Ernie’s Coffee Shop Menu
Welcome to Ernie’s Coffee Shop, a cozy spot in South Lake Tahoe where breakfast and brunch are elevated to delightful experiences. Specializing in New American cuisine, Ernie’s offers an impressive variety of dishes that cater to all dietary preferences, including many vegan and vegetarian options.
What sets Ernie’s apart? Their commitment to sustainability shines through with compostable containers and plastic-free packaging. Enjoy your meal indoors or in the bright outdoor seating area, perfect for soaking up the scenic views. With a casual atmosphere and attentive service, it’s great for families, groups, or a quick solo coffee break.
Additionally, they feature happy hour specials and a selection of beer and wine. The friendly staff is always ready to accommodate, whether you're stopping by for takeout, delivery, or a cozy sit-down meal.
Your taste buds will thank you! Don’t miss out on the unique dishes at Ernie’s Coffee Shop.
Breakfast
Avocado Toast
Toasted whole wheat, avocado, and tomatoes seasoned with an all purpose herb blend. Served with a side of fresh fruit salad. Vegan.
Tahoe Scram
Cheese, mushrooms, sausage, onions.
Ernies Scram
Cheese, tomatoes, bacon, onions.
Denver Scram
Cheese, diced ham, red and green bell peppers, onions.
Denver Omelette
Cheese, diced ham, red and green bell peppers, onions.
Judys Veggie Scram
Cheese, tomato, avocado, mushrooms.
The Green Acre Scram
Spinach, broccoli, zucchini, and home fries folded into scrambled eggs, topped with avocado, cheddar cheese, green onion, and pico de gallo.
Pauls Classic Omelette
Cheese, bacon, sausage, tomato, avocado. Served with a side of sour cream.
Tofu Scram
Bell pepper, pico, avocado vegan cheese
Custom
Create your oawn 3 egg omelette or scram from our custom creations menu. First three items included.
Oatmeal
Made fresh to order. Plain or with cinnamon andor raisins.
Grandma Jeans Granola
Housemade with oats, almonds, pepitas, dried cranberries, and raisins. Served with vanilla yogurt, and topped with banana and strawberry garnish.
Breakfast Burrito
2 scrambled eggs, grilled onions, cheese, and your choice of home fries or hash browns.
Ernies Special Burrito
Breakfast burrito with avocado, tomatoes, and choice of bacon, sausage, chorizo, linguica or ham. Served with side of sour cream.
Huevos Rancheros
Tortilla chips surround a corn or flour tortilla topped with refried beans, sliced avocado, cheddar and jack cheese, 2 eggs over easy, and our housemade salsa and pico de gallo.
Huevos Ernesto
Spicy shredded beef is added to the huevos rancheros, topped with pico de gallo and sour cream.
Mollete
Pronounced moy yet tay jack cheese, chorizo, hash browns, avocado, 2 fried eggs, sour cream, and pico de gallo top a grilled french roll. Served openfaced.
1 Egg
2 Eggs
Toast
Biscuit
Blueberry Muffin
Cornbread
Sliced Banana
Fresh Fruit
Cup
Yogurt
Apple Sauce
Bacon
Ham
Corned Beef Hash
Sausage
Linguica Sausage
2 Grilled Jalapenos
Pico De Gallo
Home Fries
Hash Browns
Cup Of Country Gravy
Cup Of Brown Gravy
Tahoe Scram
Cheese, mushrooms, sausage, onions.
Ernies Scram
Cheese, tomatoes, bacon, onions.
Denver Scram
Cheese, diced ham, red and green bell peppers, onions.
Denver Omelette
Cheese, diced ham, red and green bell peppers, onions.
Judys Veggie Scram
Cheese, tomato, avocado, mushrooms.
The Green Acre Scram
Spinach, broccoli, zucchini, and home fries folded into scrambled eggs, topped with avocado, cheddar cheese, green onion, and pico de gallo.
