ARCHIE'S: ABOVE-AVERAGE BURGERS AND BREAKFASTS NEAR UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO

Normal 0 0 1 244 1392 11 2 1709 11.1539 0 0 0 A new academic year and a new season of Wolf Pack football are approaching, so it seemed like a logical time to try Archie’s Giant Hamburgers and Breakfast, 2195 N. Virginia St., across from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).From Archie's parking lot or upper deck, you'll see the sign for UNR’s Mackay Stadium to the east and Peavine Park, bearing a big “N” for...

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SHINY, CLEAN SOUTH RENO DOLLAR STORES FEATURE BARGAINS ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND MORE

Normal 0 0 1 198 1133 9 2 1391 11.1539 0 0 0 Recently heard at a fitness class in Reno’s South Meadows area: “That new dollar store is really nice!  It’s a dollar store where I don’t have to fear for my life!”I don’t think I’ve ever feared for my life while visiting a dollar store, yet I concur that J & J Dollar Store, which just opened in the Village at Double Diamond, 750 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suites...

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FIVE GUYS BURGERS AND FRIES IN SOUTH RENO: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Normal 0 0 1 417 2380 19 4 2922 11.1539 0 0 0 After dining at Five Guys Burgers and Fries in South Reno this past weekend, I have crossed this idea off my family’s “to-do” list and renamed it a “to-don’t.”Five Guys opened at 6395 S. McCarran Blvd. a bit earlier this summer.  Our first attempt at eating there fizzled out because it was too crowded.  This time around, the restaurant was busy but...

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HO-HUM PANCAKES AT HEIDI'S IN SOUTH RENO

Normal 0 0 1 354 2021 16 4 2481 11.1539 0 0 0 UPDATE:  As of Spring 2014, this location of Heidi's Family Restaurant is now CLOSED.This weekend, I finally got around to trying some pancakes at Heidi’s Family Restaurant, 189 Damonte Ranch Pkwy. in South Reno (near Walmart).  It’s not like my family never goes out for breakfast.  But we’ve become really partial to the South Reno Squeeze In on Foothill...

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PAUL MICHELS SHARES MEMORIES OF RENO POP/ROCK RADIO IN THE 1960s

Normal 0 0 1 603 3440 28 6 4224 11.1539 0 0 0 Back on April 16, 2013, I published a blog post called CHICAGO’S WLS AND RENO’S KDOT RADIO IN THE 1960s.  In that post, I said that WLS-AM, one of America’s all-time most influential pop/rock radio stations, had a huge impact on my life and the lives of my friends when we were growing up in Chicago.  I added some anecdotes from longtime Reno radio personality...

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FIVE GUYS BURGERS NOW SERVES SOUTH RENO ... BUT RED ROBIN SAVES THE DAY

There's no shortage of places to eat in South Reno, but when a new restaurant comes to town, a stampede ensues.  Five Guys Burgers, a chain that grew out of Arlington, Virginia, recently opened shop at 6395 S. McCarran Blvd.About 2 p.m. this past Sunday, every table at Five Guys was full and the line to order food was nearly out the door.  Not wanting to eat in our car, my family decided to return to Five Guys a few weeks from now. ...

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CLOTHES MENTOR AND PLATO'S CLOSET IN MIDTOWN RENO: CURRENT FASHIONS FOR LESS CASH

Normal 0 0 1 410 2341 19 4 2874 11.1539 0 0 0 We’re about midway through summer and your clothes closet is probably pretty well-stocked for this season.  But if you’re like me — or most women, for that matter — you wouldn’t mind adding a few more things to wear if you could find cute, current fashions at hard-to-resist prices.Right now,  Clothes Mentor, 1509 S. Virginia St. and Plato’s Closet, 1535 S.Virginia...

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BEAT THE HEAT AT SOUTH RENO'S YOGURT BEACH

Normal 0 0 1 549 3131 26 6 3845 11.1539 0 0 0 As the kids in my old neighborhood used to say, “It’s hotter than H-E-Double Hockey Sticks!”  (And by the way, how ‘bout those Chicago Blackhawks?)The heat is definitely on in South Reno, with temps in the 100s expected for the next several days.  Most folks will wisely limit their time outdoors.  But if cabin fever creeps in and you’re craving a cold treat,...

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DOWNTOWN RENO'S MAJESTIC THEATRE AND OTHERS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF MOVIES

Normal 0 0 1 1050 5988 49 11 7353 11.1539 0 0 0 While recently watching “That’s Entertainment III,” a delightful compilation of clips from classic MGM musicals, I pondered where Renoites might have gone to experience the original films— from the birth of  “the talkies” in the late 1920s through the 1930s, ‘40s, ‘50s and beyond.Before the days of television, going to the movies was the great American...

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