Gardnerville had a great restaurant where you could get a old country style Basque Dinner. Enjoyed it a few times with my parents in the 50’s. I have heard it might still be there.
There were 2 places where you could get Basque food in an old fashioned family style - the JT Basque Bar and Dining Room, and the Overland. Both still there and open for business. You sit at a long table next to perfect strangers and enjoy passing the salad, potatoes, and steak plates back and forth. You might be sitting next to the Governor on one side and a sheepherder on the other. Both these places are within a block of that Shell station I mentioned, which is no longer there.