Food & Drink

Nevada Restaurants & Bars

Get a taste of award winning bars and restaurants in Reno and Lake Tahoe, sink your teeth into classic steakhouses in Vegas, or treat yourself to a little (or rather a lot) of everything in the buffet capital of the universe. From all-you-can-eat-sushi joints and sophisticated craft cocktail bars to world-renowned celebrity chef restaurants and local favorites off the beaten path, tasty places to eat in Nevada tempt from every city and town across the Silver State. If you can crave it, the Nevada food scene can plate it.

Nevada Wineries, Breweries & Distilleries

From “Grain-to-Glass” and “Farm-to-Flask,” it doesn’t get more Drink Local than sipping on something a mere cork’s throw from where it grew. The Silver State is home to one of the only estate distilleries in the country, and all of Nevada’s wineries produce estate vino. And how about locally sourced meads made into honey-tastic cocktails? Yep, those are sippable staples, too. Nevada’s flavor always stands out, and our wineries, breweries, and distilleries are no exception.

Get to Know Nevada Basque

When you come to Nevada, bring your appetite. Get yourself to a classic Nevada Basque joint where you can discover one of our heartiest cultural influences one course at a time. Many 19th-century Basques emigrated to northern Nevada’s mountain ranges and valleys, often as sheepherders. When they returned to nearby towns for supplies, most would head to the familiarity of Basque-run boarding houses, where they could speak their unique language, share a damn good meal, play games, and drink with their fellow countrymen. 

Today, many of these original Basque hotels and restaurants still carry on tradition—especially in Elko, Winnemucca, Reno and Gardnerville—serving up massive garlic-loaded steaks, the juiciest lamb shanks you’ll ever taste, and a smorgasbord of other Basque cooking and family-style staples like golden french fries, green beans, soup, salad, spaghetti—and, of course, the officially unofficial state drink of Nevada: the Picon Punch. There are many colorful ways to say that one is not enough, and three is too many—just ask a local—but you’ll have to test that hypothesis for yourself.