An excellent addition. Not a CU student but I worked as a Life Safety Officer/Public Safety & Risk Management for 35 years at Cornell. Wonderful memories for sure! . The Connection was a favorite happy hour hangout. We were five Swedes that studied at the same time in the mid-80s. This was 1967-71. Needless to say he was shocked I was still there waiting. That Stewart Avenue watering hole had opened in the late 1920s; it segued into the Chapter House in the 1960sweathering a 1980s stint as an ice cream parlor before reemerging as a popular hangout that eventually offered 49 beers on tap as well as house-made sodas, games, live music, and popcorn. I learned what Texas Toast was there. Their plan was to bring an A&W to Collegtown but when we stripped out all the layers inside and found the lovely chestnut woodwork, pressed tin ceiling and penny round tile floor of the original ice cream parlor they wanted to restore it. I, during those seven years on the hill had very little spare cash. Search. There was a Vietnamese restaurant too, best beef cubes rice. As I recall it, a decent dinner for $1.99. Hope someone can clarify this. The far far was also known as the way out and the food truck near Risley was the wonderful Louies Lunch! There are so many great comments here making me nostalgic for my reunion coming up this June where our son, Ezra (5), will be getting his first memorable Ithaca experience! Real Decadence Molly and David Basak-Smith (left) describe their style as "elegant, but not pretentious." Otherwise, I bought Chinese foodstuffs at a tiny little Asian food store past the top of Buffalo St. and made my own noodle dishes. What poor PhD candidates dreams are made of. . I was floored! Its seems very cavernous and big city-ish and impersonal. (2) Cabbagetown: Cornbread and huevos rancheros. Her only plan is to survive, but as she looks for work, she finds a kindred sense of belonging at Cafe Decadence, the local coffee shop. Unique gifts for all occasions! Yes, Pops! It was made with apples, grapes, kiwi, melon, berries, and maybe some other fruit, topped with plain yogurt, drizzled in honey, and sprinkled with walnuts," Rubinstein recalls. My favorite in all of Ithaca was the Rosebud diner downtown. I think that the fact that we werent talking about all of those things lent itself to people wishing April could be nicer. 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Visa & Mastercard Accepted - No Admission Fee - PH 7 1 7-786-8487 f I X, ft - 1 II- m Evnlnn: 7:25.9:45 SaturdaySunday Matlnwi: 1:25.1:45 CMnnt, with 2 IK 5TEBE04I Evening;: 7:00,9:35 SaturdaySunday Matlnw: 1:00, 3:3$ B Whit Stillman's arcdona QiliLi- PG-3&. RBC mush garden no grease from the Hot Truck Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. And I still have my very beat-up copy of Wings of Life from the Cabbagetown Cafe. Before Collegetown Bagels took the iconic corner spot at College and Oak avenues, Olivers deli resided there from 198094. While some alums note its corned beef, pastrami, and slices of cheesecake priced at 10 cents per ounce, Beth Anderson 80 calls it the place to go for coffee, a sandwich, ice cream, or any type of comfort food.. Review. Between Pops and Olivers there was Muggsys. I actually worked the grill part time for tuition money for the Hotel School! But for food Hurry on down to Hardees, baby, where the burgers are charcoal broiled. I was at Cornell in the late 1980s, and other than Collegetown Bagels and Louis Lunch Truck, my favorite restaurant was Sas Place, where I usually got a delicious calzone. As a result you the place was was Mobbed from nine in the morning till late at night. ), Rulloffs was my date restaurant, notes Matt Van Ryn 82. Claimed. I would fast all day and enjoy three large red sauce covered steaming hot bowls. I had this overwhelming feeling of Ithaca as where I started. and the rest is history. Sadly, a few years after graduation I returned to Ithaca and saw that the restaurant had closed! Tully burgers at Bills on College Ave,Sunday night steak dinner at Zincks,late night burgers at State St Diner and great Italian meals at Joes downtown. People and places were intertwined with April a girl from a small town and from a time before the internet in a way that is no longer possible for us. Miss it all! There used to be a B. Kliban cartoon, Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head. Those were the sandwiches at the Chariot., Nicole Neroulias Gupte 01 remembers the legendary corn nuggets. I was waiting to see if anyone mentioned Steak A Roma I worked there the last couple of months it was in existence as cashier/busboy and Texas Toast maker. This allowed me to head up in the dead of winter without a jacket and not have to worry about losing it. My wife and I mourn its passing. There's a second Cafe Decadence