Great Gold
Italian restaurant · Truckee ·
Homemade pasta, wood-fired pizza, and seasonal dishes served
Homemade pasta, wood-fired pizza, and seasonal dishes served
"If you’re in the mood for a terrific sit-down dinner after all that driving, Great Gold will do the trick. Former Flour + Water chef de cuisine Brandon Kirksey opened this Italian American restaurant, serving seasonal pasta and pizzas with locally sourced ingredients. Celebrate the end of your drive — and the official start of your vacation — with a warming plate of bucatini or a slice of the hot salami pizza topped with coppa and salami picante, with a dash of heat from Calabrian chile." - Dianne de Guzman
"When it’s been a long day of outside living and comfort food sounds right, I go to Great Goldin Truckee, opened by former Flour + Water chef de cuisine Brandon Kirksey, which offers a menu of seasonal pasta and pizzas." - Julie Brown Davis
"I note that Great Gold, an Italian restaurant that closed in 2020 due to COVID, relocated to the Lake Tahoe area and is now more popular than ever in Truckee; its owners brought the town's first bocce court and are planning to open a new French bistro, Tangerine, down the road." - Paolo Bicchieri
"A Mission Italian red‑sauce spot that lasted about a year—Great Gold—has closed after owners had pivoted earlier projects in that space and elsewhere." - Eve Batey
"Great Gold, the Mission District Italian spot that shuttered in August after a year in the game, has risen again at the Pioneer Commerce Center, the Sierra Sun reports. Owner David Steele says that “We had a landlord in San Francisco who was absolutely unwilling to give us any flexibility,” so he decided “We’re going to move up to Tahoe.” He hopes to start serving up house made pasta and Roman-style pizza as soon as November 6." - Eve Batey
