Kramer's Midtown

Coming out a city with a distinctive culture of its own - thanks to an economic turnaround attributed in part to Tesla’s move to the region - the city, Reno, has come alive in recent years as a reasonably priced playground for outdoor adventurers and foodies. The city, besides from offering the best choice for a luxury downtown Reno motel , is known for a variety of other things to explore for the tourists from all across the globe. There are now more ways than ever to get to Reno, as well, with a new direct flight on JetBlue from JFK in New York, and the city earned a spot on the Top Budget Destinations in the United States. Even better, the thousands of hotel rooms throughout the region average less than $100 per night, offering extraordinary value. Here is a deeper look at what is on offer, with four more wonderful reasons that makes Reno very special to visit. Ø   Local Breweries We simply can’t get enough of the incredible breweries spread out all over the city, a lot of t...

You may be familiar with Reno as the city where bumbling police officers were portrayed on Reno 911. You may be acquainted with Reno as the city where Johnny Cash sang about shooting a man, it seems that just to watch him die. You may identify Reno as the city you drove by on your way to scenic Lake Tahoe or much more likely, where your car broke down after Burning Man and you spent a night at a luxury motel in Reno . Occasionally, a stranger will tell me that have been to Reno and explain they spent a few nights in a Casino there, possibly they’ve got misty memories of a river downtown. Visitors who stay in the downtown casinos unavoidably get trapped inside. These windowless, clockless prisons are designed for you to forget about the outside world and spend your money and time in every slot, restaurant, bar, and shop the casino has to offer. A part of me dies identifying such visitors will never hear of the local legends of Wilbur D. May, and Indiana ones - like traveler and succes...