food near heavenly Valley Ski resort

Four of us will be risking our 40 year plus limbs on our annual ski trip. This year we will be staying at the Embassy Suites in Stateline, Nevada(Southshore). I can usually come up with interesting dining options, but am comming up with bupkus at this moment. I am aware of some national chains and potentially decent Casino dining options.

We only need dinner spots as we stay on mountain all day. We will have a car so a reasonable drive is ok. We are open to any cuisine or price point.

Thanks in advance

I don't know what you like or your price range so here goes everything I know. My favorite would be Evans, which is California cuisine, and upscale. I also like the Cedar Room, which is in Round Hill. I heard it may be closing so I'd check it out. On the top of
Harvey's is 19, which is glitzy, expensive, and has a great looking
menu. The food though looked better than it tasted. They hadn't been open long so maybe they've worked out the kinks. However, it's got an incredible view and is worth going just for that. The alternative is to go to the bar for a drink, while it's still light out, check out the menu, and decide if you want to stay for dinner. The seafood buffet isn't bad either in the casino. And there's also Cabo Wabo for mexican. I generally don't like to recommend casinos but Harvey's is the best of the bunch. For steak I'd probably go to the Broiler Room in Caesars, however nothing comes close to Old Range on the north shore. Sage Room in Harvey's is ok too. Caesars was bought out so you may want to stayaway. MsRev was just at the Chart House and said it was surprisingly good.
You'd think with all the casinos there would be a great steak house but
there isn't. Naked Fish has great sushi, as good as just about anything
I used to get in Chicago. Make sure to get fresh wasabi. I don't love any Italian there but if I had to
go it would either be Cafe Fiori(tiny so you really have to call ahead) or
Scusa. In the plaza at the base of the gondola is a fusion restaurant, upscale, that I've heard is very good. The menu looked great but I haven't been there. I think that you should check it out. Don't know the name. It's not Fire and Ice, which is mongolian bbq. Another good lunchplace is the cafe at the Black Bear Inn. Don't know the name. Blue Water Bistro in the Best Western Timber Cove is good fusion food, and it's right on the water. Lunch or Dinner. Another beautiful lunch spot on the water is Riva Grill, but I don't love their food. Mirabelle on Kingsbury has excellent, reasonably priced french food. I highly recommend it. Don't even think about pizza or chinese.
If you feel like making a drive to north shore, about 35 minutes away, the restaurants are better. In Incline Village, Blue Water Grille has terrific contemporary cuisine with great views. Plumpjack is IMO the best restaurant around the lake and is located at Squaw Valley. It's a good 45 minute drive at least, and maybe much longer depending on weather. My suggestion would be to take a day and ski there, bring a change of clothes, and stay for dinner.

There's a great thin crust pizza place called Lake Tahoe Pizza around a 10 minute drive from the Nevada side entrance. Has a blue sign in front, around the corner from the small outlet with an adidas store on the corner. Best thin crust pizza ever -- very crisp and crunchy and with just enough muscle to bear the weighty flavors of sausage, peppers, onions, jalapenos for almost 12 minutes. After this crucial time barrier, the crust starts to sog just a bit, especially in the center -- we eat fast and from the center out.

Heavenly is my favorite resort and we've looked for mid-scale dining options in the area for the past couple of years, going on locals' recs, etc. Really horrible luck and terrible, bland, utterly non-descript food. The most interesting experience we've had was with the twilight zone-like atmosphere at the Swiss Chalet -- family run business run by the really grouchy, grey-haired matriarch. The structure looks like the house on the box of Swiss Miss that's been in my pantry for the past 4 years. Entrees were high 20's to 30's -- i had a veal dish that was not at all unpleasant. The word "cheesy" comes to mind when you look around and realize everyone is eating fondue -- in retrospect we regretted not ordering it, just to embrace the spirit of the strange ambience of the place. Had a strong locals vibe that seemed to regard it as finer dining, this also added to the great fun we had people-watching, eavesdropping, etc. Some women wearing fur and others still in ski-clothes, just really strange and memorable.

There's also an Italian place across the road from Lake Tahoe Pizza that was rec'ed by some people. By the time we get there, we always opt to eat at LTP and have never managed to make it inside.