Café
Luna. Seasonal Italian cuisine - fresh ingredients with original
menu. One of our favorites. 451 Main St., downtown Placerville.
642-8669
Courtyard Café. Gourmet lunches in downtown Placerville with a garden fountain courtyard plaza. Check for hours and entertainment. 312 Main Street, Downtown
Placerville. 530-642-1074
Heyday Cafe. Relaxed, friendly gathering place. Extensive wine list. Salads, soups, panini, wraps, pizza, appetizers, entrees, desserts, coffee drinks. Serving lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday. 325 Main St., Placerville 530-626-9700
CASCADA. An eclectic mix of Mexican favorites and California cuisine featuring an extensive wine list of fine wines from many of our local wineries and also a full bar. Specialty margaritas, made with premium tequilas. Located in the historic Round Tent Building at 384 Main Street, downtown Placerville. Lunch & Dinner daily. 384 Main, downtown Placerville, (530) 344 - 7757
Sweetie
Pies. 577 Main Street, Placerville. Get in line early for
their famous homemade Cinnamon Rolls. Serves breakfast and lunch
in a restored Victorian house. A favorite. 530-642-0128
Cozmic
Café.This café offers healthy breakfast, lunch
and dinner menus. Specializing in Smoothies, Organic Coffee,
microbrews and local wines. Entertainment on Saturdays. Tour
the 1800's mineshaft and imagine life as it might have been.
Located in the historic Pearson's Soda Works building, erected
in 1859 at 594 Main St., Placerville. 530-642-8481
Tortilla
Flats. A family-owned, friendly favorite Mexican restaurant.
Try the foot-long burritos, chicken chichichangas, Chili Verde.
564 Main St, Placerville. 530-626-0101
Golden Dragon
Restaurant. Our favorite for Chinese food. Features Szechwan,
Mandarin & Hunan Cuisine. 1341 Broadway, Placerville. Call
for food to go 530-621-1568
Sequoia
House. Imagintive cuisine in an elegant, historical Victorian Mansion. Cocktails, desserts, Sunday Brunch, fine dining, small plates and light dining lunches. A place of history - fresh and local ingredients. 643 Bee Street, Placerville 530-622-5222
Casa Ramos.
Family-owned Mexican restaurant and bar has become very popular
as one of Placerville's newest restaurants. Located next to
Best Western Placerville Inn. Take the Missouri Flat Road exit
south off Hwy. 50. 6840 Green Leaf Dr., Placerville. 530-622-2303
Durango's
Mexican Restaurant. Happy Hour 4-7. A variety of Mexican
dishes to please everyone. Beer, Margaritas and tropical fruit
drinks. 263 Placerville Dr., Placerville. 530-626-0841
Hoosegow. Popular, local lunch place. Monday-Saturday, 10:30 - 3:00 pm. 2864 Ray Lawyer Drive #108 [Raley?s parking lot, north] 530-626-4722
Back Forty
Texas BBQ. Authentic Texas recipes made-from-scratch daily.
Our favorite for BBQ - very casual, small dining room or take
out. 3977 Durock Road, Shingle Springs. [from Hwy 50 - exit
Ponderosa Rd/Shingle Springs, go south and turn right on Durock
(frontage road to Hwy 50)] 530-676-4040
Dedrick's Main Street Cheese. Gourmet store with award winning national, international and California boutique cheeses, gourmet salamis, olives, pates, nuts, crackers, cookies, chocolates, breads and pastries from local bakers. 312 Main Street, Suite 105, downtown Placerville 530-344-8282
Zachary
Jacques. Country French cuisine with an ala carte menu and a seasonal prix fixe menu that takes advantage of fresh produce and seasonal products. Award winning wine list. Wine bar. Dinner Wednesday through Sunday. Monthly Winemaker Dinners with a Prix Fixe menus [Saturday]. Reservations required. 1821 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville. Reservations 530-626-8045.
Taste Restaurant. In downtown Plymouth, gateway to the Amador Wine Country. A memorable dining experience -- Fresh, seasonal selections from Steak to Vegetarian. Wide selection of local and international wines. Dinner Thursday through Monday. (209) 245-DINE (3463) for reservations.
Poor Red's
Bar-B-Q. A favorite Biker's hangout; famous for its "golden
Cadillac" drink of Galliano, crème de cacao, half&half
and ice. A local favorite gathering place and pub. 6221 Pleasant
Valley Rd., El Dorado. 530-622-2901
Apple Cafe.
On a hilltop outside of Placerville convenient for Lake Tahoe
and Gold Country visitors. Family-owned. Apple-chicken sausage,
applewood smoked bacon and homemade apple pies. 2740 Highway
50 530-626-8144
Los Hermanos
Grill and Cantina. The finest fresh Mex ingredients, "baja
fresh grill" with homemade flour tortillas, homemade tortilla chips and fresh salsa, signature Margaritas, sizzling fajitas. Saturday entertainment. 6524 Pony Express Train, Pollock Pines. From Hwy 50 exit Sly Park. 530-644-8801
Fifty Grand
Steak House. Voted 2004 Best Steakhouse. Steaks, Prime Rib,
Lobster, Seafood, BBQ Spare Ribs.. 6401 Pony Express Trail,
Pollock Pines. [Sly Park Rd. exit on Hwy. 50] 530-644-1580
Sierra
Nevada House. Restaurant and Buford's Bar (a Wild West saloon) featuring steaks, rack of lamb, hamburgers, pork chops, local wines and micro-brewed beers. BBQ & LIVE MUSIC
FRIDAYs & SATURDAYs - May to Sept. Located at the corner of Hwy 49 & Lotus Rd. in Coloma. 530-626-8096
