Our Tahoe editor judges every eggs Benedict by the one served at Fire Sign Cafe, a 42-year-old breakfast and lunch institution on Tahoe’s West Shore. No matter how many times she visits, she can't bring herself to order anything else.
I judge every eggs Benedict by the one served at Fire Sign Cafe, a 42-year-old breakfast and lunch institution on Tahoe’s West Shore.
Fire Sign Cafe was established in 1978, and for most of those years, the restaurant was owned by the Young family. But in early August, they signed the papers to sell Fire Sign to a new owner, Rick Brown. Brown is a longtime West Shore resident with deep roots in the area. His grandfather started a ski area at Homewood Mountain Resort in 1936. Today, Brown also owns and operates two other iconic and historic restaurants on Tahoe’s West Shore: Chambers Landing and Swiss Lakewood. Chambers Landing was built in 1863; the bar on the pier was built a few years later and may be one of the oldest structures on Lake Tahoe. And Brown says this year was Swiss Lakewood’s 94th.
Brown said the Youngs could have sold Fire Sign “to someone in Silicon Valley,” but they wanted their restaurant to be in the hands of someone local who would carry on its traditions. They were supposed to close escrow in March. However, the pandemic delayed the deal until August.
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