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Discussions => Provider and Trip Reviews => Topic started by: shooter on August 28, 2009, 08:19:10 PM
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Most of us know about the Gold Dust West to stay. A little pricey, but very nice rooms and great beds. coffee shop is also very good. They offer AAA and AARP discounts, and now a BunnyRanch discount.
The Nevada State Railroad museum is on the South end of town and worth a look.
Eats, well three years ago we held the banquet at Q's B-B-Q, still a favorite . For very gooe Itilian food try Adele's, 1112 N. Carson 1 block North of the Carson St. US 50 corner. Reservations are a good idea.
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Some favorite CC eating spots of mine include Red's Old 395 Grill and Grand Central Pizza and Pasta.
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I posted this in the rural section but likely it should be here:
Carson City
Try the state Railroad Museum for a break and there are some train rides (by
what I've been told or indicated). Some of the rolling stock has been in
movies. For some info http://www.nsrm-friends.org/ basic data on schedule.
One of these days I've got to revisit the museum during summer last time was in December.
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Some other places you must try in CC
Breakfast-Cracker Box
Lunch-Mexican=Cantina in the Carson Station Casino
Lunch-French=Zbistro Near Walmart
Pizza-Pizza King Mound House, NV Past Bunny Ranch going toward Dayton
Ribs- Q's bbq Carson City Near the Rail Road Museum
Best Bar - Genoa Bar Genoa NV
Best Motel....Desert Hills Motel Carson City..........have weekly rates $192 with tax very very clean and safe also have a jacauzzi room which is exxtra $$$$
2 new bakeries opening Sugar Plum next to burger King and Paul Schats in carson mall
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Some other places you must try in CC
Breakfast-Cracker Box
Lunch-Mexican=Cantina in the Carson Station Casino
Lunch-French=Zbistro Near Walmart
Pizza-Pizza King Mound House, NV Past Bunny Ranch going toward Dayton
Ribs- Q's bbq Carson City Near the Rail Road Museum
Best Bar - Genoa Bar Genoa NV
Best Motel....Desert Hills Motel Carson City..........have weekly rates $192 with tax very very clean and safe also have a jacauzzi room which is exxtra $$$$
2 new bakeries opening Sugar Plum next to burger King and Paul Schats in carson mall
Two of the suggestions I'll have to check out for sure. Especially the Genoa Bar. I went to their website and found it to be very interesting. A number of movies have been filmed there and it has a very rich history. I sometimes stay at the top of Kingsbury Grade and this is really close by. Read about Genoa Bar here. (http://www.genoabarandsaloon.com/about.cfm) Some in the group have talked about going to Walley's Hot Springs and this is practically next door.
The other one is the Desert Hill Motel. That is a very good rate. I also checked their website and the pictures show nice rooms. Desert Hills Motel. (http://www.deserthillsmotel.com/index2.html) The website says they have computer dataports. I wonder if it is free and if they perhaps have wireless access now?
Thanks for the information and please join in anytime. We really appreciate it when someone shares tidbits of info that can help others enjoy their visits to Nevada and the brothels.
Take care,
afriend
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Very good post Jane.Doe the data is helpful and provides a wide range of options. More of a working person's list of places.
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Where's that chicken place that you use to talk about. The resturaunt, not the brothel. Is it still around? Fried chicken?
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I'm not sure what you're talking about. Are you talking about Joe Bob's? If so then yes they are still around and there are several of them. If you're looking for fried chicken I've heard great things about a new place but haven't tried yet. It's down on Mill Street just east of Terminal and it's called M and M's. It's supposedly a soul food place and I've heard they have great fried chicken.
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There was a Joe Bob's Chicken Shack at the Carson Hot Springs at one time. I don't think its there anymore.
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What's also good on the cheap is Jimboys Tacos. One in Carson and a few in Reno. they have brekkie now.
http://www.jimboys.com/
also Paul Schat's bakery opened this past week in carson City .......AWESOME! 6am-6pm they have booths and tables really nice place great quality and FRESH
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Where's this bakery at? Do they have good muffins?
