Twenty restaurants. Twenty reasons Reno is worth your time at the table. Each one belongs here for a different reason — some for their history, some for their creativity, some simply because Reno wouldn't be Reno without them. Not ranked. Just essential

Royce Burger Bar
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Royce Burger Bar

Royce Burger Bar in downtown Reno serves the best burger in the city — the signature Royceburger, local craft beers, and a patio that feels like the best neighborhood party you've ever crashed. The essential Reno burger destination

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Papa What You Cooking
David Rodriguez David Rodriguez

Papa What You Cooking

Papa What You Cookin' in downtown Reno is the only Southern soul food restaurant in the region — slow-cooked oxtails, shrimp and grits, cornbread, and pecan pie from a former lawman and pastor whose cooking makes people cry for all the right reasons.

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Kwok’s Bistro
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Kwok’s Bistro

Master chef Kwok Chen started by busing tables in Reno's casinos. Today his Peking duck takes three days to prepare, arrives at your table like a ceremony, and has earned a spot on Food & Wine's Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in America. Right here in Reno

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