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Our mission is simple, fuel a healthy planet through healthy food.
Laughing Planet is a cafe dedicated to changing the planet one burrito at a time! We serve healthy food to fuel healthy thinking, healthy thinking fuels ideas that change the world. That is what we are all about. We want to improve education, environment and our planet. 
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About

<h4>University</h4>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Laughing+Planet/@39.5370353,-119.8188281,17z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8099473999f45bed:0xcf119dd1ae9b8ff6!2s941+N+Virginia+St,+Reno,+NV+89503!3b1!8m2!3d39.5370353!4d-119.8166394!3m4!1s0x8099473999f45bed:0x3b1085288b1190d1!8m2!3d39.5369397!4d-119.8167919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">941 N. Virginia St. 
Reno, NV 89503</a> 
<a href="tel:7758709633">Phone: 775-870-9633</a> 
Hours: 11am-9pm, Every Day
<h4>Midtown</h4>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Laughing+Planet/@39.5184514,-119.8119658,17z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x809940b78c29ed41:0xfe4764385ddac4eb!2s650+Tahoe+St,+Reno,+NV+89509!3b1!8m2!3d39.518468!4d-119.810276!3m4!1s0x809940b78dc75581:0x611f23cfc62af2e7!8m2!3d39.518468!4d-119.810276" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">650 Tahoe St. 
Reno, NV 89509</a> 
<a href="tel:7753602592">Phone: 775-360-2592</a> 
Hours: 11am-9pm, Every Day

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We recently held a poster design competition for a new Jazz Jam poster.. and we are so excited to unveil the winning design and artist, congrats Miyu!💥 See you tomorrow night at Jazz Jam 🎷👽

Laughing Planet Cafe UNR

Looking for a place to escape this cold weather? Come warm up with some of our Veggie Chili 💥🥕 We’re open at 11! See you there 👊🏼

Laughing Planet Cafe Reno

Have you tried our black bean hummus? Served with some of our non-GMO tortilla chips or on our Crunchero Quesadilla 💥👽

We call it good sportsmanship right? Hope it’s a good game and everyone has fun? @universityofutah women’s soccar #utessoccer team stopped in for a great pre game meal today. Don’t worry, we’re still rootin’ for the @unevadareno #wolfpacksoccer team to prevail! #gopack 😎👽💥⚽️

Introducing our brand new vegan special: the Amba Bowl 💥🥗 Filled with refried chickpeas and grilled veggies, and topped with our cucumber orange salad, green tahini sauce and amba- a nutritious pickled mango relish loaded with turmeric, vinegar, fennel, chili flakes and maple syrup. This weekly special is the real deal, come see for yourself!!
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#renofoodie #renotahoe #midtownreno #veganfood #yummyfood #brainpower

Sunday already? Come savor the weekend with us! 💥👽🥑

Have you seen our back patio at Midtown? Well, if you’re planning on visiting LP Midtown today- you will! Tahoe Street is shut down again for the day, so you’ll have to enter through our back alley. At least it’s not a bad view ♥️👽🌱

It’s Saturday, you deserve a quesadilla! Come try one of ours 💥
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🥙: Chicken, Cheese & Pico Quesadilla
flour or whole wheat tortilla | jack cheese | chicken | pico de gallo
📸: @freelyeating

Thinking about lunch on our patio? You should be! 🥕 But when you come to LP Midtown today, enter from our back door in the alley behind Süp & Aces Tattoo! Tahoe Street is locked down today while they work to finish the construction 💥

How are we keeping the planet healthy, happy and laughing? We’re composting! 🥕🥬💥 Weekly, we drive our electric van to drop off our compost to @renofoodsystems, where they use it to grow the veggies we use in our food! How cool is that? What do you to reduce your impact on our planet? Let us know below! 🥰🌎
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#renofood #compost #happyplanet #healthyplanet #renofoodsystems #doyourpart

Vindaloo Week - happening now!! This special is packed with protein from the lentils and your choice of protein, it’s also full of all the good vitamins and nutrients from our chard! 🙌🏼
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🥙: Vindaloo Special (with tofu)
jasmine rice | coconut braised chard | lemon-spiced lentils | pickled red onions | vindaloo sauce | side of raita with yogurt, cucumber, mint, cilantro

Our blog series continues! Meet the lovely Anell, she is our third interview in our series highlighting our awesome LP Staff. We’re so lucky to have such a great team. Check it out, link in bio! 🌯🥗🙌🏽

Happening RIGHT NOW Northern #Nevada folks - live streaming of #jazz night. @kimrubiomusic is coming up shortly. Tune in to 97.7FM or go to KWNKradio.org 🎶 🎼 📻 ✨

Get to know our LP Reno Kitchen Manager Extraordinaire, Manny Dominguez! 👽 Check out our blog, link in bio, to read our series that highlights the Laughing Planet staff who make it all happen, day in and day out!! 🌯🥗🙌🏼 We love you Manny!