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What's also good on the cheap is Jimboys Tacos. One in Carson and a few in Reno. they have brekkie now.
http://www.jimboys.com/
also Paul Schat's bakery opened this past week in carson City .......AWESOME! 6am-6pm they have booths and tables really nice place great quality and FRESH
Yeah, Jimboy's started out around Sac. and have spread to nevada. I like greasy taco nite where tacos are on sale. Not very fancy and greasy as hell but they're good. a couple years before I retired, I had a buyer's meeting to attend in Sac. we were all suppose to meet at the bar at the Holiday inn after the day was over. I elected to go to Jimboys instead and got a bag full of tacos, a quart of beer and retreated to my room to watch the Earnest marathon. Everyone was asking where I was and thought I had went to Reno for the nite. All my supervisors were saying we don't know where he is but he better be back here tomorrow at 8am or he's in big trouble.
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Where's this bakery at? Do they have good muffins?
Hell with the muffins. I like good donuts. Jelly donuts. but not just any Jelly donut. Jelly donuts that have powered sugar instead of glazeing.
Of course, if all else fails a good cinnamon role with rasins will hit the spot.
BTW: Some really good muffins are at Costco. Huge and at a great price for a dozen.
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Best Bar - Genoa Bar Genoa NV
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Isn't that suppose to be the oldest bar in the United states?
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Best Bar - Genoa Bar Genoa NV
Isn't that suppose to be the oldest bar in the United states?
Nevada... Yes. Built in 1853. USA... No. Too many older places on the east coast. Here in Ohio is the Golden Lamb since 1803. The second oldest in Ohio is located in a log cabin built in 1844.
Click here to read about Genoa Bar. (http://www.genoabarandsaloon.com/about.cfm)
(http://www.goldenlamb.com/layout/images/BANNER1.jpg)
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I agree that Costco has good muffins but any other posts about costco or fried chicken should probably go in another thread so this one doesn't get derailed any more than it already is. Thanks.
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Where's this bakery at? Do they have good muffins?
Very good muffins fresh out of the oven...everything is baked on the premesis..
they don;t have a website up yet....You know where Gotchalks use to be in Carson, in the same mall in the back.
http://photos.aroundcarson.com/details/flickr3611001309
http://www.yelp.com/biz/paul-schats-bakery-carson-city
I love the place and it;s only been open a few days some of these peps need to give them a break for crying out loud. The guys shows up when the store is 1 hr from closing for Cinnimon rolls and mad that they don't have them come on..............
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Thanks, yes, I know where that is. I'll let the excitement die down and then give them a try.
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Best Bar - Genoa Bar Genoa NV
Isn't that suppose to be the oldest bar in the United states?
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oldest in NV, but still a grrreat place to park your butt and locals don't seem to bite it off
imagine in winter, with wood burning stove goin', would be a grrreat place to park a southernmost chilly body
somewhere I have a pic documenting drafts, but can't find it at moment, but a brew is mandatory - a must see against that "hill"
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Speaking of wood burning stoves, don't see many in businesses. A couple I do recall and found nice and warming were in the Big 4 and Greenlantern in Ely.
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oldest in NV, but still a grrreat place to park your butt and locals don't seem to bite it off
imagine in winter, with wood burning stove goin', would be a grrreat place to park a southernmost chilly body
somewhere I have a pic documenting drafts, but can't find it at moment, but a brew is mandatory - a must see against that "hill"
Hill you say? Isn't it more like a mountain?
Take care,
afriend
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Here is a picture of the Genoa Saloon.
(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/8450053.jpg)
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Here is a picture of the Genoa Saloon.
(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/8450053.jpg)
Genoa would be a nice place to live. I like the area alot. It's far enough out to get aways from all the congestion but not too far out that it's difficult to go into carson city.
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Genoa would be a nice place to live. I like the area alot. It's far enough out to get aways from all the congestion but not too far out that it's difficult to go into carson city.