Pauls Classic Omelette
Cheese, bacon, sausage, tomato, avocado. Served with a side of sour cream.
Tofu Scram
Bell pepper, pico, avocado vegan cheese
Custom
Create your oawn 3 egg omelette or scram from our custom creations menu. First three items included.
Scrams Omelettes
Oatmeal Granola
Oatmeal
Made fresh to order. Plain or with cinnamon andor raisins.
Grandma Jeans Granola
Housemade with oats, almonds, pepitas, dried cranberries, and raisins. Served with vanilla yogurt, and topped with banana and strawberry garnish.
Breakfast Burrito
2 scrambled eggs, grilled onions, cheese, and your choice of home fries or hash browns.
Ernies Special Burrito
Breakfast burrito with avocado, tomatoes, and choice of bacon, sausage, chorizo, linguica or ham. Served with side of sour cream.
Breakfast Burritos
Mexican Breakfasts
Huevos Rancheros
Tortilla chips surround a corn or flour tortilla topped with refried beans, sliced avocado, cheddar and jack cheese, 2 eggs over easy, and our housemade salsa and pico de gallo.
Huevos Ernesto
Spicy shredded beef is added to the huevos rancheros, topped with pico de gallo and sour cream.
Mollete
Pronounced moy yet tay jack cheese, chorizo, hash browns, avocado, 2 fried eggs, sour cream, and pico de gallo top a grilled french roll. Served openfaced.
1 Egg
2 Eggs
Toast
Biscuit
Blueberry Muffin
Cornbread
Sliced Banana
Fresh Fruit
Cup
Yogurt
Apple Sauce
Bacon
Ham
Corned Beef Hash
Sausage
Linguica Sausage
2 Grilled Jalapenos
Pico De Gallo
Home Fries
Hash Browns
Cup Of Country Gravy
Cup Of Brown Gravy
A La Carte Breakfast
Lunch
Big Mountain Lunch
12 lb. burger with bacon and cheese. Served with fries, a cup of soup, and soda or coffee.
Soup
Ernies offers a variety of housemade vegan, vegetable, and meat soups. Ask your server for the soups of the day.
Hamburger
13 lb. patty.
Classic Cheese Burger
13 lb. patty.
Bacon And Cheese Burger
13 lb. patty.
Viking Burger
12 lb. beef patty with lettuce, tomato, thousand island dressing.
Avocosmic
An ernies classic! Avocado, smoked bacon, swiss and american cheeses on a 13 lb patty.
Ernie Burger
12 lb. patty served with roasted mild green chiles, mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, and cheese.
Vegan Garden Burger
Montana Turkey
Oven roasted turkey breast, grilled onions, mushrooms, green chiles, swiss on sourdough.
Reuben
Corned beef, sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, swiss, on rye.
Grilled Veggie
Avocado, tomato, sprouts, and cheese on grilled whole wheat.
French Dip
Roast beef on a french roll with au jus.
Philly Beef And Cheese
Roast beef, grilled onions, bell peppers, swiss on a french roll with au jus.
Patty Melt
Beef patty, swiss, grilled onions, on rye.
Tuna Melt
Albacore tuna and cheese on wheat. Sprouts and red onion available on request.
Linguica Sandwich
Linguica sausage, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise on a french roll.
Side Salad
Lettuce, mushrooms, tomatoes, sprouts, croutons, choice of dressing.
Ernies Chicken Caesar Salad
Green leaf lettuce, shredded parmesan, croutons, caesar dressing, and grilled chicken.
French Fries
Sweet Potato Fries
Ranch Dressing
Thousand Island Dressing
Hamburger
13 lb. patty.
Classic Cheese Burger
13 lb. patty.
Bacon And Cheese Burger
13 lb. patty.
Viking Burger
12 lb. beef patty with lettuce, tomato, thousand island dressing.
Avocosmic
An ernies classic! Avocado, smoked bacon, swiss and american cheeses on a 13 lb patty.
