Forks, Corks & Treat-Yourself Sweets

Amazing Excursions

Lip Smacking Foodie Tours & Finger Licking Foodie Tours

Las Vegas

With the award-winning Lip Smacking Foodie Tours, you’ll visit up to four of the top restaurants on The Strip or in Downtown Las Vegas. Guests get VIP treatment with immediate seating, 3-4 signature dishes at every eatery, and a guided walking tour between stops that highlights local sights along the way. Prefer to go self-guided? Their scrumptious sister outfit, Finger Licking Foodie Tours, showcases even more dining districts.

Reno Food Tours

Reno

Take a bite outta the Biggest Little City’s local culinary scene with Reno Food Tours. Marvel at murals and funky boutiques as you stroll through the blossoming MidTown District or dig into downtown Reno’s mouthwatering history while sampling different tastings from locally loved eateries.

Taste Buzz Food Tours

Las Vegas

From big-name restaurants and on-and-off-The-Strip secrets to hole-in-the-wall hotspots, treat a pal to Taste Buzz Food Tours, packed with history, sightseeing, and all kinds of flavor (with line-skipping privileges, to boot). 

Reno Brew Bike

Reno

If you’ll bike for beer, book your brew-lovin’ posse on a pedal trolley version of a pub crawl. The Reno Brew Bike can take you to a speakeasy, distillery, beer library, bocce ball courts, and a handful of equally enjoyable stops over the course of 2-3 hours.

Craft Beer, Wine & Spirits

Black Rabbit Mead Co.

Reno

Made oh so sweetly from Sierra Nevada honey, Black Rabbit Mead Company—the first meadery in Nevada—specializes in cider-style libations. Choose from blends of cucumber and mint, pineapple and jalapeno, strawberry and oak, or pure mead aged in cinnamon cordial-soaked bourbon barrels.

Minden Mill Distilling

Minden

Made from locally sourced and sustainable grains grown in Nevada’s high desert, Minden Mill’s spirits include bourbon, rye, and American single malt whiskeys, as well as white spirits. Enjoy a tour and tasting for $30 per person.

Great Basin Brewing Co.

Reno, Sparks, Carson City & Minden

Great Basin Brewing Co. brews seriously good beers: They’re perennial medal winners at the Great American Beer Festival, the World Beer Cup, and the New York International Beer Competition, to name a few. Try IPAs, lagers, ales, and stouts at four northern Nevada locations with equally tantalizing food menus.

Dovetail Distillery

Mound House

Inspired by best-ever oatmeal raisin cookies, Dovetail Distillery crafts premium, oat-forward whiskeys using crisp Carson River water. Cut Throat tastes of raisin, chocolate, caramel, and allspice, while White Dove has a strong peppery taste up front that follows with a buttery caramel finish.

Aguavawava

Reno

A taste of Mexico meets Hawaii’s tropical flavors with Aguavawava‘s delicious canned cocktails. Created and crafted in Reno, these guava and premium tequila beverages are found across Nevada and available for purchase online.

Cemetery Gin

Virginia City

Cemetery Gin—the official spirit of Virginia City—is “guaranteed to embalm you…while you’re still breathing.” Laced with Nevada pine nuts and locally distilled, it goes down smooth (and makes for a killer memento). 

Frey Ranch Farmers + Distillers

Fallon

Grown, distilled, matured, and bottled in “The Oasis of Nevada,” Frey Ranch’s estate distillery pairs 165 years of farming know-how with state-of-the-art distilling methods to create a damn good Nevada-born bourbon. They also produce rye, single barrel, and various other specialty whiskeys.

Stonewise Mead & Cider

Pahrump

Sip Pahrump-made meads and ciders at Stonewise, which offers a dozen crisp and refreshing options that taste extra delightful on the (leashed) dog-friendly patio.

High Desert Botanicals

Carson City

Based in our capital city, High Desert Botanicals offers cocktail and bitters kits for the budding (or pro) mixologist in your family. Up the drink cart ante with rose petal and cucumber infusions, homemade gin, and a “Mad Scientist” bitters laboratory.

Ferino Distillery

Reno

Family-owned and operated, Ferino Distillery focuses on innovative spirits with ancient Italian origins. Tour the distillery and sample four housemade spirits, sign up for cocktail school experiences, or grab a bottle to give to the connoisseur in your life. 

