Restaurant Equipment and Supply for Reno, Sparks, Carson City and Northern Nevada
Northern Nevada eats like a crossroads. Basque sheepherders once wintered in Reno hotels, and Louis' Basque Corner has served family-style dinners and Picon Punch in a 1907 hotel building on East 4th Street since 1967. Every summer, Food Truck Friday packs Idlewild Park with trucks, and every Labor Day weekend the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off takes over Victorian Square in Sparks.
Brewing runs deep here too. Carson City's Carson Brewing Company was built in 1864 and later made Tahoe Beer, and Great Basin Brewing opened in Sparks in 1993 after its founders lobbied the Nevada Legislature to allow brewpubs. Down the road, Carson City's Villa Basque Cafe has served Pete's Famous Chorizo since 1996.
Since 2015, Seattle-based The Restaurant Warehouse has shipped to thousands of commercial kitchens in every state. Northern Nevada orders ship from our Hayward warehouse, so Northern Nevada restaurants get the same low prices and freight delivery right to Reno, Sparks, Carson City, Incline Village, Stateline, and Gardnerville. The most common orders here are reach-in refrigerators, freezers, charbroilers, fryers, bar refrigeration, and food truck equipment.
Basque Family-Style Dining in Reno and Carson City
Louis and Lorraine Erreguible opened Louis' Basque Corner in 1967 in the old Hotel Richelieu, built in 1907. Louis had come to Reno from Mauleon in 1948, and the couple retired in 2011, but the restaurant still serves family-style meals and its signature Picon Punch, made with Picon liqueur, grenadine, soda, brandy, and a lemon twist. In Carson City, Pete and Martha Coscarart opened Villa Basque Cafe in 1996, built around a chorizo recipe Pete first sold at his Battle Mountain grocery in 1984, and the family says the cafe will carry on. South in Gardnerville, J.T. Basque Bar and Dining Room has served multi-course family-style dinners for more than 60 years, according to Visit Reno Tahoe. Every July, the Reno Basque Festival brings the food and dancing to the McKinley Arts and Culture Center; 2026 was its 58th year.
Family-style Basque kitchens cook in big batches, so they need heavy-duty ranges and ovens, charbroilers for lamb and steak, two-door reach-in refrigerators and freezers for bulk proteins, and work tables for the prep line.
Food Truck Friday at Idlewild Park
Reno Street Food, owned by Steve Schroeder, started Food Truck Friday at Idlewild Park around 2011 with six trucks. By 2024 it drew about 50 trucks a night, and Reno and Sparks had more than 150 food trucks. In 2025 the events averaged more than 90 food, dessert, and drink vendors a week and drew about 100,000 people, according to KOLO. It runs Fridays, June through early August, and has added weeknight sites at North Valleys Regional Park and Cyan Park in south Reno.
Reno trucks run on food truck equipment: propane griddles, fryers, sandwich prep tables and pizza prep tables sized for a tight build, and undercounter refrigeration that keeps up on a hot July night.
Sparks Ribs, Victorian Square and Great Basin Brewing
The Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off started in 1989 with six entries and now fills Victorian Avenue for six days every Labor Day weekend, with crowds estimated in the hundreds of thousands. The 2026 cook-off had more than two dozen teams, including teams from Australia. Also on Victorian Avenue, Great Basin Brewing, which bills itself as Nevada's oldest operating brewery, still bakes its beer bread daily and serves Brewery Fish and Chips. Its Ichthyosaur IPA, or "Icky," is named for Nevada's state fossil, and it opened a second brewpub in Reno in 2010.
Barbecue joints and brewpubs need charbroilers, reach-in refrigerators for racks of ribs, fryers for fish and chips, and on the bar side draft beer coolers, back-bar coolers, and glass merchandisers.
Restaurant Supply Store in Reno
We ship straight to your Reno restaurant. Most Northern Nevada orders arrive in 1 to 2 business days from our Hayward warehouse, with free freight and free lift gate service. Most Northern Nevada calls are for a fast replacement, like a reach-in that quit before a Labor Day weekend rush or a fryer at the end of its life, or for a full equipment package for a new food truck, brewpub, or casino-town cafe. Tell us what you are cooking and how much space you have, and we will help you size the line. Will-call pickup is available for verified restaurant businesses, but most Reno kitchens skip the drive over the Sierra and let us ship it.