Local beer and great food, we’ve got both in the same place! Spend your Saturday with us, your tastebuds will thank you 👽🍻

Yum! Welcome back Moroccan Bowl 👽 This is one of our favorites, come see for yourself 🙌🏼
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🥙: Moroccan Bowl Weekly Special (with tempeh)
harissa braised vegetables | apricot-mint couscous | cherry apple chutney | sliced almonds | cilantro

We've embarked on a series highlighting our staff who help make it all happen, day in and day out in the #biggestlittlecity @laughingplanetcafe restaurants. We kick things off with our rock star, Kelly Dominguez (@ksauceme). We 💚 ya Kelly!! Check it out y’all! Link to the blog post is in our bio section ☝🏽 Thank you to @launieg for her contribution and collaboration on this project as well! 🙌🏽✨🥗

Every month, we have a lot going on in Northern Nevada for folks to participate in. Unless specified, our events are free to the community, however, donations are welcome, especially for our student-led events. For event details, our blog feed will generally have a post about a specific event (e.g. <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/thought-on-tap-is-back">Thought on Tap is Back!</a>). Our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/laughingplanetreno/?hl=en">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/laughingplanetcafereno/events/?ref=page_internal">Facebook</a> account feeds will also have event details. Hope you&#8217;ll join us and while you&#8217;re at it, bookmark this page (<a href="https://events.laughingplanet.blog/">events.laughingplanet.blog</a>) to get a glimpse of what each month has in store for you @ LP in Reno!



<h3>October &#8217;19 Happenings</h3>



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Miyu LPU Jazz Contest Winner

We recently held a poster design competition for a new Jazz Jam poster&#8230; and we are so excited to unveil the winning design and artist, congrats Miyu!💥 



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="529" data-permalink="https://laughingplanetcafereno.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/we-have-a-new-jazz-jam-poster/miyu-lpu-jazz-contest-winner-2/" data-orig-file="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/miyu-lpu-jazz-contest-winner-1.jpg" data-orig-size="750,934" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Miyu LPU Jazz Contest Winner" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/miyu-lpu-jazz-contest-winner-1.jpg?w=241" data-large-file="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/miyu-lpu-jazz-contest-winner-1.jpg?w=750" src="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/miyu-lpu-jazz-contest-winner-1.jpg?w=750" class="wp-image-529" srcset="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/miyu-lpu-jazz-contest-winner-1.jpg 750w, https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/miyu-lpu-jazz-contest-winner-1.jpg?w=120 120w, https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/miyu-lpu-jazz-contest-winner-1.jpg?w=241 241w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /><figcaption>Jazz Jam Poster Design Winner, Miyu; Senior at the University of Nevada-Reno. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyufortmrw/?hl=en">@miyufortmrw</a> </figcaption></figure>



See you every Wednesday night for Jazz Jam 🎷👽at Laughing Planet University in Reno, Nevada starting at ~7/7:30 p.m.! Open to the public and free admission. Donations welcome and go toward supporting student and special guest events. 🌯🥗🎷







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Can&#8217;t make it Wednesday night? Tune in to KWNK 97.7FM in Northern Nevada every other Wednesday for the <a href="https://kwnkradio.org/schedule/">live broadcast</a>. 📻



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We have a new Jazz Jam poster!

Every second Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m., the University of Nevada Reno’s Core Humanities Program collaborates with Laughing Planet Reno and the <a href="https://www.unr.edu/liberal-arts">College of  Liberal Arts</a> to co-host a public engagement series designed to showcase research by UNR faculty and graduate students, while having important conversations with our local communities. 



The first Thought on Tap event of the fall 2019 semester will take place on Thursday, October 10th at our Reno University location on the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Laughing+Planet/@39.5370353,-119.8188281,17z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8099473999f45bed:0xcf119dd1ae9b8ff6!2s941+N+Virginia+St,+Reno,+NV+89503!3b1!8m2!3d39.5370353!4d-119.8166394!3m4!1s0x8099473999f45bed:0x3b1085288b1190d1!8m2!3d39.5369397!4d-119.8167919">corner of 10th and Virginia St</a>. The evening&#8217;s topic: Confronting Racism.



As always, the event is free to the general public. 



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For more information, visit the <a href="https://www.unr.edu/core-humanities/thought-on-tap/">Thought on Tap website</a>, which offers access <a href="https://www.unr.edu/core-humanities/thought-on-tap/archive">archived podcast discussions</a> on topics such as &#8220;Shaping Immigration and Refugee Initiatives.&#8221;



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Thought on Tap is Back!

After months of waiting, the construction near Laughing Planet Midtown, on St. Lawrence Street and Tahoe Street is DONE. 



Getting to LP Midtown has never been easier. We’ve got new street parking and a fresh evenly paved parking lot. With the University back in session, parking at LPU is limited but LP Midtown is eagerly awaiting you. 



Come on down!

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Midtown Construction Update

Have you heard of our Kids Smoothie program? Let us tell you about it!



Basically our kids smoothies benefit great causes and great organizations. For many years, we donated $1.00 of every kids smoothie to the Sanada-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Program. This program is awesome and works tirelessly to help chimpanzees. We’ve loved being able to support them.



This year, we decided to start supporting local businesses through our Kids Smoothie Program. In fact every Laughing Planet location gets to decide which nonprofit in their neighborhood they want to support. Our first neighborhood benefactor is Urban Roots.



For our entire third quarter of 2019, yup July, August and September, we have been donating all the money from our Kids Smoothie Program to <a href="https://www.urgc.org/">Urban Roots</a>. 



