Reno - Keystone
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Groceries, Bikes, Dry Ice, Food, Gas, Recycling, and a place to RideShare to the playa
The Keystone exit off I-80 (Exit 12) offers a good variety of choices for groceries, gas, quick or sit-down dining, and some car repairs.
The Keystone Square shopping area is of special note, as over the years the Save Mart here has increasingly become a favorite shopping place during the burner migrations, becoming a one-stop shopping place with a very wide variety of goods and services.
South of I-80
Just south (right if you are traveling east) off the I-80 exit, the Save Mart in Keystone Square carefully plans to meet most of our needs by housing PLENTY of different items for life on the playa, as well as large quantities of water. See below for the very many details.
What else is in this shopping center? A favorite liquor store among the locals, Ben’s Fine Wine & Spirits, some banks, restaurants, and Radio Shack. Oh, and a very cool UPS outlet that will store items you have shipped there for you.
Any other notable businesses in the area we feel you should know about, beyond the few thrift stores and dining options?
Crystal Ice carries lots of dried ice and regular ice. Turn right on 4th Street off of Keystone Avenue, and they'll be down on your right about 1/4 mile.
Further along 4th Street, Keystone RV Park offers daily, weekly and monthly rates. Showers, laundry and a dump station are among the amenities. Call for rates and reservations. 775-324-5000.
Coming to Reno on the bus or need to leave on the bus? Then you'll want to know where the bus station is hiding. Greyhound Bus Station is located on Stevenson Street, about a mile from here. The easiest way to get there is to follow Keystone south to Second Street. Turn left and it will be on the left, down about 3/4 mile, next door to the Riveria Lounge and Theme Room hotel.
Continuing on eastward, look into the Downtown shopping hub for lots that lays just beyond…
North of I-80
Coming off the interstate and turning north to Seventh Street is Raley's grocery store, a gas station, a Starbucks, a gas station, and nothing but suburbia beyond.
Grocery, Water & Dry Ice
Crystal Ice & Oil Company
1345 West 4th Street – 775-323-5145 – map
Open Mon-Sat 7am-4pm, Sun 8am-3pm. Mass quantities of ice and dry ice anyone?
Save Mart Supermarket
525 Keystone Ave – 775-786-2150 – map
Open 24/7 during Burning Man. The most popular spot in the region during Burning Man — if there is a one-stop shop in town, this would be it.
An area of the Save Mart parking lot will be set aside to display LOTS AND LOTS of bulk-water that may be picked up after being purchased inside. They will also be carrying lots of 15 and 55-gallon barrels, spigots and pumps. Aquafill-Pacific Mist will also have a truck in the parking lot to fill up your barrels, containers, or RV's with Reverse Osmosis-filtered water.
Other specialty products will be located inside and outside of the store, including Black Rock Bicycles and Kiwanis Bikes and accessories, Cool Neon el-wire ready-kits, various glow toys, fun hats, masks, goggles and fun glasses, personal care items, headlamps, solar chargers, tiki torches, medium and small propane tanks and propane stoves, bicycle tubes and lighting, dry ice,vegetarian and vegan sandwich fillers, various energy bars and powders, freeze-dried backpacking foods, sushi, reusable cups and other kitchenware and storage containers, lots of canned beer and other booze, and coolers.
And, like some other Save Marts in town, they will also be operating a Drive-Thru Recycling Center for this year's event! A free, multi-community project to promote recycling, this multi-year initiative is designed for your convenience with no strings attached – just PLEASE sort and have your recyclables as clean as possible and removed from bags before depositing. Bicycles, plastics (HDPE 1,2,3,4&5), plastic bags, glass, all metals (aluminum, tin, lead, steel, etc), paper, cardboard, household batteries, and non-perishable food and water are all welcome. Moreover, garbage deposit will be available to recyclers at the rate of $3 per 35-gallon standard trash bag. All proceeds raised from this recycling initiative will be donated to support new local Black Rock Solar installations. Both the store and recycling center will be open 24/7 throughout the event until September 7.
Also notable here for those on a shoestring is that Save Mart will also be serving as a Rideshare Base during the event. What's Rideshare? If you need a ride to the playa, as this Save Mart gets so much businesses from folks traveling to the playa every year and throughout the week, it is likely that you will be able to quickly land a ride here to the playa at any hour. Helping chip in with gas may help. Please just remember that offering to help out with gas is sometimes helpful, that not everyone shopping here is even interested in Burning Man, to leave no trace, that everyone must wear a seatbelt in the vehicle, and most importantly, be comfortable with whom you may come to share a ride with.
