Riva Grill On the Lake

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"Riva Grill, sister restaurant to Gar Woods in North Lake Tahoe, is an ode to Lake Tahoe’s wooden boat history and culture, named after the Riva runabout, a wooden boat company originally from Italy. The two-story restaurant is a great place to enjoy lake views year-round, but the outdoor patio situated on the marina is the spot to be in the summer. You can watch boats pulling in and out of the lake as you eat a Dungeness crab sandwich and sip on boozy cocktails, like the signature (and more than slightly dangerous) Wet Woody." - Julie Brown Davis