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Their organization strives to change&nbsp;the way children eat and learn&nbsp;through garden-based education. Urban Roots is founded on the idea that the garden is a powerful tool for improving academic&nbsp;instruction, developing healthy habits, and sowing a respect for the environment.&nbsp;

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Introducing Laughing Planet’s Happy Hour! Everyday from 3-5 p.m.



<ul><li>$3 Tacos</li><li>$4 Pints</li><li>$5 Sangria</li></ul>



You pick the taco flavor and pair it with your favorite beverage, and it’s still under $10. It doesn&#8217;t get better than that!



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<h3>How are we keeping the planet healthy, happy and laughing? </h3>



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We’re composting! 🥕🥬💥 



Weekly, we <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/gas-is-so-yesterday-hop-on-the-ev">drive our electric van</a> to drop off our compost to <a href="https://www.renofoodsystems.org/">Reno Food Systems</a>, where they use it to grow the veggies we use in our food! How cool is that? 



See also: <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/what-is-laughing-planet-about">Laughing Planet&#8217;s Pillars: Sustainability, Community, and Health and Wellness</a> 



What do you do to reduce your impact on our planet? <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0PGLIDhCnb/">Let us know on our Instagram feed!</a> 🥰🌎



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This is the third interview in an extended series highlighting some of the Laughing Planet staff who make it all happen, day in and day out. We sat down with Anell Dominguez, Store Manager for the Midtown location, and her “coach,” <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_alion/">Tim Healion</a>, joined us. One thing the Dominguezes have in common is their passion for Laughing Planet. Anell is the youngest sibling and the only female in her immediate family. She says she was fortunate to be raised in such an amazing, hard-working family. Her mother, who is also helping Anell raise her six-year-old son, is her hero.



Anell credits her brother <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/manny-dominguez">Manny</a> for her interest in the food industry. She says “Manny was the coolest, I dressed like him, I tried to do everything he did, even though he is six years older. When I was 15, Manny was at <a href="https://beaujolaisbistro.com/">Beaujolais</a>, and so was Abel [her oldest brother]. At the time, I was expecting my son and needed a job, so I started as a prep cook. I learned so much.”&nbsp; 



Anell worked at Beaujolais for three years. She started by learning how to prep, then she moved to salads, then to pastry. Beaujolais sou chef David King (who had been at <a href="https://www.thomaskeller.com/bouchonyountville">Buchon</a>, an upscale restaurant in Napa) taught her to work with efficiency, and even though he was really hard on her, she learned a lot from him.&nbsp; 



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Anell says it was a giant shock to come to Laughing Planet after her three years at Beaujolais.&nbsp; She felt that going from fine dining to burritos and salads was a step down, especially because she wanted a culinary career, but once hired, she found she loved the LP culture and all the love that goes into the food. (Meanwhile, <a href="https://beaujolaisbistro.com/le-mot-de-la-cuisine/">Bill Gilbert</a> was wondering why LP kept hiring away his employees.)&nbsp; 



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">&#8220;Think of yourself as who you want to be, not what you are.&#8221;<cite>Anell D.</cite></blockquote>



By the second week at LP, Tim says she started telling everyone what to do. Anell started on the line like everyone else because, she says, it is important to get a sense of what LP is doing. She then moved to the counter, then to shift lead, and after four years at LP, she was promoted to Store Manager about a month ago. She lives and works by this motto: “think of yourself as who you want to be, not what you are.” She added that “good leaders take as much work off of others and take it on [themselves].” 



Anell is more interested in learning how to run the business, unlike her brother Manny, who is interested in the food prep end of the business, but like her brother, she wants to help expand LP. She sees a lot of opportunities for growth, similar to Manny’s ideas, by adding breakfast and opening more Laughing Planets in the Truckee Meadows. Whatever gets thrown at her, she just wants to learn it and give it the best shot that she can, but she believes in taking things one step at a time. Even little things, like greeting customers, can get overlooked in the busy pace of a restaurant, but being fabulous with customers is a game-changer. She feels she is just doing her job when she is friendly with customers. 



She has excelled in her roles at LP because of her ability to remain objective. “There will always be situations when you deal with difficult people, so I’ve learned not to attach so much emotion but remain joyful. If you’re in the kitchen and someone is yelling at you, don’t take it personally.” She believes the same goes for customers. “Most customers are really great, but complainers need special attention. “Tim used to tell us that working at LP is not just about making each other’s days go well; it’s also about making the customer’s days better, and if someone is coming here and in a bad mood, imagine how you would feel if you could make their day better. You don’t pay bad for bad. Just be kind and be human, give people the benefit of the doubt.” 



She also feels that LP has benefited her family. She grew up on beans and rice and tortillas, which is all they could afford. Working at Beaujolais, she became familiar with the high end food business, but working at LP has helped her be more mindful of every aspect of how Americans access food. At first she thought “these people are crazy, where is the butter and salt,” but the more time she spent at LP, the more she understood the importance of the choices people have when they are putting food in their body. There is a way to eat healthy, smart and stay within a budget. 