The only problem with places like Genoa is the high cost of housing. Even a very modest home there I've seen them priced in the mid 6 figure dollar range. Minden and Gardnerville just a few more miles away is much more reasonably priced. But I always am concerned about water whenever I look at housing in Nevada. If I did not have the place I have now, I'd move out there somewhere... once I was convinced that water was not an issue.
afriend
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Genoa would be a nice place to live. I like the area alot. It's far enough out to get aways from all the congestion but not too far out that it's difficult to go into carson city.
The only problem with places like Genoa is the high cost of housing. Even a very modest home there I've seen them priced in the mid 6 figure dollar range. Minden and Gardnerville just a few more miles away is much more reasonably priced. But I always am concerned about water whenever I look at housing in Nevada. If I did not have the place I have now, I'd move out there somewhere... once I was convinced that water was not an issue.
afriend
Water? All my relatives in Ohio always thought, if it didn't rain in a week, they were in a drought. I wouldn't worry as much about water as Nevada becoming so cash strapped, they have to start charging state income taxes and property taxes. The very reason many people moved to nevada.
BTW: It's good to see that you have been out and about looking at some of rural Nevada. If ya ever get a chance, head up toward topaz lake. Some beautiful country and don't forget to visit sharkey's.
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Genoa would be a nice place to live. I like the area alot. It's far enough out to get aways from all the congestion but not too far out that it's difficult to go into carson city.
The only problem with places like Genoa is the high cost of housing. Even a very modest home there I've seen them priced in the mid 6 figure dollar range. Minden and Gardnerville just a few more miles away is much more reasonably priced. But I always am concerned about water whenever I look at housing in Nevada. If I did not have the place I have now, I'd move out there somewhere... once I was convinced that water was not an issue.
afriend
The water issue in Nevada can be a problem in places like Las Vegas. I live 85 miles from there and we have enough water to nearly double our population. Plus no snow! I am very happy living out here.
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All the times I've been in vegas, I've been eveywhere except out your ways. I'll have to make sure and get out there on my next trip. A real nice little town that is not far from vegas is Boulder, NV. It looks nice and clean and only about 20 miles from Vegas.
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Well if you head up my way , we can get together for diet cokes and lunch. I will show you where the best machines in town are.
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Water? All my relatives in Ohio always thought, if it didn't rain in a week, they were in a drought. I wouldn't worry as much about water as Nevada becoming so cash strapped, they have to start charging state income taxes and property taxes. The very reason many people moved to nevada.
BTW: It's good to see that you have been out and about looking at some of rural Nevada. If ya ever get a chance, head up toward topaz lake. Some beautiful country and don't forget to visit sharkey's.
Water is a concern when there is not an ongoing natural supply available, or is susceptible to shortages because of lack of rainfall or snow melt. You, Flyfisher and I even had a conversation at Scruples about western water rights a couple of years ago as I recall.
I live on top of one of the oldest ancient aquifers (Teays) and this area is blessed with an abundance of water. The Great Lakes to the north are some of the largest fresh water supplies in the world. I have a well that produces at least 15 gallons per minute. I use reverse osmosis to process for drinking and cooking since I live in a somewhat rural area. A couple of miles from my home is a bottler of water sold throughout the US. The EPA and others have said that this area has some of the purest water available in the US. The pumping capacity of wells located in that area can pump up to 1,000 gallons per minute. I also don't have to pay for water usage, just the equipment to process it.
Currently Nevada is in an area that has a lot of unemployment, as does Ohio. But obviously they are for different reasons. If Nevada were to start taxing income then their population would dwindle in a number of areas throughout the state I believe.
I've been to Topaz Lake whenever I go to Yosemite, but since I'm not much of a gambler I've not stopped at Sharkey's. Mono Lake is also an interesting place.
If there was an easy direct route to get to Interstate 80 Exit 28, Dayton would also be a nice rural area of Nevada worth considering. There is Six Mile Canyon road (SR79) from there that takes you to the center of Virginia City and is a nice, but winding road. Nevada is like some other areas of the country where there are natural impements to the development of roads. In Nevada it's mountains, Chicago it's the lake, etc... etc...
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The water issue in Nevada can be a problem in places like Las Vegas. I live 85 miles from there and we have enough water to nearly double our population. Plus no snow! I am very happy living out here.
