Raising the Bar - Tahoe Quarterly

Raising the Bar - Tahoe Quarterly

If walls could talk, the red brick building at the corner of Donner Pass Road in downtown Truckee would have plenty to say. Anchoring Commercial Row, its storied occupants have included a stove and tinware shop, (intermission for a fire), a four-story Victorian hotel, an eatery called the California Restaurant, a bus station and Bank of America branch. In 1974, Reno restaurateur Jack Leonesio played on the previous tenant’s name and launched the