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">“Even my mom has changed how she eats!”<cite>Anell D.</cite></blockquote>



Like her family members who work at LP, Anell believes that LP is an educational business.&nbsp; “We reach out to young people, and we use real and fresh ingredients.” Through Laughing Planet’s partnership with <a href="https://www.urgc.org/">Urban Roots</a>, public school children are being exposed to different kinds of fruits and vegetables.&nbsp; 



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Tim added that the kids menu goes way back. It’s all part of LP’s mindful thinking: “people have kids, people have families, our demographic is everybody.” And of course this philosophy goes back to the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061130073136/http://www.deuxgrosnez.com/">Deux Gros Nez</a>, a popular local restaurant in Reno in the 80s to mid-aughts, one of the inspirations for the Laughing Planet chain. “We are in the business of taking care of people, kids want to come in here, so we are family friendly.” 



Laughing Planet has the same familial support that she grew up with, so Anell feels a connection at work that is familiar. “It is amazing! I had not seen <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/five-star-manager-kelly-dominguez">Kelly</a> for five years. LP connected us, and I got to know her better through LP. Kelly pays attention to the tiniest details, like floor drains, she is detail-oriented, and she is super hard-working.” Anell loves working with family because they have her back, especially when things get difficult. 



Tim jumped in and added, “As soon as she opens her mouth, people realize they’re being taken care of, they’re talking to the right person.” Anell said that frequently people who come to LP don’t realize that she is the person in charge (because she is so young and looks even younger), but she doesn’t let that get to her. Tim chimed in again “I want to learn from you,” and then he turned to me “I’m taking notes; you should sit in meetings with her, she’s brilliant!” 



Anell’s favorite dish is the <a href="https://laughingplanet.com/menu/">Comfort Bowl</a>, but she says that isn’t something you want to eat every day, so what she really loves is modifying the food. Anyone who comes to Laughing Planet can modify menu items, and while there is a small charge for adding items, LP takes the price down if customers don’t want everything listed in any given menu item.&nbsp; 



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">&#8220;Be the best you can be as if every little thing mattered.&#8221;<cite>Anell D.</cite></blockquote>



What Anell values most is having the opportunity at LP to teach others, who, as she was once taught, and to take pride in everything she does in her career, whether it’s a prestigious assignment or mopping the floors. “Be the best you can be as if every little thing mattered. LP is a real nice change of pace. Other restaurants have workers who don’t seem to have the tools to communicate, but at LP, the employees do.” This approach, she says, is productive, but most of all, it is just loving and caring.

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She Is A Natural Leader, Laughing Planet Midtown Store Manager, Anell Dominguez

We&#8217;re excited to announce that we recently became a local business sponsor and partner of <a href="https://kwnkradio.org/">KWNK Community Radio</a>.



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">KWNK is a non-profit radio station that champions music and ideas through community-driven, non-commercial radio in Reno and beyond.</blockquote>



See also: <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/what-is-laughing-planet-about">What is Laughing Planet About: Our 3-Major Pillars</a>



<h3>Live Jazz Jams on the Radio &amp; Interwebs</h3>



Every other Wednesday this summer, straight out of our University location on 10th &amp; Virginia St., KWNK will be broadcasting Laughing Planet&#8217;s jazz jams live on 97.7FM + <a href="https://kwnkradio.org/">KWNKradio.org</a> 🎷📻🎺



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This is the second interview in an extended series highlighting some of the Laughing Planet staff who make it all happen, day in and day out. We chatted with Manny Dominguez, Kitchen Manager for both the Midtown and UNR locations on a busy Tuesday morning as he was prepping food for the following day and helping other staff prep for the day. Like <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/five-star-manager-kelly-dominguez">his cousin Kelly</a>, and <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/shes-a-natural-leader-laughing-planet-midtown-store-manager-anell-dominguez">his sister, Anell</a>, Manny is extremely passionate about being part of the LP team.



Manny was born and raised in humble beginnings in Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico. Slowly everyone in his family migrated to Reno; he isn’t sure why the family chose Reno, but the first family member came to Reno and everyone else just followed; he considers Reno his home. With dimples that radiate his smile, it’s easy to see why this affable, young entrepreneur is making his mark at LP, even though he claims he is not very social, preferring the back of the house, the kitchen, to the front of the house, the counter.



Manny gained experience in the food industry when he became a dishwasher for a local upscale restaurant at the urging of his older brother. At 15, Manny quickly graduated to prep cook, knowing then that he didn’t want to pursue higher education because he found his career in the food industry, and like his cousin <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/five-star-manager-kelly-dominguez">Kelly</a>, he believes he has learned far more from practical experience than he could in a classroom. Manny took this first job to help his family, often bringing his younger sister (who is the current Midtown Store Manager in Reno) to work with him, so she could do her homework while he prepped in the kitchen. This was more than just helping the family pay the bills though; he knew he wanted to cook. He has always loved cooking, so this first job definitely gave him the experience and education he needed, and after nine years at <a href="https://beaujolaisbistro.com/">Beaujolais</a>, he was ready to grow his career.



He started at Laughing Planet as one of the first staff members hired after a friend steered him toward the business. At first he didn’t feel challenged, so he took a position at <a href="http://www.adelesrestaurantandlounge.com/">Adele’s</a> in Carson City, but when he cut his hours at LP, he was offered the full time kitchen manager position at LP, so he quit Adele’s, and his LP career took off. He has been with Laughing Planet for five years now and has not regretted one minute.