in downtown Ithaca. It has a classy, contemporary look with a long wall of exposed brick, a polished hardwood floor and booths with thick, oak table tops. Born in Berkeley, bred in Ithaca, Cafe Decadence is imported to Brighton David Basak-Smith was sitting in a trendy cafe in Berkeley reading a dermatology text one summer day half a dozen years ago. (716) 461-4750. But I also remember DANCING there (to David Bowie and the like). A Mk fc. Le Cafe Cent-Dix. Seems kinda sad that Collegetown looks so fancy now. I remember Purity Ice Cream and I think it was the Taconic Inn for big splurge dining. I couldnt believe my luck that I could get a fresh toasted bagel with cream cheese. It was a cafe inside a church. Share. A monster sandwich which was very filling and delicious. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. Yes, the New England clam chowder was a little peppery, as I recall. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. The 9s had an actual fire engine inside in the mid 70s. Downright folksy, as I recall. The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she . Although it wasnt in Collegetown, Andrews Confectionary, not far from the old Strand Theater, was a place I walked to weekly for a few chocolate covered wintergreen patties. Collegetown Bagels 287 reviews Closed Now Quick Bites, American $ "Such a Treat!" "Skip the lacklustre hotel breakfast" 2. That proved to be true. But the new shop is a transformation. On the Commons: The Common Ground. Still do. Once your comment is approved, your email address will not be published. I havent thought of the Exxer for decades! var w=window;w.googletag=w.googletag||{cmd:[]},googletag.cmd.push(function(){var e=googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([800,600],[728,90]).addSize([320,480],[320,50]).build();googletag.defineSlot("/100557188/ca-pub-2224625513254808-tag/cornellsun",[[728,90],[320,50]],"cornellsun_728x90_320x50").defineSizeMapping(e).addService(googletag.pubads()),googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(),googletag.enableServices(),googletag.display("cornellsun_728x90_320x50")}); BookTok Brings Renewed Fame to Colleen Hoovers It Ends With Us, Refugeography: A Reading With Slam Poet Bao Phi. I was a Hotelie and taking Advertising classes in the Ag School. This is my Business. Free popcorn made it so. The winning subs for about 8 weeks went onto our new permanent specialty Sub Menu ( 8 new sandwiches including the Tuna Moon, X-er, D MC D, Hot Cosmos and a few others. The People We Keep takes place in the 1990s, a time when peoples lives were not as easily accessible via social media and long-distance relationships were not as easy to maintain. Reflections of a Cornellian: Last call at the Palms! Shout out to John Browns Body and Kevin Kinsella best concert I ever saw there. Are they the ones who had The Steakburger? I remember dancing on the bar at The Nines the night they closed in winter of 78-79. It was a great cheap night out. And lastly: The Chapter House celebrating after our womens lacrosse NY state tournament win with beer and singing along with jukebox fave We are the Champions at maximum volume (we may also have danced on the tables). The place got closed down for a week by the Health Dept. I came to Ithaca in 77. Olivers, my favorite place to meet friends for cheap beer and conversation whose topics could run from Paradise Lost to Meet the Ramones was long gone, but Ruloffs, the Palms, the Nines, and the Chapter House were still around, and Stellas, though too recent to be a memory of my student years, became my new favorite place to kill an hour or so with a coffee or coffee-like beverage. I never visited the Vet campus but chose it as a recipient of my philanthropy. If you ate the Athenian Chicken and survived, all credit to your digestive tract! Even before the sign went up, Cafe Decadence was packing in the customers. Their Exxer sub was crave-worthy, I think its still the best sub I ever had. For example, as Anbinder notes, when Student Agencies (the buildings owner) announced plans to demolish the Chacona Blockprompting CTBs movemany who objected were unaware of the venerable bagel shops history: it has been operating in Collegetown since 1976, originally residing in a different storefront in the same building. I still have a couple t-shirts from there, including the very first one they sold (although none of them still fit). As recent grad Reed Rosenberg 20 observes: I think the appeal of Collegetown, upon reflection, is that it encapsulates what most people are nostalgic about when they think about their college years: its a close-knit, walkable community where you can see your friends easily and frequently.. In recent decades, Cornellians started hanging out in apartments before heading out for a short stretch right