Artesian Cellars

Pahrump

Located in Pahrump, Artesian Cellars is passionate about supporting and expanding Nevada’s wine industry. While growing grapes in the Mojave Desert has unique agricultural challenges, the extreme climate produces rich, full-bodied vintages.

Engine 8 Urban Winery

Sparks

Engine 8 invites you to “come as strangers, leave as friends.” The Sparks locale boosts the vino fun with blending parties, winery tours, and wine club memberships.

Chocolates & Candies

Ethel M Chocolates

Henderson

Build delicious boxes of truffles, caramels, liqueurs, and seasonal chocolates, then bookmark a future trip to Ethel M Chocolates‘ on-site botanical cactus garden (especially magical during Christmas).

Sugar Love Candies

Purchase Online

Flavor-packed brittles and buttery caramels are the stars of the Sugar Love show, where all the goods are made with real, fresh ingredients. Made in Sparks, the tempting choices range from bourbon pecan and chipotle cashew brittles to lavender or smoked salted caramels.

Chocolate Nugget Candy Factory

Washoe Valley & Mound House

Homemade chocolates, fudge, taffy, brittles, and more—including still-in-use candy-making equipment dating back to the early 1900s—await at the Chocolate Nugget Candy Factory that’s been in business for three generations.

Dorinda’s Chocolates

Reno

Don’t shop hungry—everything from rocky road bars, chocolate rice krispie treats, peanut butter bombs, and caramel macadamias will be too tempting to resist. Good thing Dorinda’s offers a monthly subscription box.

Chocolate Shoppe

Gardnerville

Handcrafted in small batches, you won’t be able to resist chocolate barks, cherry cordials, honeycomb, toffees, and turtles from Chocolate Shoppe.

Kimmie Candy

Reno

Started by a third-generation farmer, Kimmie Candy makes all kinds of chocolate- and salted caramel-covered treats. Tour the Reno-based factory and take home enrobed sunflower seeds, pretzel bites, and pistachios, plus award-winning ChocoRocks.

Sierra Nevada Chocolate

Purchase Online

Family-owned and always handmade, you can take your pick from truffles, chocolate-covered strawberries, caramel apples, and even edible versions of Reno’s iconic arch with Sierra Nevada Chocolate.

Happy Ending Chocolate

Purchase Online

Happy Ending Chocolate does next-day delivery of their award-winning chocolate bars and ice cream tacos. Pick up six-packs of sweets with comic book-inspired artwork, or build your own 10-pack of tacos with flavors like orange creamsicle and chocolate covered strawberries.

Other Gotta-Try Goodies

Star Village Coffee

Reno

Native American-owned and family-operated, Star Village Coffee pairs specialty drinks with regional ingredients that have cultural significance. Buy beans, grounds, and K-cups to brew at home, or wrap up a coffee shop outing to enjoy exclusive flavors in both drinks and baked goods.

Lattin Farms

Fallon

Farming the Lahontan Valley for five generations, you can seasonally pick your own produce, herbs, and flowers at Lattin Farms or shop family-made jams, dressings, and pasta sauces (made from homegrown ingredients) online.

The Radish Hotel

Sparks

The Radish Hotel is an urban family farm and homestead that encourages eating well by eating local. Their handcrafted provisions range from seasonal jams and vinegars to salts and loose leaf teas.  

Collective Coffee Roasters

Elko

Connoisseurs delight over gourmet beans from Collective Coffee Roasters in downtown Elko. Find your favorite and subscribe to get it delivered anywhere from once a week to every two months.

Town Cutler

Reno

Your kitchen will look extra sharp with Town Cutler’s exquisite knives on display and in use. Handcrafted with premium materials in the heart of Reno, these precision tools become works of culinary art with “Desert Dawn” and “Tahoe Bliss” design details.

Killer Salsa

Purchase Online

Taco-bout one tasty topping. Killer Salsa chops and dices herbs and veggies into homestyle salsas with flavors like Vaquero Verde, A Kick in the Kisser, and The Smokeout. Pile on nachos, punch up a Bloody Mary,  or whip up one killer guac. 

Made in Nevada

Purchase Online

For hundreds more Silver State goodies, shop Made in Nevada. Their online shop features everything from meats and produce to spices and sweets (plus art, apparel, and tons more).