Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Killer. Beer. Fun.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is awesome. They only have Beer and Soda, no food (bring your own!). Great place to hang out on their private mountain meadow — by the fire, in snow or in summer. Love it.

A awesome place to have a beer in the middle of nowhere.

Ya gotta go at least once! lol like this place nothing but can beer and bottle water!

Uncle Toms Cabin now serves Sierra Nevada Pale Ale! You must stop in for a cold one if you are driving, or riding by. It’s just short dirt track off Wentworth Springs Road. I highly recommend this old Pony Express stop to anyone driving past.

Best mountain bar ever! I’ve been missing this the 35 years I’ve been alive. Robert the bartender was so friendly and helpful. Simple menu of beer, soda and water but you’re really there for the experience and years of memorabilia — a must for anyone! Can’t wait to go back!

Its as rustic as it gets. Great dive.

Serving cold beer this weekend. A lot of hunters in the hills! Tried Checking in with my iPhone but no cell service :-(

It’s really an anomaly all on its own. When I first walked in you are taken back by the dollar bills coating all immovable surfaces. If that does not get you, there is also someone usually asleep in a recliner and a pampered golden retriever hanging out.
It had to be the most comfortable bar I have ever been to! Yes there are lots of bikers and county folk, but everyone I met was very nice and friendly.
After the Norman Rockwell flashback we paid a nominal fee for some almost cool Bud Light out of what looked like a 1954 ice box. Not sure if there was anything else available and the bathrooms were an out house about 200 feet away but we did not care and this place still gets 5 stars.

Umm. what to say about a place called «Uncle Tom’s Cabin»?
I’ve been here several times. I camped here (IN THE SNOW! GEESH) over New Years (and would recommend that you just rent one of the mini cabins on site) and have had my fair share of «almost cold Bud Lights» (see below!) on the recliner next to a good-​olé-​boy taking a nap on the couch with the Bar Dog (Nikki) next to him.
I’d like to think that I know of this super-​secret-​special-​mountain-​local hangout. Alas, apparently I’m not the only one. Just expect to pay only in cash. Bathrooms are co-​ed vault toilets. Bring a dollar bill to contribute to the owner’s retirement plan. Don’t act like city folk, and drink your d@m^ beer while it’s still kinda cold!

If Uncle Tom’s Cabin didn’t exist someone would have to dream one up, because without it there would be a void in the soul of the Gold Country. If you are headed to the Rubicon Trail then you will eventually be drawn here like metal filings to a magnet, and you will come away surprised at what you found.
There is nothing glorious or pleasing to the eye here, or at least that is how it seems on first glance. But whether you spend 10 minutes or 10 hours here you will drive away feeling connected to this place. The utter lack of pretension, the eclectic mix of international souvenirs left by generations of visitors (the place has been running since the 1860’s), and the remote location all conspire to make this place into something unique.
When you visit be sure to bring one dollar bills, you will see why when you get here.

Uncle Tom’s has character. Your choice of two brands of canned beer on ice (no power = no refrigeration). Check your guns at the door but a sizeable belt knife comes in handy.

This is the ultimate back door. If you know where this place is I will be your sex slave. (This offer does not apply to family members, either by consanguinity or by affinity.)
They have a really fun weekend around labor day, too. Lots of drunk hill people.
Sorry about the lack of an address, but it’s the closest I could come to its location. I can provide specific directions as needed. Just ask.