before last call, which became known as Palms oclock., For Lucrezia Herman 76, one of its salient features was the stickiness of its tables: I once made the mistake of putting a paperback on a table there, leaning my elbow on it for an hour or so and then tearing part of the back cover off when I tried to pick it up!. !, What can I say? The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more . Hopefully a few new bars will come in to take the place of these legendary ones! Fond memories of my calculus professor taking the whole lecture class to the 9s for green beer on St. Patricks day in the early am. Each generation of students and alumni has its own view of what the timeless icons areand in many cases, theyre pretty narrowly focused, says Mark Anbinder 89, a second-generation alum who has been covering the Ithaca food scene for decades for 14850 Magazine and 14850.com and via a regular weekly segment on WVBR. I think the specialty was apple turnovers, open almost all night but I cant remember the name. In the end, that was what struck me most about this novel The People We Keep explores the vulnerability of opening up, whether through your art or your relationships with others, and it uses a familiar location to do so. (1974-2009) Besides patronizing most all of the aforementioned eating establishments in college town, lets not forget the iconic Louies Lunch Wagon housed on the corner of Thurston Ave across from Risley Hall. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. In the 60s the Boxcar offered free green beer on St. Patricks day beginning at 8:30 am for an hour. Loved the place, a real dive. Dunbars was also a favorite for Michelle Giuffrida Cannon 90, who reminisces that Wednesday night was Group Therapy$6 for a pitcher of beer and some kamikaze shots. And as Meg Feury Ragland 94 recalls, Back in our undergrad days, Pete Shephard 94 and I used to meet for beers at Dunbars on St. Patricks Day, along with probably a few hundred of you.. Fridays after biochem seminar we got drunk at Chapter house. Janelle Teng 11 calls CTB the classic, the stalwart. At first, Aprils personality received pushback from editors, who often requested for April to be nicer and more of a normal teenager. In allowing for the final freedom to characterize April in a more unconventional way, Larkin credits the rise of the Me Too Movement and a wider discussion about the public roles of women. I returned to campus in 1986 to attend grad school. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. On Sunday evening they would serve spaghetti dinners, all you can eat for $1. I went regularly for lunch with friends and co-workers, says Herman, adding that she still uses one of Jordans cookbooks. Alternatively, you may use, So many choices you have to visit more, Homey cafe with a good variety of basics, Good place to take a break and sit with, I could definitely spend some time here, Neighborhood Cafe with the Best Fish Fry, Well executed European Bistro in Ithaca, Best Breakfast Sandwich Ive Ever Had!! The North 40. And the third opened in Brighton's Twelve Corners on Aug. 5. We also used to hit Caf Decadence, next door to Aladdins, which was co-owned by one of my fellow nutrition grad students. The most expensive dish was a great boneless strip steak and fries, both covered with a Greek lemon sauce, for $2.22., The Ithaca franchise of this Rochester-based chain helped popularize spiedies in Ithaca in the 1970s. Her only plan is to survive, but as she looks for work, she finds a kindred sense of belonging at Cafe Decadence, the local coffee shop. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Morries was a famous part of Cornells history. Eddy St, just outside the gate. I was more of a Connection person as an undergrad. Does anyone remember the Uni Deli jingle set to the tune of Comin Through the Rye? var corner_video = 'left'; Did it serve food? So the 1980 date in the article is off by a bit. In business for 36 years until its closure in 2015, Dunbarswith its accumulated graffiti, framed jerseys, and the famous Lynah Rink cowbellwas a formative and memorable spot for many. :.i.,SV.lliiWi'i"i milium miimiiim J1..1J11 in .1 j REED HOFFMANN stiff photographer who does all the recipe development, is keeping track of operations in Ithaca. It was probably worth it. There was a Korean restaurant, Cayuga, that opened up while I went to school there, with the spiciest beef soup and by there an Indian small market where we would get bidis to smoke. We would wait in line to get in on a Saturday night, literally wall to wall people. It was dark in there. Combine with recent large construction projects, it will be very interesting to see how a somewhat new collegetowns identity grows and shifts over the coming years. 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