El Cortez Rooftop Sign to Change, Add Street Level Signs

Historic Resources Commission meeting:

1. YESCO lighting is working on a 'modified' version of the rooftop El Cortez sign that will read 'Siegel's El Cortez' and be green, according to renderings presented.

2. Retail street-level signage will be similar to the old historic retail signs. Retail tenants at the El Cortez weren't fond of the font proposed, and the HRC proposed several fonts that would work better, and Siegel Group is supposed to make some modifications.

3. Graffiti will be removed from Stewart Park rock wall, how is not yet to be determined.

Chef Announced for Feast Restaurant

Feast Restaurant, which will be located at 516 South Virginia, at the terminus of California Avenue in the historic building that once housed Jack Bacon and Co, now has a chef.

Foundation Pad Set for Courtyard Marriott

Foundation Pad Set for Courtyard Marriot in downtown Reno.

Feed the Camel Food Truck Event Launches for Summer

WHAT: Feed the Camel, Reno’s family-friendly “hump day” food truck event, featuring local mobile food purveyors such as: Battle Born Food Truck, Electric Blue Elephant, Crepes and More, The CodFather, Java Ship Coffee, Winey Munkies, Shanghai Express, Still Rollin’, Sweet Creams Cheesecakery.

Libations for adults also available on-site, provided by the Tap Wagon and The Margarita Man.Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs.

WHERE: McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, Reno

WHEN: Each Wednesday—from June 3 to September 30, 2015—from 5 to 8 p.m.

Sneak Peek of the Jungle

Check out a sneak peek of The Jungle, photos courtesy Courtney Meredith.

Reno Streetcar Coalition Makes Itself Known

Reno Street Car Coalition launches web site, makes themselves known.

Adventures of a Snarkitect

I've been friends with blogger Mike McGonagle for years now, but few know how involved he actually is with the resurgence of Midtown.

Jack Bacon Building Purchased by Former Owners of Little House On Center Street

The "Jack Bacon" building, located at 516 South Virginia, the terminus of California Avenue at Virginia Street, has been purchased by the former owners of Little House On Center Street, Alex and Esmeralda Long, and will become a restaurant with a focus on seafood, hopefully by August 1st.

Reno Street Food Kicks Off at Idlewild

This year, Reno Street Food will once again begin hosting the popular events at Idlewild Park starting this Friday, May 22 from 5 PM to 9 PM.  This is a free event open to the public.

Get Cool Stuff and Support Local Theatre!

Good Luck MacBeth will be hosting a fabulous bazaar this weekend to help keep their doors open and continue to offer great plays and musicals for Midtown and beyond. Stop by and purchase something cool!

Coffee Coffee Everywhere!

One new coffee bar is open, one remodel is nearly complete, and a new coffee house opens on California Avenue.

Developer Blake Smith Snatches Up Waterfront Sales Office Property

Permit sniffer and good friend Mike McGonagle told me that S3 Renovation Investors, i.e. Blake Smith who recently built the Starbucks on Virginia Street downtown, and is constructing the Cov and an unnamed project on Sinclair and Stewart, has snatched up the lot on 2nd and Lake, where the half-built Waterfront Sales Office sits.

It would be sweet if he built some kind of mixed use live-work units in this spot.