Restaurants and bars in Downtown, Reno

3 listings in Downtown.

• View Pinyon and Thyme

  

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  Pinyon and Thyme

  Downtown

  Pinyon and Thyme is the most carefully considered kitchen operating in Reno right now, running a strict tasting-menu format from a Victorian building on North Sierra Street. The sourcing perimeter is 200 miles: Nevada lamb, Pyramid Lake trout, Great Basin heritage grains, botanicals foraged from the Truckee River corridor. The menu changes every month. Nothing carries over out of habit. The bar program is built to pair with the food rather than compete with it. House-fermented shrubs, foraged cordials, and a rotating selection of natural wines with particular depth in skin-contact and low-intervention producers. The dining room seats thirty-two. Two seatings, Wednesday through Saturday. Lighting is low. Service is formal in cadence but not in attitude. Reservations open thirty days in advance and fill within the first few days. Budget three hours for the full tasting. If the drink pairings are listed as optional, they are not really optional.

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  Fine Dining

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  Reno, NV

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  The Silver Drift

  Downtown

  The Silver Drift occupies what was a working bank vault in the 1940s, a two-story building on North Virginia that the current ownership spent eighteen months converting. The bones are still present: the original vault door, the thick masonry walls, the low ceilings in the back room. The cocktail program centers on house syrups, house cordials, and a spirits selection chosen for what each bottle can do in a glass rather than how it performs on a shelf. The menu is organized around a bartender's-choice format: describe what you are looking for and the bar builds it. There is also a printed list of originals and classics for those who prefer to point. Spirits span Japanese whisky, Oaxacan mezcal, American agricole rum, and Geneva-style gin, among others. The bar team knows the inventory well. The room seats forty, all seated. No standing service. ID required at the door. Tuesday through Sunday. Reservations recommended for parties of four or more.

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  Upscale

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  Reno, NV

• View Arch Room

  

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  Arch Room

  Downtown

  The Arch Room has operated at the same address on North Virginia since 1971. The interior has not changed significantly since the mid-eighties: vinyl barstools, a jukebox heavy on classic rock and Motown, a pool table in the back room that has been restored twice and abused continuously. Pours are generous and priced to match the room. The regulars are not performing anything for anyone. Cash is preferred, though a card reader runs behind the bar. No food service of any substance. The pool table is free during the week and costs a dollar a game on weekends. The jukebox takes singles and will get to your selection within three songs if the queue is reasonable. Open seven days, noon to close. The best time to be here is a Tuesday night when nobody is trying to make it a thing.

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  Casual Eats

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  Reno, NV