Basque Tables

room

J.T. Basque Bar and Dining Room

Gardnerville. A building hauled from Virginia City in 1896; the Lekumberry family since April Fool's Day, 1960.

Downtown Gardnerville, Nevada
Downtown Gardnerville, Nevada
Flickr user Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Where
1426 Highway 395, Gardnerville, NV, 89410cited
Phone
(775) 782-2074
Its own site
https://www.jtbasquenv.com/
Opened
1955 · the owners whose initials are the name; the Lekumberry family since 1960
The building itself was moved from Virginia City in 1896.cited
Status
open
checked 2026-09-16cited
Seating
a long table, with strangers · reservations taken
Communal long tables, dishes passed. The house seats parties of 1 to 100 and asks large ones to call.cited
Picon Punch
yes · poured with Ferino Distillery, Reno
The house calls it a mandatory beginning to a Basque dinner and notes it is now Nevada's state drink.cited
Week
MTWTFSS
Mon–Sat lunch 11:30am–4pm, dinner 4pm–close
checked 2026-09-16cited
Calls its kitchen
“Basque, family style, multi-course”cited

Now

Communal long tables, dishes passed down the row. The house calls the Picon Punch a mandatory beginning to a Basque dinner.

Before

The J.T. in the name is the initials of the owners who put it up in 1955. The Lekumberrys bought it on 1 April 1960. In the 1960s lunch was $1.25 and dinner $1.50.

Kin

Picon PunchPicon Punchdrinkthe house calls it mandatory← calls it a mandatory beginning to dinnerThe Lekumberry familypersonhas run this room since 1960← the room they bought on April Fool's DayBasque breakfasteventheld here twice a year← the house that holds itA cider-maker house inside Igartubeiti Farm Museum in Ezkio-Itsaso village. Guipuscoa, Basque Country.The long tablestorythe plainest communal table in this directory← the plainest communal table still runningTitle: Gateway to the scenic west, Hotel Humboldt, Winnemucca, Nevada Subjects: Hotels Places: Nevada > Humboldt (county) > Winnemucca Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen Nevadaregionthe state this room sits inAn example of chorizo de bilbao of King Sue brand. Thin sliced pieces were made to present the contents and cross-section of the sausage. The example provided is cold from being kept in the refrigeratVilla Basque Café and Deliroom← fifteen miles south, and the full dinnerThe bitter has a supply problemstory← names Ferino on its own pageThe Picon glassword← the other bar worth asking
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  • current dinner prices

Sources

Record provenance: cited · confidence high · updated 2026-09-16