Red Hut Caf, South Lake Tahoe

In 1959, The Red Hut Waffle Shop was opened. The old Donut Shop at Stateline was moved about 2 1/2 miles down to its current location at 2749 Lake Tahoe Boulevard. At that time, it was called just Highway 50 and few if any old timers call it anything but Highway 50 today. You can still see the original letters on the east outside of the building. The owners, Mac and Lorraine, and their two daughters, Candy and Cheryl Lee, ran the operation. Mac was chief cook and bottle washer. You could always recognize Mac. He was the one cooking your omelet, with a cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth. It was not uncommon to see the build-up of cigarette ashes fall while he was beating your eggs. Mac has passed on, but Lorraine still lives in Gardnerville, Nevada.