A guess one sign a shopping center is not new anymore is when a once exciting new business closes up. We suggested a hungry friend try out the Tin Star fast food place in the Summit Sierra and he called back and said they were gone. Also the Pannini place next door. Too bad. The Tin Star’s gimmick was a cheeseburger in the shape of a taco which was really good and at least something “different” but I guess their remote location and competition killed it.
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We are always looking for dining options in Carson City, especially now that the national chains rule and there aren’t too many locally owned, unique, good places left. So we’ll mention one we went to today.
We were in town and looking for a place to have breakfast and remembered that we always drive by the Creekside Deli on college just east of the freeway and have wondered about it. We decided, what the heck, lets see what they have, even if it is a deli. Hopefully it would have a more varied menu than the usual high calorie, high fat breakfast fare (which I like).
We went inside and discovered it is really more of a cafe. Upon walking in, there is an appealing dining room to the right with several tables and three big windows that look out on to the Virginia Range to the north. Off that, there is another dining room. The hostess welcomed us an suggested we sit wherever we wanted as she retrieved some coffee for us.
The menu is large with burgers, wraps and 12 hot sandwiches. Soup combos, cold sandwiches and 9 salad choices round out the choices which are all made to order. Add to that a full breakfast menu and we realized it is more of a cafe than a deli. The DW (Dear Wife) had to choose between a salad, falafel or the veggie burger to get her healthy “fix”. She choose the burger and was delighted with the natural and varied ingredients all blended in a tasty patty.
Check this place out and support a local restaurant/deli that is actually really good too with a nice atmosphere and friendly staff. They cater in and out and you can call in your food order for dining in or take-out at 841-3354. If you are on a “lunch hour” calling in ahead is great as things are made to order and take a little longer than the “fast food” joint.
Joanie’s Creekside Deli, 1795 East College Parkway, Carson City 841-3354
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Now that the chains have driven all the local restaurants out of business, where do you go for a good meal with a nice, comfortable, non-chain like atmosphere. We’ve been looking. We like Chili’s but it still feels like a fancy Dennys.
So we’ve been on the lookout for somewhere to maybe get a nice meal in a nice place and keep our money local. We’re still looking.
A pretty good imitation of a local restaurant is the new Firkin and Fox. Here’s a good article on aroundcarson.com . We went last Sunday and the sumptuous Victorian english pub decor fits in nice with the town and the historic St Francis Hotel building on Carson Street, downtown. The food was good and the service was good also. It was difficult to be a satisfying conversationalist with my wife though, with football on flat screens everywhere you looked, but it was the NFL playoffs and maybe they aren’t on all the time.
They are still a chain though with 31 in Canada, 8 in the States and 135 “in development”. Which, if nothing else, maybe they will have the staying power a mom and pop might lack.
I also see that there is an article on aroundcarson.com about Khristophers Cafe up by the Walmart on South Carson/395. Sounds good and we’ll have to try it out.