Raleys Supermarket
701 Keystone Avenue – 775-747-0718 – map
Open daily 6am-midnight. Raley's on Keystone will be expanding and increasing inventories for burners, from the basics, to many specialty burner items like blinky light jewelry, tiki torches, natural foods and organic sections. They also now feature Peet's Coffee & Teas.
Kings Nutrition
807 West 4th Street – 775-322-9772 – map
Open Tues-Sat 10am-6pm. Nutrition center with some foods and plenty of supplements and body care products.
Reno Asian Supermarket
803 West 5th Street – 775-322-8820 – map
Open daily 10am-9pm
Shaban Market
1325 West 7th Street – 775-747-6700 – map
Closed Wednesdays, open other days 10:30am-6:30pm, Sun 10:30-5pm. You love dolmas !?! and other Mid-Eastern faire? A small and quaint place with a nice variety, and wonderful hospitality.
Random Curiosities
Label's Consignment Boutique
601 West 1st Street – 775-825-6000 – map
Open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. A large variety of recycled vintage, classy clothing, including tutus, designed primarily with women in mind.
SPCA Thrift Store
401 Vine Street – 775-324-7776 – map
Open Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 12pm-4pm.
Triple P Discount Store Cigarette & 99 Cent Plus
501 Keystone Avenue – 775-324-0360 – map
Open 9am-9pm daily.
Smoke-n-Head Shop
975 West Fifth Street – 775-324-5446 – map
Bicycles
Black Rock Bicycles
7550 Hillview Drive – 775- 972-3336 – map
The only bike outfit in town primarily catered to burners. To rent a bike, please visit the website. However, if you wish to buy a new bike for the playa, or accessories at an unbeatable price, the burners of Black Rock Bicycles are teaming up with the Keystone Save Mart supermarket to sell bikes at the store for the week of Burning Man. Look into the Save Mart listing above for further details.
Kiwanis Bike Program
2500 Valley Road – 775-746-9310 – map
Open 9am-9pm during Burning Man. Normally a bike program to benefit kids of all ages in-need in the community, the folks of the Kiwanis Bike Program receive large numbers of bikes left on the playa each year, and end up setting aside good playa bikes for burners to purchase for Burning Man at very fair prices. They also provide bike repairs.
There are actually two ways to purchase one of the bikes from these great folks: one way is to stop at their shop; the other way is during Burning Man at the Save Mart supermarket found above. Get em while they last!
Liquor
Ben's Fine Wine & Spirits
901 West 4th Street – 775-323-6277 – map
Open daily 7am-10pm, Fri-Sat 7am-11pm. Large selection of beer, wine, and booze.
Restaurants
Pierino's Ristorante Italiano and Donatello's Pizzeria
575 Keystone Avenue – 775-322-3492 – map
Open Mon-Sat 5pm-9pm.
Pizza Baron
1155 West 4th Street # 113 – 775-329-4481 – map
Open daily 11am-2am.
Gold 'n Silver
790 West 4th Street – 775-323-2696 – map
Open 24/7.
Recycling and Garbage Disposal
Save Mart Supermarket
525 Keystone Avenue – 775-786-2150 – map
This Save Mart goes out of their way for supporting our recycling, see description above.
Car Parts and Repair
Kragen Auto Parts
801 W 5th St – 775-329-5353 – map
Midas
490 Keystone Ave – 775-322-3008 – map
Meineke Car Care Center
810 West 4th Street – 775-786-4622 – map
Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-6pm, Sat 7:30am-6:30pm.
Northwest Tire & Service Center
500 West 4th Street – 775-323-3339 – map
Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm.
RV Parks/RV, Auto, and Truck Rentals
Keystone RV Park
1455 West 4th Street – 775-324-5000 – map
Shipping / Transportation
UPS Store
561 Keystone Avenue – 775-322-5105 – map
Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-6pm, Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 10am-3pm. Open special hours during Burning Man. If you've ever wanted to have some of your stuff shipped to Reno and stored there at no extra charge and just waiting for you to pick up on your way to the playa, this is THE place. Very nice and accommodative owner and crew that really knows how to take care of people. Contact the store to make arrangements for shipping/storing details.
Greyhound Bus Lines
155 Stevenson Street – 775-322-2970 – 775-322-7056 – map
Need more info? Try: Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority, Reno News and Review, Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno Magazine, Reno Tahoe Tonight, National Traffic and Road Closure Information, PlayReno, NevadaNet, goTahoe.com, Tahoe.com, Fernleynews.com. 
