Basque Tables

room

The Brass Rail

Alturas, Modoc County, on Lakeview Drive. Family style, five courses, a wood fire and a jukebox — and a Picon at the bar.

Alturas, CA · CaliforniaBakersfield, CAChino, CASanta Barbara, CAGlendora, CAFresno, CAWest Hollywood, CALos Banos, CASouth San Francisco, CAAlturasThe Brass Rail283 mi to South San Francisco
Where it stands, and the nearest room to it. Town centroids, not doorways.
Where
395 Lakeview Drive, Alturas, CA, 96101cited
Phone
(530) 233-2906
Status
open
checked 2026-09-17harvested
Seating
a long table, with strangers
Family style with the sides passed, by every account we read.harvested
Picon Punch
yes
Confirmed by a regular; the listings agree the bar makes a good one.field
What arrives
bread and butter
soup
salad
the day's dish
the entree you ordered
wine
coffee or tea
ice cream
Calls its kitchen
“family-style Basque”harvested

Now

The furthest north-east room in this directory, a long way from any other. A regular names the french fries here as the best of any room in it.

At the table

Five courses before the entree: bread and butter, soup, salad, the day's dish, then what you ordered, with wine, coffee and ice cream after.

Kin

Picon PunchPicon Punchdrinkpoured at this bar← poured at the far north-east corner of CaliforniaA 2011 dinner menu for Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield, CaliforniaThe set dinnerdishfive courses before the entree, and three afterA cider-maker house inside Igartubeiti Farm Museum in Ezkio-Itsaso village. Guipuscoa, Basque Country.The long tablestoryfamily style, and a long way from anywhereThe Hotel Padre has long been a landmark in downtown Bakersfield, California, USA.Californiaregionthe state this room sits inThe bitter has a supply problemstory← pours one, 300 miles from Reno
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  • brassrailbasque.com did not resolve on 2026-09-17

Sources

Record provenance: harvested · confidence medium · updated 2026-09-17