Build a GREAT Burger!

Pine House Cafe & Tavern is a mountain dining experience. Our historic log building sits at 6000 feet elevation amidst an oak & pine forest atop the Laguna Mountains, less than an hour's drive from San Diego's downtown & beaches.  We serve up rustic, elegant comfort food made from scratch with whole, fresh ingredients, offering a great list of everyday mountain favorites & an ever changing array of seasonal weekly specials.

PCT Hikers are coming!

EXTRA Days & Hours* 

for Pacific Crest Trail Season:

Mondays - Wednesdays 9am - 3pm

Thursdays 12noon - 6pm

Fridays 12noon - 8pm

Saturdays 8am - 8pm

Sundays 8am - 6pm

​PCT Menu

*NOTE: We do our best to keep these hours, however, there is not extra staff to cover the extra shifts & extra supply runs. So when we need to deviate from these hours, Notice will be on our FaceBook Page.

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Welcome!

Live Music Fri & Sat Nights

                                                                                       The original Pine House Café & Tavern was opened in 1942 when                                                                                         WWII was in full swing and Mount Laguna was buzzing with                                                                                                 activity from the Laguna Mountain Air Force Base. Decades later                                                                                         the base closed & the Pine House changed several times before                                                                                             closing for quite a long spell.

Nica Knite reopened Pine House in the summer of 2011 and was joined by her business partner & chef son, Jonathon, in 2014… With a growing reputation for great food & friendly mountain atmosphere PINE HOUSE is proud to be “the place to dine in the backcountry!”

Weekend Dinner reservations strongly recommended.

Full-Service Cafe Hours:

​Thursday                 5pm - see PCT

Friday                     12pm - 8pm

Saturday                  8am - 8pm

Sunday                      8am - 6pm

Pine House Cafe & Tavern

PO Box 5  // 9849 Sunrise Highway

Mt Laguna, CA 91948