Café
Luna. Seasonal Italian cuisine - fresh ingredients with original
menu. One of our favorites. 451 Main St., downtown Placerville.
642-8669
Main Street
Café. This cozy Cafe serves lunch and home baked goods
and features catering, local wines, and gifts. 325 Main Street,
downtown Placerville 530-642-1700
Gelato D'Oro
Café. Best place for cappuccinos and lattes. This charming
Café serves wonderful soups, sandwiches and salads for
lunch and crepes for dinner. Sit upstairs and watch downtown
go by. One of our favorites. 311 Main, Downtown Placerville.
530-626-8097
Nina's
Courtyard Café. A delightful Café featuring specialty
soups, salads, hot and cold sandwiches facing a brick courtyard
that often features local music. 312 Main Street, #104, Downtown
Placerville. 530-642-1074
Lil Mama
De Carlo's. Our favorite for Italian dining in a comfortable,
family atmosphere. Dinners from 4 p.m. Wed. - Sunday. 482 Main
Street, downtown Placerville. Call for reservations 530-626-1612.
Hangtown
Grill. 423 Main St., downtown Placerville. 626-4431
Tomei's
Restaurant - Bar. Voted 2004 Best Dinner. Casual Fine Dining.
Northern Italian Cuisine, full bar and extensive wine list in
the historic Round Tent Building at 384 Main Street, downtown
Placerville. Lunch & Dinner. 530-626-9766
Centro.
385 Main Street, Placerville. 626-5500. Hangtown's newest coffee
spot next to the Bell Tower. Espresso, pastries, coffee. M-Sat.
6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sun. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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 . 643 Bee Street, Placerville. Fine Dining in an historical
Victorian Mansion, the former Bee-Bennett House. Local and seasonal
ingredients paired with wines of the Sierra foothills. 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
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
Zachary
Jacques . Country French cuisine with a seasonal prix fixe
menu that changes to take advantage of fresh produce and seasonal
products. Award winning winelist. Open for dinner Wed. to Sat.,
5:30 to 9:30 p.m., Sun. 5 to 8:30 p.m. 1821 Pleasant Valley
Road, Placerville. Phone for reservations 530-626-8045]
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
Tropical Grill and Cantina, 6524 Pony Express Trail, Pollock
Pines. Flaming fajitas, homemade tortillas, fresh guacamole,
and specialty margaritas. 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, seafood, pastas, salads, local wines
and micro-brewed beers. Tuesday to Sunday, 4 to 9 p.m. Happy
Hour 4 to 6 p.m. Burgers and ice cream served in The Paddle
Bar/Outdoor Café with live music on Fri. and Sat. evenings
and a BBQ Buffet. Located at the corner of Hwy 49 & Lotus
Rd. in Coloma. 530-626-809
