Mayor Geno Martini, Sparks’s city council members Charlene Bybee and Julia Ratti, City Manager Steve Discoll, and chamber members gathered at the grand reopening of the Iron Skillet full service restaurant at Petro Sparks on Sept. 20 for a ribbon-cutting and VIP buffet. Celebrating the $2.5 million renovation and remodel of the restaurant, the fresh Iron Skillet (as part of … [Read more...]
Sparks Ski Factory Manufactures Moments
“Don’t worry, we’re just breaking stuff,” Moment Skis CEO Luke Jacobson says as an employee throws a cardboard box down, presumably full of skis. The snow ski factory, located less than a mile away from the Sparks Tribune, is buzzing with people making a fleet of new 2016-17 performance snow skis. According to Jacobson, founder Casey Hakansson made his first pair of snow … [Read more...]
Local Pizzeria Offers ‘True New York’ Pies
Located on 2888 Vista Boulevard in the D’Andrea Marketplace dotted with small businesses and major stores sits the True New York Pizza Co. The clean, modest-looking pizzeria has four booths, a few smaller tables, and a big screen TV next to the pizza ovens/open-air kitchen. It’s lunchtime and there is a steady flow of people in and out. Although it seemed busy, the … [Read more...]