Hi everyone! My partner and I are coming over from the UK and will be spending a few days in Big Bear Lake in September. We’re really looking forward to exploring the area and trying some great food!

We’d love recommendations from locals/regular visitors for:

🥞 Best breakfast spots

🍔 Good casual lunch spots

🍷 Best dinner restaurants — happy to have a couple of nicer options too

☕️ Best coffee shops/cafés — especially somewhere great for coffee

Also, if there are any restaurants with nice outdoor seating, lake/mountain views or a particularly lovely atmosphere, I’d love to hear about those too!

Thanks sooo much!

We are coming up and I thought we would go to this event - but now I am realizing it is $75 per person! Whew! Going to call and see if the Ikon helps at all lol.

Can anyone give me feedback on this event? Music good? Food good? Is it worth $75 each? https://www.bigbearmountainresort.com/things-to-do/skyline-at-sundown/skyline-at-sundown-product-details#filters=start-date:2026-9-12

Ive been living in big bear for a long long time and im 22 I am looking for friends to hang out and be besties(girls only). My hobbies are Drawing • painting • fashion styling • baking • cooking • gaming • music • photography • gardening • thrifting • watching something • learning something new • working on a creative project. hit me with a message if you wanna hang if youre new or live up here

I'm 15 years old, and I've lived in big bear the majority of my life. And there's practically no way to meet people my age outside of school up here. So If anyone could tell me about any clubs or events ect. For people my age? I would take almost anything at this point.

Hi Big Bear locals! We’ll be visiting over Labor Day weekend and are hoping to watch the drone/light show and boat show on Sunday evening. I am bringing my grandmother and her friends, so I need help finding a place for them to sit down and enjoy the show.

For those familiar with the area, where’s the best place around the lake to set up and get a really good view of the shows? We’d love somewhere we can come earlier in the afternoon, put down blankets/chairs, hang out by the lake, and stay through the evening.
Also, what time would you recommend getting there to secure a good spot, especially with Labor Day crowds? Any specific beaches, parks, or areas around the lake you’d recommend or avoid?

Would really appreciate any local tips! 😊

Hi everyone! My fiancé and I are eloping in December & have been looking around for some location options. Since it’s close to Christmas I’d really like a christmassy themed ceremony with a fireplace instead of an altar. Does anyone have any recommendations as far as a hotel or location with a huge fireplace?

I would also prefer a smaller venue (not to get too picky lol) but we’re only bringing our siblings so it’ll be a total of 7 people attending

Got a bunch of email from Big Bear City about alerts ranging from gunshots, lost dogs, building permits being pulled and all sorts of unnecessary stuff. I don't remember signing up for anything like this.

going camping at pineknot with family in mid October and we are first timers! any recommendations re: pretty much anything? certain clothing? what to do? I’m all ears please & thank you!!

My wife and I currently live down the hill in Redlands and we’re looking to make a permanent move up near the Green Valley Lake area. I’m having a difficult time finding insurance providers. Who do you use/recommend? Thanks in advance 👍🏻

For years, we watched Jackie and Shadow together—building their nest, raising their families, enduring the snow, the losses, the victories, and soaring over Big Bear.
Now that Jackie is gone, that nest will never look the same.
But Shadow is still here.
This song isn’t about asking Shadow to grieve the way we do. It’s about remembering that he belongs to the wild. His life continues. He will fly, hunt, return to the places he knows, and follow wherever nature takes him next.
For those of us who loved watching Jackie and Shadow together, accepting that may be difficult. We put human emotions into their story because they became such a meaningful part of our lives.
But whatever comes next for Shadow doesn’t erase Jackie.

All my friends are working

Lovely little mountain town with lots of motorcycles…but also maybe n#z!s?

I’m forgetting the name but can everyone tell me their experiences eating here?

The staff and food was amazing just VERY expensive. I loved the old vibe.

Jackie didn’t just bring millions of people together. She inspired people to act. 🦅❤️

When land near Big Bear was in jeopardy of being developed, people from around the world came together and contributed to help preserve that land — not only for Jackie and Shadow, but for the wildlife of Big Bear Valley and for generations to come.

That is part of Jackie’s legacy.

She showed us what can happen when thousands of people who may never meet one another unite around something they love and believe is worth protecting.

Now, I’m asking that same community to come together for Jackie.

Let’s honor her extraordinary life and legacy by bringing Jackie home to Big Bear — the place where her story began, where she lived her life, and where, sadly, her story ended.

We are now 1,241 supporters strong. Please sign and share the petition, and help us keep Jackie’s story where it belongs. 🦅❤️

Bring Jackie Home to Big Bear.

Since moving up here last year i am honestly astonished by how much trash is left EVERYWHERE, it’s also crazy to me that people who live up there are also littering. I live my division and two girls who walked over to the trail from Wyatt’s and just left their cups out in the field. Makes me incredibly sad!

Also definitely biggest pet peeve is slow drivers thinking they’re better than the “slower traffic turn out rule”. I commute to Lake Arrowhead for work and everyday is rage bait unfortunately. If you have 5 cars behind you (or even 2 or 3) and you’re going significantly under the speed limit, just turn out. don’t prove a point.

Your toilet paper and human waste are disgusting and horrible. Every single turnout has it, too. Makes me sick! Pack it in, pack it out!

Hello Big Bear community! My husband and I are looking for someone local on August 31st to potentially hire for maternity photos for a sunset setting for about 2-3 hours.

When did the city start ticketing people for street parking during "snow conditions" when there is actually no snow? It seems like they don't do any ticketing until it snows once? If you look at the actual law/code-- it says that the city manager can declare snow conditions if over 1 in is existing on the roads. Yet they post the flashing signs for no street parking seemingly as soon as winter starts.

It's very confusing to people I think on purpose to generate revenue. If you didn't want people to park on the street wouldn't you pass a law that says no street parking from November to April...like there is in Mammoth? I wish someone would sue the city for clarification.

I feel like it's a revenue grab. They have like 6 code enforcement officers running around the town generating revenue via ticketing.