He says that working for Laughing Planet has been life-changing on so many levels. Working in more traditional restaurant settings can be a bit abusive since kitchens are often understaffed and the dining room is usually overbooked. Manny says he appreciates the change at LP because “we are just all kind to each other.” 



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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">“I love how we care about the earth. We try to do good to the earth and to each other. There are so many things that Laughing Planet does well. I wish people would get to know us more as a company: we know where [all the food] comes from. If people would eat here more, they would be healthier. Fast food is serving chemicals. McNuggets do not feel like chicken. It’s important to know where your food comes from so you can make educated decisions about what you want to put in your body.”<cite>Manny D.</cite></blockquote>



Manny wants the community to know that all the LP protein is organic, and LP prices are affordable. He knows that LP buys the same quality food that other more expensive restaurants buy, but LP is not charging double the price for which other restaurants charge more for the same food. He prefers to find local, organic and affordable options, but this is not an easy job. Because the Truckee Meadows is still on the cusp of making local, organic and affordable food available to the masses, Manny became a member of the Advisory Board for <a href="https://www.dropp.coop/">DROPP</a>, (Distributors of Regional Organic Produce and Products, part of the Great Basin Community Food Co-op), which meets bi-annually, in an effort to fulfill this community goal.&nbsp; 



He is also purchasing about 100 pounds of kale a week from Lyndsey Langsdale, creator of <a href="https://www.renofoodsystems.org/">Reno Food Systems</a>. Manny works hard to make sure that the LP approach to food remains “simple and straightforward,” and gets “from the farm to your plate as quickly as possible, and in the least complicated way.” Manny works hard to make sure that there is “an abundance of clean, whole foods, tons of fresh veggies” that are sourced from local farmers.



Like <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/five-star-manager-kelly-dominguez">his cousin Kelly</a>, the manager of the UNR location, Manny wants not only to educate the community about healthy food choices but he also wants to educate his family. He says it is difficult because so many families have to eat what they have, which is often highly processed due to limited budgets; they don’t necessarily feel they have the economic means to eat healthier, but they can at LP. He sees it as part of his mission to help consumers understand that they can afford healthier choices. 



Manny is happy he works with family members and that his family comes to eat at LP regularly. “I love working with [my sister and cousin], and I’m glad that they run the cafes because I know the cafes are well taken care of. With <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/five-star-manager-kelly-dominguez">Kelly</a> and <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/shes-a-natural-leader-laughing-planet-midtown-store-manager-anell-dominguez">Anell</a> in charge, I have 100 percent peace of mind.”&nbsp; 



Manny has an ambitious outlook for LP in the Truckee Meadows. He would like to see more restaurants and a catering station: “I hope to see this company grow a lot more.” He would like to be district manager, but stay in the kitchen, because food is his thing. He says his real skill is problem-solving, but he can put himself in any busy, hot line and immediately determine how to make it more efficient. 



Manny loves the <a href="https://laughingplanet.com/menu/">Paleo Bowl</a>, but at first he “didn’t think you could make vegetables so good without butter.” Except for inventory day, during which he has to deal with 15 pages of reports, he loves everything about his job. “Hard work is what is needed; I love where I am.”

Kitchen Manager Extraordinaire: Manny Dominguez

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<img data-attachment-id="373" data-permalink="https://laughingplanetcafereno.wordpress.com/img_1636/" data-orig-file="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_1636.jpg" data-orig-size="192,256" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1560355966&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="img_1636" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_1636.jpg?w=192" data-large-file="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_1636.jpg?w=192" class="wp-image-373" style="width:150px;float:left;margin-right:6px;" src="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_1636.jpg" alt=""> This is the first of a three-part series highlighting some of the the Laughing Planet staff who make it all happen, day in and day out. We kick this off with Kelly Dominguez who manages the UNR LP. We chatted with Kelly on a Wednesday afternoon, in between peak ordering hours, to get to know more about why she is so passionate about LP, especially since her life course drastically changed after becoming part of the LP team.



Born and raised in Reno, but hailing from Veracruz, Mexico, her mother immigrated to the U.S. when Kelly was two. Kelly grew up with strong hispanic familial roots, and as an only child she was primed to be curious, so after graduating from high school in 2013, she went to UNR to study nutrition. Her eating habits as a teenager had consisted of all the junk food groups, chips, candy and processed foods, so when she started eating a more plant-based diet, she learned about LP and became hooked on good, healthy food that was also affordable. 



Kelly has been working at LP for four years now. She started as a line cook, but was distracted by her classes at UNR, which did not feel relevant or pertinent at the time, especially when her professors contradicted what they were saying about nutrition and food policy. It didn&#8217;t take long for Kelly to realize there was a big disconnect between what she was supposed to be learning in college and the real world she was experiencing at LP.



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Kelly grew bored of just being a line cook. Naturally inquisitive and industrious, she decided to take on more responsibility and work harder so that she could learn every aspect of the LP business. This is when she began to see herself as a potential manager, especially after realizing that composting was necessary for the volume of greens going through the restaurant, and LP also needed a more sustainable recycling program. She told us she could not have done this without <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/meet-the-team">Tim Healion</a> as he was her guide for all of her ideas, but what she was most impressed with is that the company wanted to hear her ideas and wanted to use them. Working on this team and feeling valued is one of the main reasons she would not work anywhere but LP.



