Photos: courtesy of The Grove at Camp Richardson (camprichardsonresort.com)
Camp Richardson · Where to Eat
The beachside dining room at Camp Richardson (the old Beacon), with live music on the sand and a Rum Runner on the menu.
for the wedding weekend
The casual-daytime anchor — send guests here for a beachfront lunch between events; weekends add live music on the water.
The Grove is Camp Richardson's beachside restaurant — the room long known to locals as the Beacon Bar & Grill, renamed after the resort's dining reopening. The formula survived the name change: expansive Lake Tahoe views, indoor and seasonal outdoor dining thirty feet from the water, a family-friendly menu, and the Rum Runner still anchoring the cocktail list.
On weekend afternoons The Grove hosts live music right on the water — the kind of standing appointment that gives a wedding weekend its unplanned best hour. Open daily 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., with a catering menu for groups; for weddings at Camp Richardson or Valhalla next door, it's the lunch spot the guest list finds on its own.
| Location | 1900 Jameson Beach Rd, South Lake Tahoe — on the Camp Richardson beachfront |
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| Hours | Daily 10:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Live music | Weekend afternoons on the water, rotating genres |
| Groups | Catering menu published; resort events line 530-494-0325 |
Details verified June 2026 against camprichardsonresort.com — hours and policies change; confirm directly before locking the itinerary.
South Lake Tahoe
Lakefront dining room at Ski Run with a full banquet program — sister restaurant to Gar Woods across the lake.
for the weekend The south shore's default rehearsal-dinner room — lakefront, banquet-savvy, and minutes from the Stateline hotels.
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Tahoe City
Tahoe City's lakefront institution — Hawaiian-inflected seafood and steaks over the marina, with private dining for groups.
for the weekend The west shore's reliable big-table room: private dining, a marina view, and a menu everyone's parents will like.
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Tahoe City
Modern American dining on the Tahoe City shoreline with a full panoramic lake vista — the sunset table.
for the weekend The intimate rehearsal-dinner upgrade: French-and-Mediterranean-leaning plates while the sun drops behind the west shore.
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The venues your guests would pair with The Grove at Camp Richardson.
Stateline
The south shore's marquee lakefront resort — a golf-course campus on the Nevada side where ceremonies happen at the water's edge.
Inn / Lodge
Kirkwood (Hwy 88)
"Where Luxury Meets the Wild" — a secluded multi-day buyout south of Kirkwood where the wedding lasts four days, not five hours.
Private Estate · Unique
South Lake Tahoe
A 1924 lakeside estate lodge on the Tallac Historic Site, run under a Forest Service permit — old-Tahoe timber and a lawn that ends near the water.
Historic / Landmark
