Editors’ choices
Best way to take a trip without ever leaving town
The 168 Asian Market, 3090 S. Virginia St., has been hiding in plain sight for a while now, but when you’re looking for frozen Makrut leaves, lemon grass or dried Laos root, where are you going to go? The fact that the store had all these ingredients on the shelf is a small wonder, but it’s the overall total sensory overload that makes new visitors feel like they’ve fallen into some kind of a temporal and spatial fold that has dropped them into Beijing or Seoul or even Bangkok. It’s easy to spend hours wandering the filled-to-bursting shelves. How many kinds of dried mushrooms might you need? There are more kinds of ramen here than you can shake a college student at. Frozen mussels in the shell at $7.99 for two pounds. Desserts, cookware, fresh duck eggs, toys, candy—stuff you don’t even recognize. Take a vacation here, and you’ll make it a regular destination—and you can leave the passport at home.
Best treasure not to keep in a box
At the Committee to Aid Abused Women (CAAW), then at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and now back at CAAW, Amy Saathoff is a Nevada treasure. She worked on family violence as a college project and never really left the field. She has worked on family issues and domestic violence in ways that enriched us. She has held the hands of battery victims, raised money to fuel CAAW’s mission, helped shape public policy on family violence, raised public awareness of the problem. Even now, when her responsibilities have mostly taken her away from working directly with victims, she says that’s what gave her the most satisfaction. “I loved that. That’s the best job.” One formerly abused mother aided by Saathoff recognized her great qualities and named her daughter Amy.
Readers’ choices
Best Midtown tattoo parlor
1. Aces Tattoo
681 S. Virginia St., 333-0915
2. Nightmare Studios Tattoo
888 S. Virginia St., 324-0666
3. Evolution Tattoo
1092 S. Virginia St., 786-3865
Best new Midtown business
1. Midtown Eats Restaurant
719 S. Virginia St., 324-3287
2. Reno Public House
33 Saint Lawrence Ave., 657-8449
3. Caliber Salon & Spa
141 E. Pueblo St., 284-8620
Best Midtown architecture
1. Stremmel Gallery
1400 S. Virginia St., 786-0558
2. 8 on Center
Center Street
3. Junkee Clothing Exchange
960 S. Virginia St., 322-5865
Best Midtown bar
1. Reno Public House
33 Saint Lawrence Ave., 657-8449
2. Chapel Tavern
1495 S. Virginia St., 324-2244
3. Craft Wine-N-Beer
22 Martin St., 622-4333
Best Midtown business
1. Süp Restaurant
669 S. Virginia St., 324-4787
2. Midtown Eats Restaurant
719 S. Virginia St., 324-3287
3. Junkee Clothing Exchange
960 S. Virginia St., 322-5865
Best Midtown clothing store
1. Junkee Clothing Exchange
960 S. Virginia St., 322-5865
2. Plato’s Closet
1535 S. Virginia St., 322-0110
2. Dressed Like That!
711 S. Virginia St., 742-2931
Best Midtown cultural amenity
1. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum
490 S. Center St., 786-1000
2. Holland Project
140 Vesta St., 742-1858
3. Nevada Museum of Art
160 W. Liberty St., 329-3333
Best Midtown massage
1. Caliber Salon & Spa
141 E. Pueblo St., 284-8620
2. Lime Spa
895 S. Center St., 825-5463
3. Aric Shapiro at the Art of Massage
712 S. Center St., 378-5559
Best Midtown mural
1. Junkee Clothing Exchange by Joe C. Rock
960 S. Virginia St., 322-5865
2. Craft Wine-N-Beer by Matt McDowell
22 Martin St., 622-4333
2. Lulu’s Chic Boutique by Joe C. Rock
1298 S.Virginia St., 622-8009
Best Midtown personality
1. Jessica Schneider Troy, Junkee Clothing Exchange
960 S. Virginia St., 322-5865
2. Chris Costa, Reno Public House
33 Saint Lawrence Ave., 657-8449
3. Angela Watson, Black Hole Body Piercing
912 S. Virginia St., 329-6010
Best Midtown body piercing
1. Black Hole Body Piercing
912 S. Virginia St., 329-6010
2. Lotus Body Piercing
677 S. Virginia St., 323-6266
3. Evolution Tattoo
1092 S. Virginia St., 786-3865
Best Midtown restaurant
1. Midtown Eats Restaurant
719 S. Virginia St., 324-3287
2. Süp Restaurant
669 S. Virginia St., 324-4787
3. Creme
25 Saint Lawrence Ave., 348-0571
Best Midtown retail
1. Junkee Clothing Exchange
960 S. Virginia St., 322-5865
2. Melting Pot World Emporium
1049 S. Virginia St., 322-9445
3. Dressed Like That!
711 S. Virginia St., 742-2931
Best Midtown spa/salon
1. Caliber Salon & Spa
141 E. Pueblo St., 284-8620
2. Lime Spa
895 S. Center St., 825-5463
3. Spa of the West
1545 S. Virginia St., 322-7777