Featured on the Travel Channel and the Food Network, the hugely popular restaurant Hash House a Go Go is coming to the Biggest Little City.  Hash House a Go Go is a unique and lively restaurant that serves farm fresh food with a funky,modern twist.  Established in San Diego in 2000, the eatery has opened three new locations, all in Las Vegas, and now a fifth location will be added inside Harrah’s Reno , opening April 2011. 

The atmosphere is just as tasteful as the menu, with country-style décor mixed with an urban flair.  Centered on a philosophy of farm fresh food with an entertaining twist, breakfast includes favorites such as farm scrambles, flapjacks, and the hot sticky granola and meatloaf hash.  Lunch offers up their famous one pound hash house burgers, which features two patties stuffed with everything from apple-smoked bacon to mashed potatoes.  The outrageous dinner menu includes items such as chili-crusted Indiana maple leaf duck breasts and braised slow-cooked barbecue pork ribs.  The restaurant is probably best known for its sage-fried chicken, complete with a hardwood smoked bacon waffle tower. 

“With a long list of restaurant awards and accolades adding up, Hash House a Go Go is an exciting addition to downtown Reno,” said Tim Tretton, Director of Operations for Harrah’s Reno.  “We are extremely excited to have them as a new business partner. This is sure to be the new go-to breakfast spot in town.”

Hash House a Go Go will operate as a 24/7 restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and offering room service.   Hash House a Go Go will replace Café Napa, the current 24 hour coffee shop on the casino’s property.   Café Napa will close officially on February 21, and reopen as Hash House a Go Go in late April. 

For more information on Hash House a Go Go, please visit www.hashhouseagogo.com.

-Tom Crist

Did you know Reno is home to the state of Nevada’s only accredited art museum ? The Nevada Museum of Art in downtown Reno is home to the likes of Picasso, Warhol and Raphael – just to name a few. Did you also know that the museum houses a delicious cafe open to the public for lunch? Next time you plan a lunch rendevous, consider doing it among the most talented minds from around the world.

Starting in February, Café Musée is extending its hours Wednesday through Sunday, 11am to 4:30pm. The delicious lunch menu will be available until 3pm. After lunch, from 3:00-4:30pm, house-marinated olives, a cheese, nut and cracker plate, a cup or bowl of soup, and espresso drinks with seasonal coffee specials will be offered along with cookies, brownies and several home-made sweets.

A “What’s Hot” wine selection will be introduced in the Café each month – in February guests can enjoy Sauvignon Blanc from C.G. DiArie, Barbera from Boeger, and Sangiovese from Noceto – all benchmarks in their varietal from Amador and Eldorado Counties. In March, Chilean wines will be featured.

On Saturdays and Sundays, a selection of brunch specials – including a Southwest Breakfast Wrap, a Breakfast pizza, and a Breakfast sandwich – will be offered.

That’s not all! Museum Members now enjoy a 10% discount to on food and beverages in Café Musee, excluding special wine pricing. Members need to show a valid membership card to take advantage of this new member benefit.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

**During the Leo Villareal exhibition, the Café will be serving light dinners, drinks, coffees and deserts during three special events planned:

• March 24 – DJ Terrain (aka David Bobzien) from 6-7:30pm
• April 28 – Original Composition / Electronic Music 6-6:45pm
• May 19 – Original Choreographed Dance performance 6-6:45pm

Café Musee will be open for light meals from 4:30pm-7:00pm those nights. Reservations for each evening can be made at 329.3323.

- Rachel Milon

You will find yourself asking that when you walk into Smokin’ Gecko’s inside the Circus Circus Reno for the new ginormous Ultimate BBQ Platter. When we say “ginormous”, we mean it! For only $12.99,  you’ll receive a platter filled with a variety of  rubbed, marinated and slow-cooked BBQ, all of which can’t possibly fit into even an over sized platter! 

The Ultimate BBQ platter includes BBQ spare ribs, BBQ pulled pork and BBQ chicken, French fries, coleslaw,  and cornbread with a full selection of house-made BBQ sauces so you can add more or taste test all four!

 The Ultimate BBQ Platter is available seven days a week for lunch from 11:30 am – 2 p.m. and dinner starting at 5 p.m. Warning: upon tasting the mouthwatering platter, you will likely seek BBQ for both lunch and dinner on a regular basis! 

The chefs of Smokin’ Gecko’s put their creative talents to task to offer four deliciously different sauces, all with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale as a base. Honey BBQ is the basic mild and sweet sauce, Kansas City choice is a mild Kansas City-style sauce, Memphis Medium is a tangier Memphis-style flavor, and Smokin’ Gecko’s HOT has a kick to it with molasses and cayenne pepper blended with Pale Ale to create the hottest of the four. 

For more information visit the Circus Circus website, www.circusreno.com, or call 775.329.0711.