Renoites Turn Out for Butcher Boy's Buy Local Event

I took our six-year-old to Butcher Boy's first "Buy Local" event and it was officially considered a success before we even stepped foot on the Reno property.  Having told him there would be music there, and under the mistaken impression it would be a radio station, I had asked if he would have the courage to request a song.  While the courage part went unanswered, he did say he wanted Van Halen and, specifically, "Jump."  So as we hiked it over from the Los Tres Hombres parking lot what did we hear floating over the air? Jump!  And from a live band to boot.

Throw in the bounce house, ice cream from Tahoe Creamery and Cold Stone, ChocoRocks and Sunbursts from Kimmie Candy and the chance to eyeball an 11.5 lb. live Maine Lobster (by my calculations, yours for about $230) all for free and it was given an official "thumbs up" from a member of the easily bored kindergarten crowd.

But for those slightly older, there were plenty of other vendors.  Some of the more popular were Buckbean Brewing Company (pouring a lot of Orange Blossom and Black Noddy), Nothing Bundt Cakes and How Do You Take Your Coffee? (their Javaz candy, especially the red ones, were fantastic). 

Even Sam Shad was there, promoting "The Dining Show", though he graciously let me pester him on matters pertaining to his other creation, Nevada NewsMakers.  No surprise, he knows his stuff and had some interesting insight into what's taking place in Carson City now and what 2010 holds.

Overall, attendance seemed high.  The lady handing out Butcher Boy bags said they had to print up more of the poker run forms because of the turnout. Hopefully that translates into local sales as well.