The Happy, Fun, Party Travel Guide to Reno: A Guide to Bars, Restaurants, Casinos, Attractions, and History in Reno and Sparks Paperback – February 19, 2013

Love or hate this area? Read this book.It's like hanging out with a drunk guy who just lays out a way of looking at this area. He puts together a good lay out of a town most people just think of as a two block casino.It's a fun book, and it's JUST like this town. A little rough around the edges and we could care less if you hate us. If you only looked at the Tenderloin in San Francisco and based everything off a hotel breakfast... You have NO right to write a review on the City.Not sugar-coated bull. Loved it.

This book was written in a totally unprofessional way.. lots of crude language... written from the primamary position of partying.. with little valuable information on what other fun things there are to do in that city// this was the first time in my history of buying books from Amazon, ( and I have spent thousands) that i ever read a book and actually threw it in the trash.. it had no redeaming qualities.. great book if all you want to do is bar hop and spend a weeks vacation stuffing yourself with food, booze and getting picked up.. otherwise forget it..( which may be a huge selling point for this book if that is all you want out of a vacation)

This book was exactly what I was looking for prior to my annual Reno trip. It read easily and crackled with a certain edge or hipness. The timeline of what a certain place used to be mirrors what I query bartenders when I can bend their ear. The title may not appeal to the typical Reno visitor, but it certainly worked for me.

This travel guide is not your run-of-the-mill Frommer's or Lonely Planet, but that could be a good thing, because when I travel, I want to know where to party and also where the eclectic, real local's dining is. Unfortunately, most conventional travel guides focus on the boring, old stuff like museums, parks, historical points of interest, etc. Don't get me wrong, this book covers the boring, old stuff, the theatres, museums, a zoo, parks, bowling stadium, unique stores, annual events like wine walks, museum events, conventions, fundraisers, gala's, art events, sports, festivals, rodeo, farmer's market, a golf tournament, banquets, and the ice skating rink, but overwhelmingly, it covers restaurants, bars, and bar crawls which may not be what you're interested in, but if you are, this is your book. The language may offend some people, but it's like Anthony Bourdain without the f-bombs.