Sandra Macias Sandra Macias is a longtime Reno food writer. She considers herself a semi-carnivore โ prefers fish and lighter meals. That said, give her a correctly grilled steak or a juicy/meaty/fatty prime rib, and no question, she is a happy camper. Stories by Sandra Macias Winter 2024Meaty MattersWhen you think of enduring attractions, Parisโ Eiffel Tower, Coney Islandโs boardwalk, and San Franciscoโs cable cars may come to…Read More Meaty Matters Winter 2023Neighborhood DiningItโs rare to have an โOMG!โ moment over a little appetizer. But the ravioli uovo was an instant, sensuous surprise…Read More Neighborhood Dining Cooks 2023Endless PastabilitiesIt is hard to imagine Reno without its strong Italian heritage. The presence of Italian immigrants in our area dates…Read More Endless Pastabilities Winter 2022Healthy BountyAlmost 10 years ago, Great Full Gardens opened in Midtown, a district that in 2013 was on the cusp of…Read More Healthy Bounty Summer 2022Italian HideawayOver breakfast in Tamarack Casinoโs coffee shop, Pietro Ochoa reminisced about the days when he owned his first restaurant. It…Read More Italian Hideaway Fall 2019The Shea Dynasty: Homegrown GastropubNo way could Jerry Shea have guessed heโd turn into an entrepreneur. And no way could he have predicted that…Read More The Shea Dynasty: Homegrown Gastropub Spring 2018Evoking ItaliaTim Magee, a third-generation Nevadan, returned not too long ago to his hometown after spending 15 years in Italy โ…Read More Evoking Italia Summer 2016Universally FreshItโs 2 p.m. on a beautiful Friday afternoon, and Laughing Planet Cafรฉ in Midtown is packed โ no room on…Read More Universally Fresh
Winter 2024Meaty MattersWhen you think of enduring attractions, Parisโ Eiffel Tower, Coney Islandโs boardwalk, and San Franciscoโs cable cars may come to…Read More Meaty Matters
Winter 2023Neighborhood DiningItโs rare to have an โOMG!โ moment over a little appetizer. But the ravioli uovo was an instant, sensuous surprise…Read More Neighborhood Dining
Cooks 2023Endless PastabilitiesIt is hard to imagine Reno without its strong Italian heritage. The presence of Italian immigrants in our area dates…Read More Endless Pastabilities
Winter 2022Healthy BountyAlmost 10 years ago, Great Full Gardens opened in Midtown, a district that in 2013 was on the cusp of…Read More Healthy Bounty
Summer 2022Italian HideawayOver breakfast in Tamarack Casinoโs coffee shop, Pietro Ochoa reminisced about the days when he owned his first restaurant. It…Read More Italian Hideaway
Fall 2019The Shea Dynasty: Homegrown GastropubNo way could Jerry Shea have guessed heโd turn into an entrepreneur. And no way could he have predicted that…Read More The Shea Dynasty: Homegrown Gastropub
Spring 2018Evoking ItaliaTim Magee, a third-generation Nevadan, returned not too long ago to his hometown after spending 15 years in Italy โ…Read More Evoking Italia
Summer 2016Universally FreshItโs 2 p.m. on a beautiful Friday afternoon, and Laughing Planet Cafรฉ in Midtown is packed โ no room on…Read More Universally Fresh