Downtown and Sub-District Fare Well in RNR's Best List
 Congrats to the downtown businesses that made it onto this years Best of Reno list by RNR. It proves downtown and its outlying sub-districts can hold their own, and are still very relevant. This isn't the whole list, you'll have to pick up a copy of RNR for that...these are just some of the places I have frequented. 
  
  Cal-Ave District:
    Discology, 190 California Ave, : #3 Best place to buy CDs
       College Cyclery, 622 South Virginia: #1 Best bicycle shop
      Kalifornia Jean Bar, 290 California, : #3 Best boutique clothing store
      Yoga Shack, 190 California Ave, #1 best yoga: 
    
    Satellite, 188 California, #2 Best Bar, #3 Best place for live music
    Wild Orchid, 515 South Virginia, #3 Best strip club
    Chocolate Bar, 475 S. Arlington, #2 Most Romantic Bar, #1 Best Dessert
    Cheese Board, 247 California, #3 Best Salad, #2 Best business lunch 
    Michael's Deli, 628 South Virginia, #3 Best Deli
    House of Bread, 1185 California Ave, #1 Best fresh bread, #3 best bakery
    Blue Moon Pizza, 190 California Ave, #1 Best Pizza
    Peg's Glorified Ham and Eggs, 420 S. Sierra, #1 Best Breakfast
    Newman's Deli, 20 California Ave, #1 Best Deli
    Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St, #1 Best art gallery
    Cal Ave Farmer's Market, Cal Ave/Booth St, #2 Best farmer's market
    
    SoDo District:
    Maytan Music, 777 S. Center, #1 Best place to buy music
    A 7 Salon, 20 Cheney St, #1 Best beauty salon
    La Bassola, 20 Cheney St, #3 Best home furnishings store
    Aces Tattoo, 681 S. Virginia, #1 Best place to get tattoo
    Black Hole Body Piercing, 912 S. Virginia, #1 Best place to get pierced
    Reno Skate Supply, 25 Lawrence, #3 Best skate shop
    LouLou's, 1470 S. Virginia, #1 Best Restaurant, #2 Best fine dining
    Great Basin Food Co-Op, 271 Wonder Street, #2 Best grassroots organization
    Rad Betty's Clothing, 141 Vesta, #1 Best place to buy vintage clothes 
    M Home, 1400 S. Virginia, #2 Best independent home furnishings store
    Sound and Fury, 271 Wonder St, #2 Best Independent Cd Store 
    Paperback Exchange, 131 Vesta, #2 Best store for used books 
    
    Downtown:
    Dharma Books, 11 N. Sierra, #2 Best bookstore, #2 Best independent bookstore, #1 Best used 
    Recycled Records, 812 N. Virginia St., #2 Best place to buy cds
    Never Ender, 518 W. Second, #3 Best Boutique
    Sasha's Boutique, 250 W. First, #1 Best Boutique
    World Board Shop, 100 N Arlington, #2 Best skate shop
    Peak Performance Chiropractic, 634 West Second, #1 Best chiropractor, #2 Best Masseuse
    Downtown Marketplace, 135 N Sierra, #1 Best Independent Grocery
    Java 
    Jungle, 246 W First St, #2 Best independent coffee shop
    Myrna the Minx, somewhere downtown, #1 Best local blogger
    Phillip Brown, 5 Star Saloon, Best male bartender
    John Benson, Imperial Bar and Lounge, #3 Best male bartender
    Imperial Bar and Lounge, 150 N Arlington, #1 Best Bar
    Sierra Tap House, 253 West First St, 253 West First Street, #3 Best Bar, #1 Best First Date Bar
    210 North, 210 North Sierra, #1 Best Dance Club
    Bubinga Lounge, Eldorado, 345 N Virginia, #3 Best dance club
    Green Room, 144 West St, #1 Best place for live music
    Brew Brothers, Eldorado, 345 N Virginia, #2 Best place for live music
    West Second Street Bar, 118 W Second St, #3 Best open mic night, #1 Best karaoke 
    Five Star Saloon, 132 West St, #2 Best Gay hangout
    Silver Peak, 135 N Sierra, #2 Best Micro Brewery, #1 Best Happy Hour
    Pneumatic Diner, 501 W First Street, #3 Best Smoothie, #1 Best Vegetarian
    La Famiglia, 180 E First, #1 Best Italian
    Awful Awful at the Nugget, 233 N Virginia, #1 Best burger
    
    Beto's Mexican Food, 575 W. 5th, #1 Best Mexican Food
    Bruka Theatre, 99 N Virginia, Best local theater group.
    
Comments:
Post your commentsPosted by: Mike - 10/19/2007 12:00:38 PM
Awful Awful best burger? 'It ain't what it used to be!' It's gone downhill a lot. I'll take an In-n-Out Double Double Animal Style over an Awful Awful any day.