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    The Tap Shack

    4.8 (46 reviews)
    InexpensiveDive Bars, Beer Bar
    Open 12:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Live music
    Juke Box
    Moderate noise
    Casual

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    Came here to take advantage of the BOGO check in deal and was promptly taken care of, the bartender Maury is cool. Cold drafts

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    Great little dive bar. Sandy and Walt and Leo are the best. Love coming here. Great music and drinks.

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    Off-the-beaten-path locals bar. My kind of place! Great drinks, good people, street games...

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    Best Bar in Carson City, great atmosphere, great drinks and great people!

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    Not very people, outdoor seating, TVs, and friendly staff (Mike was awesome), this is the place.

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    Westside Pour House

    Westside Pour House

    4.0
    (181 reviews)
    0.4 mi
    $

    This place has a nice feel to it including a wood fired pizza oven, nice looking bar and overall it…read moremakes a person comfortable. Beautiful outdoor patio and they allow dogs! Excellent food. Me and my wife had the classic burger "medium" and it was bit overcooked to my liking g but still good. The fry's were amazing. I will be back for sure to try the pizza.

    Quality/Quantity - My buddy was craving BBQ, but ended up deciding on this place instead. And of…read morecourse, I can never turn down a pour house, lol. Today we got the following: Special - Pulled pork on a pretzel bun with fries. Two orders. Wow, it exceeded my expectations. Well, I honestly did not have high expectations. The pork was tender and flavorful; I did not even need the extra BBQ sauce that I asked for but used it to not waste it. And with a generous amount of fries; my buddy did not finish his fries. I also like the nice touch of a fried pickle on top of the slider. Fish and Chips - My other buddy that was craving BBQ switched to this and loved it. Chicken Breast Sandwich - My healthy buddy. He was also not able to finish his fries. All of which was good. And I plan to come back for Happy hour in the future. Especially Wing Wednesdays! Ambiance - Larger than expected. Larger than it looked from the outside. This place is like two units. I hope my pictures did it justice. Full bar, plenty of tables in both rooms. Pool tables, darts, etc. Semi open kitchen. Plenty of street parking. Open 6 days a week; closed Mondays. Service - Colgan (name on receipt) was so professional! Checked up on us very often. Even better, he was proactive and asked us if we wanted this or that with our orders. Price - $57 + generous tip. FYI - 4% credit card charge or 4% cash discount, see picture. Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since 2014. We have actually been hanging out in this area for the last few years and now will be more frequent customers.

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    2/10/26 FYI. Semi open kitchen.
    2/10/26 FYI. Semi open kitchen.
    Greasy onion rings and leather burger
    Greasy onion rings and leather burger
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    Great Basin Brewing Co. - Carson City

    Great Basin Brewing Co. - Carson City

    4.0
    (740 reviews)
    0.4 mi
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    We had a great lunch at GBBCo yesterday! My hubby had a…read moreburger and said it was one of the best ever! Nancy was our server and she did a fabulous job...Tom the Manager came by a few times and made us feel special, gotta love that! Now, if they would only open a GBBco in Incline Village (where Rollie's was), life would be even better!!

    I can't believe I'm actually going to give this review a one star review…read more Great Basin Brewing has been a favorite of ours for well over a year almost 2 years now. It's been our go to place. Today being Father's Day, we were out and about in town and decided we would eat there. All the way there I kept bragging to my grandson how great this place is and it's our go to spot. yada yada yada. It wasn't very busy and we were seated very quickly. The service has always been pretty friendly. The service today was adequate and I'll get to that in a second. My grandson ordered the pork belly, Mac and cheese. I kept saying how that is a really good choice and he's really going to like it. My wife ordered the half rack ribs with fries and coleslaw. I had what I think is called the butchers platter with ribs, chicken wings, and pork belly. The food arrived and looked pretty darn good. But that's where it ends. My wife kept saying how salty the food was. And I got to thinking about that as I was eating my wings with the so-called Memphis dust flavoring on them. Those were equally salty so I thought wow OK maybe it's just our taste buds. Then I tried my ribs and they were also salty. I tried my wife's ribs just to see if they were that salty and come to find out they really were and dry. The fries that came with my wife's food tasted like they were old like they've been sitting out for a while. The coleslaw was also bland. After bragging about the pork belly and cheese, my grandson stated that it was pretty bland with very little flavor. So I tried it just to see what was going on and sure enough it was really lacking something what I don't know. I'm thinking garlic because it was pretty darn bland. I honestly hate to give a review like this because I really like this place as I said before it's been our go to spot. Now, as far as the service the server, she was very friendly, but that was pretty much it, after getting our food she didn't even check on us until it was about time for us to leave and she brought us our check. It's just kind of weird because there's a couple of servers here that are exceptional. So I don't know what's going on, but this was a very big letdown for a couple of regular customers. As usual, the place is clean and spacious with plenty of TVs to enjoy sports. In the end, the beverages were about the best part of the meal. It was Father's Day, so my beer was free so thank you for that maybe this was just a rough day. I don't know. I don't know if you have new cooks or what but this was pretty bad considering how much we like this place and how good it has always been.

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    This is the area we sat at. It was very clean and spacious
    This is the area we sat at. It was very clean and spacious
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    Chicken Bacon Avocado & side salad
    3/1/26 FYI. Specials.

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    The Fox Restaurant & Brewery

    The Fox Restaurant & Brewery

    3.8
    (765 reviews)
    0.6 mi
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    We sat in the patio on a cool spring evening. Poof! They turned on the giant fire pit! Yea!…read more Our party of 5 all tried different menu items. Burger, pastrami sandwich, BLTA, fish & chips, and the brisket. The Tahoe IPA beer was great. Kids all ordered soft drinks, plenty of refills offered! We all enjoyed our meals, except brisket boy. He was expecting BBQ brisket, but the plate was more of a roast beef with gravy, mashed potatoes, and veggies. Fish & chips were pretty good, with 2 nice sized chunks of cod. The sandwiches were nice, burger solid! The fries were really good, seemed like fresh cut. When I looked at what others were enjoying, we observed that the wings look to stand out. Next time we'll explore wings & fries....and more beer! Service was attentive and the patio very pleasant!

    To Jim Phalan, You…read morelied about your manager coming to our table, we never saw your manager. We emailed you and you apologized that you got our table mixed up which is so sad if that's true, means that there was another disappointed customer. You said you would send us compensation, and we followed up with email which you ignored. Literally don't say anything in the first place if you weren't planning on making things right. We went to a casino and got larger portions, better service and the food was cooked perfectly in comparison to the farce you are trying to uphold. I would never do this but the fact you lied and said we had a manager come to our table but we denied it is incredibly wrong. And I hope you are exposed for what type of owner you are.

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    "BEST Chicken Pot Pie" ever tasted
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