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">&#8220;It doesn’t even feel like you&#8217;re working; it feels like living your life.&#8221;<cite>Kelly D.</cite></blockquote>



It did not take long for Kelly to connect with Lyndsey Langsdale, creator of <a href="https://www.renofoodsystems.org/about_us">Reno Food Systems</a> located on Mayberry Drive. Not only was this a community connection, but it also provided opportunities for bringing more local vegetables into the restaurant. As Kelly gained greater awareness of the business and realized that the LP community was committed to lowering their global footprint, she became less motivated by the traditional college experience and more passionate about living and learning on the Laughing Planet, which she feels is more than a restaurant; it is an educational hub. Sustainability is paramount for Kelly and for LP, and Kelly says this could not be possible without community partnerships.



Kelly&#8217;s interests in healthy, delicious food has roots in her own family, including <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/manny-dominguez">two</a> <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/shes-a-natural-leader-laughing-planet-midtown-store-manager-anell-dominguez">cousins</a> who also work for LP. Her early schooling, which she felt was not only inconsistent, but lacking in basic, real-world information. Growing up in a hispanic family in which her mother always made her eat her veggies, she was familiar with the hispanic tradition of prepping more veggies than the average American, so she was surprised that so few local restaurants were doing what she thought was just smart and healthy. The abundance of cheap and fast food in the U.S. was doing little to promote healthy lifestyles; Kelly believes that the medical system is in league with this unhealthy system, using fake food to keep people sick rather than promoting healthy food to maintain health. She also didn&#8217;t understand the overwhelming portion sizes, but at LP she found that there were more vegetables served and portion sizes were more about satisfaction rather than over-indulgence.



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">&#8220;The abundance of cheap and fast food in the U.S. was doing little to promote healthy lifestyles&#8221;<cite>Kelly D.</cite></blockquote>



 <img data-attachment-id="377" data-permalink="https://laughingplanetcafereno.wordpress.com/2019/06/15/five-star-manager-kelly-dominguez/img_1631/" data-orig-file="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_1631-e1560526399111.jpg" data-orig-size="122,207" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_1631" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_1631-e1560526399111.jpg?w=122" data-large-file="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_1631-e1560526399111.jpg?w=122" class="wp-image-377" style="width:122px;float:right;margin-left:6px;" src="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_1631-e1560526399111.jpg" alt="">Kelly&#8217;s favorite indulgence is all LP food, but if she had to pick one it would be the <a href="https://laughingplanet.com/menu/">Bollywood Bowl</a> subbed with the Thai Peanut Sauce, and the employees. She says the best part is working in a place where everyone is supported, loves each other, works collaboratively to share really good ideas, works beyond the bare minimum expected to create positive and sustainable change and growth rather than just getting by. Kelly exuberantly claims that everyone she works with is inspiring: &#8220;it doesn’t even feel like you&#8217;re working; it feels like living your life.&#8221; Kelly loves that LP has<a href="/post/gas-is-so-yesterday-hop-on-the-ev"> zero gas emissions</a> as a result of the Northern Nevada food distribution system within LP restaurants she helped create, but even with all of LP&#8217;s successes, she appreciates that there is still and always room for change beyond what she has seen in the four years she has been with LP.



In addition, she believes that LP &#8220;killed it&#8221; by creating a menu that accommodates many lifestyles but doesn’t charge more for those menu options. LP cuisine brings together a range of people from different backgrounds and economic status, more so than you might find at a traditionally organized restaurant, primarily because it is so delicious and affordable.



Kelly would like to take everything she has learned at LP and bridge it with physical health because she believes that a healthy diet and physical fitness go hand in hand. Because she is inspired by her experience at LP, once she has hammered down food health, she wants to become a pilates instructor. She hopes that as she continues to be the change at LP, she can help create new learning systems that help her community experience nutrition and art in real and meaningful ways, especially at an early age so people don&#8217;t have to wait until they go to college or get a job to learn about the healthiest ways to earn a living while living one&#8217;s dreams.

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Join Us! You&#8217;re invited to Laughing Planet Midtown&#8217;s 5-year anniversary party.



<ul><li>Saturday, June 15th, 2019</li><li>4p.m. &#8211; 9p.m.</li><li>Midtown Reno Location, 650 Tahoe St, Reno, NV (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Reno,+NV,+Reno,+NV/laughing+planet+reno/@39.5247861,-119.8185506,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x80994736816cd413:0xc97d489c818c3754!2m2!1d-119.8152271!2d39.5309809!1m5!1m1!1s0x809940b78dc75581:0x611f23cfc62af2e7!2m2!1d-119.810276!2d39.518468">Directions</a>)</li><li>with live music, hands-on activities for kids, bike valet parking, and</li><li>15% of party sales will go toward the effort to change&nbsp;the way children eat and learn&nbsp;through garden-based education through our friends at: <a href="https://www.urgc.org/">Urban Roots Garden Classrooms</a></li><li>Also, we have an hour slot around the 4/5:30 p.m. open to young, local musicians. If you like to jam or know of a band that would like to play live music for a bit, we&#8217;d love to hear from you &#8211;&nbsp;<a href="mailto:Tim@laughingplanet.com?subject=5-year celebration: live music">contact Tim</a>.</li></ul>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">Laughing Planet is a restaurant Urban Roots is proud to promote to our FARMily. With their local ingredients, nutrient-packed menu options, and family-friendly venues, their offerings align perfectly with our advocacy for healthy living. We’re teaching kids where produce comes from and how to grow it; Laughing Planet takes it to the next level by offering delicious culinary creations sure to get kids excited to eat their fruits and veggies. We’re so grateful to count Laughing Planet as a partner in education: together, we’re growing healthy minds and bodies in Washoe County! &#8211; <a href="https://www.urgc.org/team">Fayth Ross, URGC</a></blockquote>



