New Additions
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Fresh Discoveries
Reno-Tahoe is what I write about — obsessively, enthusiastically, and with the same curiosity I've developed eating my way from Seoul to Stockholm. I've chased Michelin stars and eaten from food carts on both ends of that journey, not to write about those places, but because that full spectrum of experience makes me a more demanding diner & reporter when I'm back home.
And this is home. The chicken karaage at Haru, a corner of lasagna at Casale’s, a chocolate croissant at Perren — these things thrill me as much as any tasting menu ever has. That's what you'll find here.
This is the page where new finds surface first:
New restaurants and additions to the Essential 20
Standout local bites and sips worth your attention right now
Dispatches from the road — because eating in Charleston or Kyoto or Copenhagen makes me a better guide when I'm back in Reno
The table is always moving. Check back often.
dough.cheese.sauce
Marvin Kinney — the mind behind R Town Pizza — has given Reno something it was missing: a proper New York slice shop. Eight to ten pies in the window on any given day. You point. They cut. You fold it and eat it standing up. That's the whole idea, and it's a very good one.
Lowcountry, High Standards
The Sammich’ arrived looking almost too simple for its reputation: a glossy potato roll, split and generously slathered with crème fraîche, then piled high with glistening caviar. Twenty-eight dollars. One bite and I understood why people stand for hours in the Charleston heat for this.
I should have ordered ten.
Smyth Joins the World Table
I've been eating at Smyth in Chicago since 2018. Seven years of watching John Shields build one of the most singular dining experiences in America. It just joined the World Table.