Tahoe Joe's

{{short description|U.S. chain of steakhouse restaurants}}

Tahoe Joe's is a chain of three steakhouse restaurants based in the Central Valley of California. The first restaurant opened in Fresno in 1995 by Dave Fansler{{cite web|url=http://www.tahoejoes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=65 |title=Tahoe Joe's History |publisher=TahoeJoes.Com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-20}} with restaurants in Roseville and Folsom opening in 2002 (both since closed).{{cite news|url=http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2007/01/01/newscolumn2.html |title=Tahoe Joe's turns old buffet into alpine affair | Sacramento Business Journal |publisher=Sacramento.bizjournals.com |date= 2006-12-31|accessdate=2011-07-20}} In May 2008, Tahoe Joe's parent company, Buffets, Inc. (now VitaNova Brands) was undergoing bankruptcy and tried to sell the Tahoe Joe's chain.{{cite web |author=The Fresno Bee |url=http://www.modbee.com/1526/story/298043.html |title=Tahoe Joe's up for sale - Business |publisher=Modbee.com |date=2008-05-14 |accessdate=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120903151948/http://www.modbee.com/1526/story/298043.html |archivedate=2012-09-03 }} The original Tahoe Joe's restaurant in Fresno closed in September 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/news/business/article105004296.html|access-date=2016-09-30|date=2016-09-29|title=The original Tahoe Joe's in Fresno closes|publisher=The Fresno Bee|first1=Bethany|last1=Clough}}