Gold Coast Lodge — Restaurant in Tahoe City

Cafeteria line food stop with two bars, a coffee shop, lockers, restrooms and a terminus to the funitel. Have also recently added a ski wax station by the upper level exit (near the Starbucks). Outdoor patio with a bar service window for convenience. Can get pretty crowded around lunchtime. Nice views of Headwall, Siberia, Immigrant, and everything in between. Food is average quality and priced for the convenience of being where it is. TBH, I found the prices in the village to be comparable, except there you get table service and the food is hot and freshly...

Closed on a busy weekend...really? We came up the mountain during the NASTAR 50th anniversary championship weekend on Friday only to see a sign posted on the locked Starbucks doors saying they were "Closing Early at 1pm"....except we were there at 11:40am. Sure, it was winter weather, but the funitel (gondola lift) was running and the slopes were full of skiers from all over the country. Starbucks should make the effort to have this unique location stay open when a national event...

Nice cozy area to chill after a nice ride. They have a small cafe and just a place to sit and call your friends to check in. The waiting lines are usually very long. I would suggest that you would come down to the base and eat some food there but some people prefer to eat on the mid mountain. You can just go out of the train car and go and eat without going outside. They have racks for ski and snowboard....