Why Reno Restaurants Buy From The Restaurant Warehouse
Every piece of new Atosa equipment we sell is run-tested for 24 hours at the factory before it ships. It carries Intertek's ETL Sanitation and cETLus listings, which certify it to the NSF/ANSI food equipment standards and US and Canadian safety standards that inspectors from Northern Nevada Public Health and Carson City Health and Human Services look for. Refrigeration comes with a 3-year parts and labor warranty and a 5-year compressor warranty, gas cooking equipment comes with a 1-year parts and labor warranty, and extended warranties are available.
- Free freight on qualifying orders, no lift gate fees
- Built for scrappy startups, food trucks and independent kitchens
- Founder Sean Kearney answers calls, texts and email at (206) 419-5801 or therestaurantwarehouse@gmail.com
Serving Reno, Sparks, Carson City and Lake Tahoe
Reno is our hub for Washoe County, Carson City, and the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. Restaurants across Northern Nevada get the same equipment, free lift gate freight, and warranty, and they talk to the same team.
Reno
From Louis' Basque Corner downtown to the food trucks at Idlewild Park, Reno kitchens are inspected by Northern Nevada Public Health's Food Protection Services program. Operators searching for a restaurant supply store in Reno usually need a fast replacement, so we ship reach-in refrigerators, freezers, sandwich prep tables, and fryers.
Sparks
Sparks is home to Victorian Square, the Nugget Rib Cook-off, and Great Basin Brewing's original 1993 brewpub, and Revision Brewing Company is licensed here too. Sparks restaurants and taprooms order charbroilers, bar refrigeration, draft beer coolers, and ice machines.
Carson City and Gardnerville
Carson City has been a consolidated city with no county since Ormsby County merged into it in 1969. Its 1864 Carson Brewing Company building has been the Brewery Arts Center since 1971, and Red's Old 395 Grill on South Carson Street serves house-smoked barbecue and wood-fired pizza. Kitchens here and in Gardnerville order ranges and ovens, charbroilers, pizza prep tables, and reach-in refrigerators.
Lake Tahoe: Incline Village and Stateline
On the Nevada side of the lake, Incline Village falls under Northern Nevada Public Health with the rest of Washoe County, and Stateline kitchens in Douglas County have been inspected by Carson City Health and Human Services since it took over Douglas County inspections from the state in 2014. Lake kitchens order ice machines, back-bar coolers, and undercounter refrigerators.
Reno Restaurant Equipment FAQ
Do you ship restaurant equipment to Reno?
Yes. The Restaurant Warehouse ships commercial restaurant equipment to Reno and the rest of Northern Nevada by freight, with lift gate delivery to your door.
Do you deliver to Sparks, Carson City and Lake Tahoe?
Yes. We deliver across Northern Nevada, including Reno, Sparks, Carson City, Gardnerville, Incline Village, and Stateline.
How fast is delivery to Reno?
Most Northern Nevada orders arrive in 1 to 2 business days from our Hayward warehouse, depending on item availability and carrier routing. Contact us if you need equipment urgently.
Do you offer free freight?
Yes. Free freight is available on select models and qualifying orders. Contact us to confirm freight options for a specific item.
Do you charge lift gate fees?
No. We do not charge lift gate fees.
What types of restaurant equipment do you sell?
We sell commercial refrigerators, freezers, prep tables, griddles, charbroilers, deep fryers, ovens, ice machines, bar refrigeration, and food truck equipment, plus many other categories for professional kitchens.
Can I get help choosing the right equipment?
Yes. If you can't find what you need, call or email us and we'll help you source the right product for your kitchen.
Can I pick up my order?
Yes. Verified restaurant businesses can arrange will-call pickup at our Hayward warehouse. But why lose a day renting a truck, strapping it down and unloading it yourself? With free freight and free lift gate service, most Northern Nevada orders arrive at your door or curb in 1 to 2 business days. Call (206) 419-5801 to set up either option.
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