Ernie Burger
12 lb. patty served with roasted mild green chiles, mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, and cheese.
Vegan Garden Burger
Burgers
Hot Sandwiches
Montana Turkey
Oven roasted turkey breast, grilled onions, mushrooms, green chiles, swiss on sourdough.
Reuben
Corned beef, sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, swiss, on rye.
Grilled Veggie
Avocado, tomato, sprouts, and cheese on grilled whole wheat.
French Dip
Roast beef on a french roll with au jus.
Philly Beef And Cheese
Roast beef, grilled onions, bell peppers, swiss on a french roll with au jus.
Patty Melt
Beef patty, swiss, grilled onions, on rye.
Tuna Melt
Albacore tuna and cheese on wheat. Sprouts and red onion available on request.
Linguica Sandwich
Linguica sausage, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise on a french roll.
Side Salad
Lettuce, mushrooms, tomatoes, sprouts, croutons, choice of dressing.
Ernies Chicken Caesar Salad
Green leaf lettuce, shredded parmesan, croutons, caesar dressing, and grilled chicken.
Salads
A La Carte Lunch
French Fries
Sweet Potato Fries
Ranch Dressing
Thousand Island Dressing
Eggs Benedict
Eggs Florentine
Eggs Avocosmic
Saturday And Sunday
Our Coffee
Ernies Mountainlands
Certified Organic Dark Roast
Hot Chocolate With Whipped Cream
Tiger Spice Chai Latte
Hot Apple Cider
Hot Tea
Hot Drinks
Cold Drinks
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
Juice
Milk
Chocolate Milk
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
Latte
Cappuccino
Mocha
Americano
Espresso
Espresso
House Specialties
Bloody Mary
With celery and lemon garnish
Mimosa
With fresh squeezed orange juice
Beer
Beer
Frozen Drinks
Milkshake
Root Beer Float
Bacon And Eggs
2 eggs, potatoes, and toast.
Chicken Fried Steak
2 eggs, potatoes, toast and country gravy.
Country Combo And Eggs
Biscuit with country sausage and gravy, choice of potatoes with 2 eggs.
Breakfast Burrito
Eggs, cheese, potatoes, avocado, tomatoes and onion with choice of meat,
Loco Moco
12 lb burger patty, with brown rice, eggs, grilled onions and brown gravy.
Oatmeal
Made to order with options of cinnamon, raisins and walnuts.
Breakfast Favorites
Pancakes, Waffles French Toast
Short Stack
Belgian Waffle
French Toast
Green Acre Scram
Eggs, spinach, broccoli, zucchini, and potatoes, topped with avocado and cheddar. Served with salsa and toast.
Pauls Omelette
Bacon, sausage, tomato, avocado, and cheese with potatoes and toast.
Huevos Rancheros
Mollete
2 eggs, chorizo, hash browns, jack cheese and avocado on top of a grilled french roll with sour cream.
Tahoe Scram
Sausage, mushrooms, onion and cheese with choice of potatoes and toast.
Denver
The classic with potoatoes and toast
Judys Veggie Scram
Avocado, mushroom tomato and cheese with choice of potatoes and toast.
Specialties
Beer Bottle List
Ichthyosaur Icky, Ipa, Great Basin Brewing Co., Reno, Nv
Racer 5, Ipa, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, Ca
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, Ca
Guinness, Irish Dry Stout, St. Jamess Gate, Dublin
Corona Extra, Lager, Mexico
Negra Modelo, AmberStyle Lager, Mexico
Negra Modelo, ViennaStyle Lager, Mexico
Budweiser And Bud Light, Lager, AnheuserBusch, St. Louis, Mo
Coors And Coors Light, Lager, Coors Banquet Brewing, Golden, Co
South Lake Brewing Co
We offer a rotating selection of ales from slbc. Please ask your server about whats currently available in 16oz cans.