Double what? 5 to 10 thousand or 5 to 10 million? It makes a big difference. Where does your water come from?
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Ok, this thread started out with things to see, do, and eat in Carson City but has now moved to water rights and the politics thereof. I think that any further discussions of that should have it's own thread (in the way off topic or general discussion area) before any of the real suggestions get pushed so far down they can't be found. Thank you for your compliance.
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...I have a well that produces at least 15 gallons per minute.
I use reverse osmosis to process for drinking and cooking since I live in a somewhat rural area. A couple of miles from my home is a bottler of water sold throughout the US. The EPA and others have said that this area has some of the purest water available in the US.
I also have my own "well" (hand dug by my Fayher, 12 feet deep).
It runs pretty constant at around 1 gallon per minute.
Lucky for me it flows from there by gravity into a holding tank.
Why do you use reverse osmosis to process your water?
Just
Curious
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If your traveling to Carson city ... It is snowing right now and sticking :-\
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If your traveling to Carson city ... It is snowing right now and sticking :-\
Hopefully it will be gone once the sun gets a chance to warm things up a bit. Looks like the weather should be improving each day through the weekend for those heading to the Ranches and Halloween parties. Partly cloudy with Mid to upper 60's by the weekend throughout the area. Lows in the 20's - 30's.
Have fun,
afriend
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Weather.com says 70 for Saturday get your spedo out for halloweenie guys ;D
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Here's a better site for weather, tried others but keep coming back to this one.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Be warned they switched to using google for some of the detailed area maps (at least for my area) and you might grow old waiting on it to load. To be honest these google maps aren't worth seeing.
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Weather.com says 70 for Saturday get your spedo out for halloweenie guys ;D
Wish I could be there, Jane!
Warmest regards,
Speed Racer (a/k/a "Speedo")
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Here's a better site for weather, tried others but keep coming back to this one.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Be warned they switched to using google for some of the detailed area maps (at least for my area) and you might grow old waiting on it to load. To be honest these google maps aren't worth seeing.
thanks for this...but why do u feel it is better...just curious...
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Better due to this is where most of the others get the data from. Also the NWS has a network of remote reporting stations, along with udating their current conditions block found in the lower right corner of the more detailed forcast given to a localized spot.
The NWS issues the weather related watches/warnings that the other media then broadcast. If you've got a weather radio/shortwave/ham you can turn in directly to their network that sends out this info also. Look on the site and you can find the frequency for the closest NWS broadcast. Most are in the 162.5mhz area.
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Shooter have you seen this??
BUNNYRANCH/LOVERANCH CUSTOMER DISCOUNT @ GOLD DUST WEST CASINO.
Located only five miles West of the Bunnyranch, Gold Dust West has extended a special Bunnyranch rate.
Simple mention the Bunnyranch upon check in and you'll get a discount room rate at $60 pr nght that includes free breakfast too.
2171 Hiway 50 east
carson city, nev. 89701
775-671-3458
Most of us know about the Gold Dust West to stay. A little pricey, but very nice rooms and great beds. coffee shop is also very good. They offer AAA and AARP discounts, and now a BunnyRanch discount.
The Nevada State Railroad museum is on the South end of town and worth a look.
Eats, well three years ago we held the banquet at Q's B-B-Q, still a favorite . For very gooe Itilian food try Adele's, 1112 N. Carson 1 block North of the Carson St. US 50 corner. Reservations are a good idea.
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Yes I have seen it, I always stay at the GDW, and have even when it was the Pinion Plaza. They send me discounts in the mail all the time.
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I'm going to have to check a few of these places out.
I highly recommend Gengix (asian fusion - reasonable) in CC
also Mings. I haven't been to Red's yet. But, I heard it's really good.
If you stay at the gold dust and mention Bunnyranch it is $65 a night plus you get a free breakfast.
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Kalli, I get to stay at the GDW for $65/night without mentioning the bunnyranch.
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Kalli, I get to stay at the GDW for $65/night without mentioning the bunnyranch.
Do you get the free breakfast also?
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I guess so, but I seldom eat breakfast.