Wednesday 31st of August 2011 07:21:51 AM

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Visiting friends who live in the area who have never been to Stateline, so we figured we would check the place out.

Food was fantastic all around.

Beer on the other hand, wasn't the greatest. A decent selection of guest taps made the beer experience somewhat better. They were out of the Stateline Pilsner (one of my favorite styles), so half of us went with the Avalanche ale, the other half went with the White-out Wit. Avalanche tasted like a watered down pale ale; very low to almost no hop flavor or aroma with a drying crystal malt-like finish. The white-out was just as bland, only thing that made it drinkable was the orange they put in the cup.

If you choose to sit outside, you'll more than likely get a plastic cup instead of a real pint glass, but don't let that deter you, it's great people watching!

All in all, go for the food and sample their brews, but you might be better off sticking to their guest taps. Just watch out for the bottle prices, $10 for a bottle of Pliny or $21 for a bottle of Chimay Red? No thanks!

Saturday 18th of July 2009 07:40:11 PM

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July 2009

Nice restaurant in the basement of a trendy shopping area. In the back houses a bar with brewing tanks behind glass walls. Long bar sits about 20 people.

Three house brews were on when I visited. No sampler, but the barmaid gave me a splash of each. I ordered a Dead Guy from their 6-8 guest taps.

Food was very good and a bit upscale from your typical brewpub, but this is a high traffic tourist area so I guess they are more into being a nice restaurant than a brewpub.

Wednesday 24th of June 2009 01:40:40 PM

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Update 7/10: The name recently changed from Cecil's to Stateline.
Located between the Heavenly gondola and the Stateline casinos, this brew location is a nice addition to South Tahoe. The brewery and restaurant are downstairs in the retail complex so it has a bit of a speakeasy feel. There is a long bar next to the tanks and some tall table seating plus a good size table dining area just beyond. During warm weather months, there is also table seating on the street level plaza.
Stateline is affiliated with Brewery at Lake Tahoe so there’s plenty of experience backing the house brews. There are 2-3 of them on tap at any given time together with a good selection of regional craft brews along with a few imports/BMCs on a couple dozen taps. I enjoyed the house IPA and a Trout Slayer from Big Sky. The full dinner menu is a bit pricey but they have early dinner and late lunch specials. Validated parking is available in the public garage on the far side of the gondola house.