The Swiss Bar LLC — Restaurant in Reno

According to some dictionary a chalet is a wooden dwelling with a sloping roof and widely overhanging eaves, common in Switzerland and other Alpine regions. I'm sure there's a reason they call this the Swiss Chalet and I'm sure it's ironic. From the outside it looks like one of those scary dives where some crack dealer will try to rape you and some crack fiend will save your life. I honestly have yet to find a truly scary bar in Reno like that, and this is no exception. It is actually a rather nice, warm locals joint with interesting, old characters mixed with young folk, not exactly hipster but blue collar, working class types who don't drink PBR because it's cool. They actually sell Busch beer. Now that's a dive bar, not some pretentious hipster dive bar, but a real dive bar. Ten years ago, most bartenders in Reno were either middle-aged to old dudes or middle-aged, hot women. Now, it seems, most bartenders are hot, young women with a few skinny college dudes or hipster tat sleeve dudes. Coming here is like going back in time ten years. This is what most every bar in Reno was like ten years ago. It's a time warp. And it's cool. And no hipsters here - yet. In fact, you could probably go back twenty or thirty years and just imagine walking outside and the motel parking lot being filled with old 80's Cadillacs and Buicks and tiny...

My name is Richard Cone and I visited the Swiss bar tonight with my good friend Allen Perry and I'm glad I did I live in McDermitt and I am staying at the VA guesthouse in Reno and my friend Allen a long time patron of the Swiss bar recommended that I meet all of his friends there and I was welcomed with open arms and I am family now I brought my service dog Cloud and everyone welcomed us like family! I highly recommend the Swiss bar without hesitation as topnotch it's not fancy or pretentious but it's real Reno and I don't need to look any further I'm sold!! I'm A US ARMY VETERAN and I served all over the world from 1972 to 1992 and I have rarely felt more welcomed and I highly recommend this establishment and John and I would like to thank my friend Allen for introducing me to everyone at the Swiss bar! All the way every day! Sgt major...

Great old school neighborhood bar ! Personally I have not spent any time partying here since I stopped drinking in, OMG 2010. Yet, the Swiss has remained open & ready to serve it's patrons. A roommate of mine in 1998 was a full time bartender at the Swiss Chalet!! Loved working there! Check out the Swiss Chalet on the internet for hours &...