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    Mad Dog Cafe

    4.3 (26 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Ridge trail sandwich (pastrami & Swiss)
    Tomomi S.

    Cute little cafe & store in the middle of woods, near Nevada border. We love to stop here to stretch our legs and get sandwiches here. Those ladies work hard to keep the orders moving and their sandwiches are simple but tasty. There are also ice creams for hot summer day, and chips, jams, soup mix etc... fun to look around while waiting for my order. Looks like your dog could get a free treat! I see some neighbors and repeating customer's dogs coming in to the store and get their treats. Very homey, neighborly store that offers plenty of seatings inside and outside. Just be patient for your order to come.

    Frederick S.

    Really enjoy this cute café. I go there weekly just for the café mocha the old store fill a nice touch It makes it feel very grounded and Homie I'd have to do a shout out to Tristan. He's always consistent on his product every week I go there.

    Italian sandwich, everything breakfast bagel sando

    Here I sit in Reno, CRAVING the Italian sandwich from Mad dog cafe. Questioning myself is 55 miles too far to go for lunch??! Haha My fiancé and I drove past mad dog on our bi annual trip to hope valley to camp and made a note of it as we usually drive up through Tahoe and have never passed it before. On our trip out we always go through markleeville and we're saddened to see the closing of the deli in markleeville, we decided to drive home through Carson. And we were so very happy with our visit to Mad dog. The Italian was so tasty, soft fresh bread, mortadella, and the perfect amount of pickles. We bought some local honey right before cold season and a few other sundries. This place is a true gem. It is taking everything in me to not get in the car right now and drive an hour just for that damn sandwich. Thanks so much

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    Excellent grill, outstanding team, always positive attitudes, great atmosphere, outside dining as well.

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    Great porch view. Friendly country service. Wonderful fresh homemade sandwiches. So friendly. Great little store.

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    The sandwiches are AMAZING! They also have cookies and brownies by the register, get one! Totally worth it!

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    HEAVENLY! We ordered a few pastries and a couple of breakfast sandwiches. The breakfast sandwiches…read morewere yummy but the real stars were the pastries. The cinnamon roll was SO delicious. Staff was very friendly and the space had ample seating.

    Not sure what people are raving about with this place. Everything looks and tastes like it came in…read morefrozen from a wholesaler and then just defrosted. We got a chocolate croissant (only decent thing I got, but don't compare it to an artisanal made croissant where it's a dark golden brown with flaky crispy buttery layers). Their "croissants" are more like anemic, soft, moist bread. Also, got a cheese Danish. Starbucks sells a better cheese Danish than this place. The Danish was dry and hard and the center filling looked like it was pre-made frozen and just placed on top of the Danish. Finally, the worst of the worst, I got a personal size dutch apple crumble pie. Now THIS looked like it was made from scratch and I had hopes for this one. However, I took a piece of the crumble topping and ate it. It had an unusual funny taste. Almost like it was made with lavender. Didn't taste quite right. Then, when I got back to my hotel, I really dug into it. It wasn't just the crumble that was off, but the entire pie tasted of rancid spoiled butter. I had to spit it out, it was horrible. I can't believe they would serve that. I don't know how old that thing was, but they need better quality control. The only people I could see giving this place 5 stars on the food, are locals. Tahoe is behind when it comes to quality high end artisanal pastries. I have yet to find a decent coffee shop. Their sign boasts "Voted Best in Tahoe", but you'll see that almost every spot here has the same sign, from ice cream shops to bakeries to whatever else because there's literally nothing here. If you're from a big city, don't come here. Service was pleasant. No complaints.

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