Soul Food
Tucked away in The Basement, the bottom half of Reno’s historic downtown post office building, a newer restaurant named Papa What You Cooking has quickly captured the hearts (and appetites) of locals since opening in August 2023.
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Barn-good Farm-to-Fork Meals
Tucked away in the town of Beckwourth, Calif., Sierra Valley Farms is a haven for visitors and locals alike. The 65-acre, certified organic farm and nursery sits on the Middle Fork of the Feather River. It’s a small, local farm with a focus on providing fresh produce to the community as well as a gathering space.
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Neighborhood Dining
It’s rare to have an “OMG!” moment over a little appetizer. But the ravioli uovo was an instant, sensuous surprise at The Kitchen Table, a Reno restaurant with a lively word-of-mouth following.
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Surf and Turf
Sexy. Warm. Modern. That’s how Karoline Platt describes Land Ocean, the mini chain of steakhouse restaurants she and husband Mark own. It’s a concept meant to bring a simple menu of hand-cut steaks, fresh seafood, and simple-but-delicious sandwiches and salads to residents and visitors.
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Healthy Bounty
Almost 10 years ago, Great Full Gardens opened in Midtown, a district that in 2013 was on the cusp of reinventing itself from derelict to hipster. This was Gino and Juli Scala’s first full-service health food restaurant. But it was not to be their last.
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The Real Deal
There are Basque-style restaurants, and then there are Basque restaurants. J.T. Basque Bar & Dining Room in Gardnerville is the real deal, defined as much by its history and culture as the authentic cuisine inspired by Basque Country in Spain and France.
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Reno Chic
It’s a sublime summer evening at Centro Bar & Kitchen in Reno, and the garage-door-style windows are rolled up, urging a breeze to lightly linger among patrons enjoying craft cocktails and modern, American-style tapas.
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Front of the House
When we dine out, a battalion is involved in getting the food we eat from the farm fields to the plates set down before us. The people behind our food include farmers and ranchers, truck drivers, purveyors, the day chefs who prepped for the night shift, and the line cooks working the timed rhythm of their stations to assemble a table’s order.
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Evoking Italia
Tim Magee, a third-generation Nevadan, returned not too long ago to his hometown after spending 15 years in Italy — Tuscany, to be exact — studying its cuisine. The tasty fruition of all those years is Calafuria, the Reno restaurant Magee opened in March 2016, seven months after returning home.
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Universally Fresh
It’s 2 p.m. on a beautiful Friday afternoon, and Laughing Planet Café in Midtown is packed — no room on the patio and only two tables available inside. If you didn’t know better, you’d think it was the noon-hour rush.
