Nightlife

Readers’ choices

Illustration By Rick Sealock

Best bar

1. Satellite
188 California Ave., 786-3536

2. Green Room
144 West St., 324-1224

Best dive bar

1. Mr O’S
1495 S. Virginia St., 323-4244

2. Shea’s Tavern
715 S. Virginia St., 786-4774

Best dance club

1. Tronix
303 Kietzke Lane, 333-9696

2. Bubinga Lounge at Eldorado Hotel Casino
345 N. Virginia St., 786-5700

Best place for live music

1. Green Room
144 West St., 324-1224

2. Walden’s Coffeehouse
3940 Mayberry Drive, 787-3307

Best club DJ

1. EJ da DJ

2. DJ AFS

Best open mic night

1. Walden’s Coffeehouse
3940 Mayberry Drive, 787-3307

2. Zephyr Lounge
1074 S. Virginia St., 337-6004

Best gay hangout

1. Tronix
303 Kietzke Lane, 333-9696

2. The Patio
600 W. Fifth St., 323-6565

Best strip club

1. The Men’s Club of Reno
270 Lake St., 786-7800

2. Fantasy Girls
1095 E. Fourth St., 324-7877

Best happy hour

1. Legends Grill Sports & Spirits
6015 S. Virginia St., # J, 853-5550

2. Silver Peak Restaurant & Brewery
124 Wonder St., 324-1864; 135 N. Sierra St., 284-3300

Best microbrewery

1. Great Basin Brewing Company
846 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 355-7711

2. Silver Peak Restaurant & Brewery
124 Wonder St., 324-1864

Tony Thomas, manager and bartender at Reno’s Best Dance Club, Tronix, mixes a specialty cocktail, Flaming Dragon.

Photo By David Robert

Best karaoke

1. West Second Street Bar
118 W. Second St., 348-7976

2. The Patio
600 W. Fifth St., 323-6565

Best sports bar

1. Bully’s Sports Bar & Grill
various locations

2. Legends Grill Sports & Spirits
6015 S. Virginia St., # J, 853-5550

Best place to watch Monday Night Football

1. Bully’s Sports Bar & Grill
various locations

2. Legends Grill Sports & Spirits
6015 S. Virginia St., # J, 853-5550

Most romantic bar

1. Fireside Lounge at Peppermill Hotel Casino
2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

2. Chocolate Bar
475 S. Arlington Ave., 337-1122

Best all-ages spot

1. New Oasis
2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, 359-4020

2. Walden’s Coffeehouse
3940 Mayberry Drive, 787-3307

Best place for a first date

1. Sierra Tap House
252 W. First St., 322-7678

2. Roxy’s Bar & Lounge, Eldorado Hotel Casino
345 N. Virginia St., 786-5700

Best place to have sex in public

1. Wingfield Park

2. Burning Man

Best place to buy sexy underwear

1. Victoria’s Secret
various locations

2. Romantic Sensations
1055 S. Virginia St., 322-1884

Best hotel for a secret tryst

1. Adventure Inn & Wedding Chapel
3575 S. Virginia St., 828-9000

2. Peppermill Hotel Casino
2707 S. Virginia St., 826-2121

Best place to watch movies

1. Century Riverside 12
11 N Sierra St.

2. Century Sparks 14
1250 Victorian Ave.

Best bowling alley

1. Reno Grand Sierra Resort
2500 E. Second St., (877) 858-7201

2. AMF Starlite Lanes
1201 Stardust St., 747-3522