblestone Center shopping village at the heart of Tahoe City proudly celebrates its roots as a venture that came into being on the heels of the famed 1960 Winter Olympics. This business center captures the feel of a Bavarian village so well that it feels almost as if you could actually live here. After all, there are dozens of shops and services in the Cobblestone...read more