Check out our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1928049620628948/">Facebook event page</a> for on-going updates. <a href="https://laughingplanetcafereno.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/midtown5yr-handbill.png">Download our poster here!</a>



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5-Year Anniversary Party!

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<h3>Semester End Jazz Recitals</h3>
Finally come get your groove on with the semester end jazz recitals May 10th, free admission and all humans welcome. Let’s jam!
<h3>Thought on Tap</h3>
<a href="http://www.thoughtontap.com/">Thought on Tap</a> will be finishing up the semester on May 9th at 5:30 pm with the topic of  “The Role of the Humanities in the Sciences and New Technology.” The discussion will be facilitated by Carlos Mariscal and feature a panel of experts who will discuss the role of the humanities in artificial intelligence, genetics, robotics, and other new technologies.
<h3>$3 Finals Support Burrito</h3>
Come on in and grab some final support! The Finals Support burrito consists of smart black beans, steamed spinach, brown rice, cheddar cheese and pico del gallo. These ingredients offer healthy brain food needed to pass finals. The whole idea behind the Finals Support burrito is to support students on their finals and supply them with affordable brain food&#8230;and they are only $3, you’re welcome! Get them while they are hot, May 8th &#8211; 15th.
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Burritos

Final Exams

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School Finals

local food

Let’s finish the semester off strong!

At Laughing Planet we have three major pillars: sustainability, community, and health and wellness. We work on sustainability to keep Earth in shape, community to make Earth a better place, and health and wellness to keep this wonderful planet, with all of its vibrant life, healthy! 



<h3>Sustainability</h3>



We want to keep our planet in the best shape we can, so naturally we care about sustaining Earth. For starters, we have a free electric charging station for vehicles at our Midtown location so you can charge while you dine. <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/gas-is-so-yesterday-hop-on-the-ev">We also drive an electric van</a> to transport ingredients to our University location and to make compost runs. The less gas we use sourcing our food the less we are contributing to climate change, minimizing our collective carbon footprint. We start our sourcing local, then regional or as far as Tim, our Brand and Community Engagement Manager, can ride a bike in one day (which is really far). We work with programs like the Distributors of Regional, Organic, Produce and Products (DROPP) which helps regional farmers sell their products to restaurants and people so they can focus on growing the tastiest ingredients around. By helping this program, we are helping farmers understand what products to grow and how to sell them. We also do fundraisers to support the community. One example is Urban Roots, an organization that educates kids in elementary and middle school how to grow food and garden. Urban Roots is all about “teaching kids that food does not come from a grocery store.” 



<h3>Community</h3>



To us, community means bringing the whole world together, gross human engagement. We have involved ourselves in multiple projects and charity events to help the community grow and prosper. Some ways we accomplish this are hosting jazz nights, Thought on Tap, and feeding sports teams at the University. We host jazz nights every Wednesday so students have a place to perform in front of an audience. Our tip jar from jazz night goes to fund professional musicians to come play and perform with students. We host the women’s volleyball and soccer teams at UNR for pregame meals. We love hosting the Humanities Department at UNR so they can engage with us about important hot button topics in the world. 



<h3>Health and Wellness</h3>



Finally, we are passionate about health. Healthy food fuels healthy people which inspires healthy thinking which encourages a healthy planet. That is what we are about. We want people to make healthy choices and nourish their bodies so they can contribute something wonderful to this planet. We only source the best ingredients to provide the best food at a fair price for our customers, friends and lovely humans!

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What is Laughing Planet about?

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Hi there!



We are the Community Engagement, Outreach and Marketing Team for Laughing Planet Reno. We are the faces and the minds behind the posts you see, blogs you read, and events you attend. We wanted to introduce ourselves, hoping that if you see us you’ll do the same. Our team is made up of four people: Anna, Hannah Tim and Manny.



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Laughing Planet Reno&#8217;s Community Engagement, Outreach and Marketing Team (from left-to-right): Manny, Hannah, Annah (Lipp) and Tim



<h3>Anna</h3>



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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">“Laughing Planet has always been a home to me and the people who work here and visit here have become family. I never stopped saying ‘we’ when I would refer to Laughing Planet, even after I was working elsewhere. Once you join the LP family, you never really leave.” — Anna</blockquote>



<h3>Hannah</h3>



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Hannah discovered Laughing Planet three years ago, and has been obsessed ever since. Laughing Planet offered her the chance to eat delicious healthy food while making an impact on the world. By eating here, she is leaving a smaller carbon footprint because Laughing Planet using locally sourced ingredients. I am also supporting a restaurant that supports the community. 



