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Tropic Hut At Reno Wings Cook Off
July 1 - 4, 2011
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Five
blocks of Virginia Street in downtown Reno are closed off to
become the 10th Annual Reno Wings Cook Off. |
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was down slightly this year over last year. Apparently the
prolonged slump in our economy caused people to postpone travel
plans. The event itself, however, was bigger than ever with 20
Wings Cookers (up from 12 last year) and over 120 other food
and merchandise vendors. |
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that festive looking Tropic Hut stand! |
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Here's
the back side of Tropic Hut. With a nice tree right there this
area made a nice place to take breaks and relax for a while.
Oh, and to snack on wings, of course! |
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Mari and Dairy. Yes, his name really is Dairy. They run a jewelry
merchandise stand and are often at same events Troipc Hut goes
to. In fact, at Reno Wings Cook Off they were right next to
us. |
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The
sponsoring casinos get into the wings act, too. This is Silver
Legacy's wing cooking stand. |
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across the street from Silver Legacy's wing cooking stand were
these two gorgeous blondes, who were there to entice folks
to sign up for Silver Legacy promotions. |
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What
a nice surprise it was to see my old friend David Hurley! He
was the bar manager at Harrah's during the time I worked there.
Now he's quite happy as the bar manager for Eldorado. Apparently
I am not the only one whose expereience at Harrah's was less
than pleasant, hehe. |
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friend Pamela (one of the sweetest people you'd ever want to
meet) and her son Theo own two Baskin Robbins stores , one
in Reno and one in Sparks. For festivals in the area they also
send out this very nice looking trailer. |
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OMG!
It's...it's...ELVIS!! And he's getting ice cream from the Baskin
Robbins trailer!
Nyuck, nyuck, actually his name is Horace and he owns a sun
glasses stand. Obviously he's a big Elvis fan and yes, this
is how he looks all the time. His shop's slogan is "Sun Glasses
Fit For A King." Get it? |
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wings are the theme but they aren't the only food available
at the Wings Cook Off. This is one of the rare moments when
the roasted corn stand did not have people waiting in a line. |
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The
highlight entertainment for Monday afternoon was this Motown
tribute band. The crowd went crazy when they started their
show with "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" and some dazzling dance
moves. |
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five vocalists in the Motown tribute band brought some serious
rhythm and blues funk! |
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In
their matching all black suits these guys looked as good as
they sounded. |
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There
was plenty of live music at the Reno wings Cook Off. While
the Motown tribute show was performing on the main stage, this
band was playing fun classic rock tunes on stage two, a block
up Virginia Street. |
| Famous
Dave's is a fairly new barbecue restaurant in Reno. The main
menu item at the restaurant is pork ribs, hence the sign about
"Hog Heaven." But at the Wings Cook Off they showed they could
cook chicken wings, too, as Famous Dave's stand was one of
the most popular at the event. |
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This
is Sergio, one of the managers of Famous Dave's restaurant
and the guy in charge of their wings stand at Reno Wings Cook
Off. Sergio and his fun staff kept me well fed with chicken
wings and I kept them well supplied with Tropic Hut drinks! |
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Sherrie, the saucy brunette who applied the sauce to Famous
Dave's wings. Freshly cooked chicken wings were dropped into
those bowls in front of her, she added the sauce, then everyone
stand back! Sherrie didn't use a spoon to mix the wings with
the sauce. Oh no, she picked up the entire bowl, sometimes
two bowls at once, and tossed those wings! It was amazing
to watch. |
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Dana
was the money girl at Famous Dave's wings stand. She took the
orders and kept the cookers very busy. Dana told me that on
Saturday alone they did over $4,000 in business. Wow, that's
a lot of wings! |
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