Food & Drink Tours

Reno's food story over the last fifteen years is the shift from casino buffets to independent kitchens, and most of it happened in Midtown and along the river.

The brewery scene is real and walkable in parts. Several producers sit within a few blocks of each other in and around Midtown, which makes a guided crawl a reasonable way to cover ground you would otherwise drive between.

Reno also has a genuine Basque food tradition, inherited from the sheepherding families who settled northern Nevada. Family-style Basque dinners — served at a long table, with courses arriving whether you asked for them or not — are one of the few things you can eat here and nowhere else in America except Boise and Bakersfield.

Distillery tours downtown are a newer addition and a short, low-commitment way to spend an hour before dinner.