Laughing Planet is a hub for jazz students to showcase their work, a place where brave voices speak their truth, a hang out for intellectual conversations, a restaurant that donates food for the greater good and a company dedicated to changing the world through food and love. 



<h3>Tim</h3>



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Tim has advocated for health and well being from local community to the state legislature. He has promoted and managed local, regional, national and international events. In particular, the Mighty Tour de Nez Celebration of Cycling, which under his reign, became a top 5 multi day bicycle race on the national calendar and experienced international television coverage.



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">“I’m currently interested in what we can do to support the community by doing a good job at the restaurant.” He is currently on a kick of how is what the Laughing Planet doing saving the planet. A lot of that has to do with getting the wonderful attributes of the University of Nevada more known in the local community. — Tim</blockquote>



<h3>Manny</h3>



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His aspirations and experiences are not positional: they are experiences that he carries forward to the next opportunity to contribute to meaningful work and relationships by doing intentional work that inherently have an impact on the lives around him, directly and indirectly. He is conscious about what and where he places his focus on for&nbsp; maximizing his contributions toward helping solve real-world problems.



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">“I am proud and excited to be a part of the Laughing Planet Community Engagement, Outreach and Marketing Initiative with other wonderful people. We&#8217;re focused on helping connect the vision and practice of Laughing Planet&#8217;s triple-bottom-line business model in amplifying the lives and efforts of Northern Nevada&#8217;s communities through music, education, sustainable food practices, and, of course, laughter.” — Manny</blockquote>



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Tim, Hannah and Anna (Lipp) with the <a href="https://kwnkradio.org/">KWNK</a> team discussing partnership and collaboration opportunities. Photo by Manny Becerra.

Collaboration

Meet the Team!

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Happy Earth Day! We, here, at Laughing Planet want to save the planet. We try to find little things we can do as a business to protect our lovely environment. One of the many things we do to protect the environment is use an electric van instead of a traditional combustible vehicle to bring food and supplies from our commissary team up to the University location. We also do a once a week haul of our collected compost out to the <a href="https://www.renofoodsystems.org/">Reno Food Systems Farm</a> in the EV. 
Our EV is built on a normal gasoline powered 1991 GMC one ton rated van. It’s kind of a dinosaur in the EV world. It transformed into an electric vehicle about 18 years ago through the Physics department at the University of Nevada. It now has a 2200 pound battery pack of NiCad batteries. They use an alkaline electrolyte known as Potassium Hydroxide or KOH.
The best part is we don’t buy any gas, take the time at the pumping station, change the oil, or get smog checks. The maintenance is minimal. We do not emit any greenhouse gasses when driving. We just plug it in at our charging station at our Midtown location! 
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Come check out our EV and charging station at <a href="https://laughingplanet.com/locations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Laughing Planet Midtown.</a>
The charging station is provided free-of-charge to our customers while dining in our restaurant.

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Gas is so yesterday, hop on the EV!

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The Reno Jazz Festival is right around corner and we are hosting the official Afterjam party! If you thought last year’s afterjam was great just wait until you see what is in store this year. Join us Friday April, 26th at 10pm for delicious food, good music and great company. 
All are welcome and encouraged to attend this music filled event. We are staying open until 1am for all our afterjammers! Can’t wait to jam out with all of you, see you Friday night! 
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Jam with us at Afterjam!

Thought on Tap is Thursday, April 11 at 5:30p.m. Thought on Tap is a gathering of super cool smart people from the Humanities Department at UNR talking about hot button topics. Don’t be afraid to jump into the conversation! This is an open discussion. 
This month we are discussing shaping migration and refugee initiatives. What is role of the humanities in shaping immigration and refugee initiatives? How does the process of migration shape the identity of migrants and refugees? How do the humanities help us to understand some of the causes of mass migration?
Laughing Planet is all about changing the world, which is why we partnered with Thought on Tap. Stop by for some light snacks and intriguing conversation. We guarantee you will learn something new! 
Learn more at <a href="http://www.thoughtontap.com">www.thoughtontap.com</a>
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Hey smarty pants!

National Burrito Day AKA the best day ever is April 4th! Laughing Planet is known for the best burritos in the galaxy so what better way to celebrate then $2 bean and cheese burritos all day long?! 
Make it a full meal and order our favorite zappetizer, house made chips and salsa for $2. Okay wait so you can get an out of this galaxy burrito AND chips and salsa for only $4? Yes, yes you can.

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National Burrito Day!

Did you miss us? We thought so.. we decided to bring our blog back! Laughing Planet Reno is ready to <a href="https://reno.laughingplanet.blog/post/what-is-laughing-planet-about">change the world</a> one healthy meal at a time. Healthy food fuels a healthy world. And who doesn’t want to change the world? Here we do it one burrito at a time, whether it be donating food to underprivileged children, sports teams or sponsoring charity events, we are more than just your local restaurant.



We have been working on some fun events like jazz night, Thought on Tap, poetry nights and concerts! Here, you can find all the latest info on events, weekly specials and what Laughing Planet is up too. Come swing by!

Good for the world. Better for your body.

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Good for the world. Better for your body.

Reno Blog

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Current LP Events

October ’19 Happenings

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About

From Insta-land

Locations

University

Midtown