Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. And Dont forget the Pine Tavern. Caf Owner and Kitchen Manager, Cafe Decadence, Ithaca, New York December 1987 to May 1990 Laboratory Technician,Department of Food Science, Cornell University June 1986 to January 1987 Teaching Assistant, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University Fall 1985 to Spring 1986 The opening of the brewpub (owned by Ithaca Beer founders Dan Mitchell 00 and Mari Rutz Mitchell 98, MS 03) is just the latest major change to the neighborhood where so many Cornellians live, eat, drink, and socialize. Drivers on Eddy Street, listening to the game on their radios, would throw their cars into park, jump out, run into Dunbars with a quarter, and down a quick shot before getting back in the car and driving away. How is The Club House not on this list? There was a Vietnamese restaurant too, best beef cubes rice. In its adjacent, dark-paneled caf, coffee drinks and pastries were plentiful. They also had incredibly good cottage cheese. We also used to hit Caf Decadence, next door to Aladdins, which was co-owned by one of my fellow nutrition grad students. I was a Hotelie and taking Advertising classes in the Ag School. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. Things felt more final and permanent when you said goodbye to somebody, Larkin said. I wish I had kept a list of its ingredients! Another great Collegetown jukebox! I think the combination of these was about half of my meals from 83 to 86. 14614, or call her at (716) 258-2417. I left Chef Italia to get my MPS at the Hotel School. My sister Karen was two years ahead of me at Cornell and she and her friends introduced me to the Palms. I have made the cashew chili many times. It's an understatement to say that their schedules are very full; David says having good managers in the cafes is crucial. When she "borrows" her neighbor's car to perform at an open . 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.. I want one NOW. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. 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. The weekly sandwiches were advertised on WVBR Radio and the creators names were mentioned as well as receiving free King Submarine sandwiches for a week . Later, I always chuckled seeing the subway tile floor in the north side of Chef Italia. The Unmuzzled Ox. But please feel free to add your memories to the comments below! I graduated in 1964. And downtown, Dos Amigos for the best melon margaritas and chimichangas. Shout out to John Browns Body and Kevin Kinsella best concert I ever saw there. The best hot subs ever. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Came to be known as Fake Aroma. A regular stop for Sunday night dinner when dining was closed at Alpha Delta Phi. Cherished memories! CAFE DECADENCE trademark information | BizStanding. Known as Cosmos, the establishment was everyones intro to Greek food, says Curreri. We were five Swedes that studied at the same time in the mid-80s. "So simple.. "Elegant, but not pretentious," is the way the owners describe the concept. 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. Otherwise, I bought Chinese foodstuffs at a tiny little Asian food store past the top of Buffalo St. and made my own noodle dishes. Downright folksy, as I recall. That little store introduced me to sambal olek, which more than satisfied a New Mexicans craving for a little more in his meals. The proprietress at Sas somehow always remembered that I wanted an Xer. The loss of the Chariot was like the loss of a good friend. This was one of the first places we took our son when he came to campus as a 2 month old in 2017 for my husbands reunion and it meant so much to us his middle name was ALMOST Ruloff but we thought it a little sadistic to name him after a serial killer in the end. An excellent addition. The campus was magical during my tenure. Ah, The Chariot. I loved playing the pinball machines in the laundromat for just 10 cents a game while doing my laundry. The Exxer and the Tuna Moon were my favorites. Which, BTW, are not as good as the hot truck originals. Cornell undergraduate students spend four of our most formative years in Ithaca. Free popcorn made it so. I could go on and on! Still hang with those friends. Collegetown seems so slick now; in fact most of Ithaca does. 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. Ithaca is the backdrop for some of our most important developments: it is where we set the academic and professional foundations for the rest of our careers, and where we form some of the longest lasting and most impactful relationships and friendships of our lives. Like Larkin, April is a creative person: a songwriter who channels her experiences into her art. My wife and I mourn its passing. You hit the nail on the head Victor. The closure of Ruloffs, the demolition of the Chacona block and its replacement with the hideous Student Agencies Building was just the last straw. Owner: Cafe Decadence, Inc 114 Dryden Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. 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. Closed now : See all hours. Married now for 25 years with two great kids. As major construction continues to change the face of Collegetown, Cornellians asked alumni to share their memories of the neighborhoods restaurants and watering holes. OBriens (Obies?) It's one of Ithaca's best-kept secrets. Much of the interview between Allison and I was spent comparing notes on our differing experiences of attending college in Ithaca. The offerings include muffins, scones, bagels and fancy desserts plus Belgian waffles and specialty sandwiches. Loved the place, a real dive. Endless salty popcorn from the Connection Edition of Democrat and Chronicle. I lived on Williams St., so after closing time at the Chapter House it was up the hill to Eddy St. for an Exxer sub and then back down the hill to my apartment. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. Sinbads was my first experience with getting a late night slice after going out! 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. The best! People pass in and out of Aprils life as she moves around, making the hellos and goodbyes more emotional and fraught. That proved to be true. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Did it serve food? What memories! Plus Plum Tree, still hanging tough on Dryden Road. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a late-night snack. 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. Review. I forgot about Steak-a-Roma! Heidi Kunsman (right) is the manager of their place at Twelve Corners in Brighton. Thats what was there when I first came to Ithaca in 1972. var site_id = 4609; Reading one of Ms. Colleen Hoovers books is basically a rite of passage for contemporary romance readers, so I suggest you pick this one up if you havent! In 1995, Cafe Decadence was a real coffee shop in Ithaca Commons, and the city itself was much smaller. Laura Tocco Mariani 99 recalls meeting her now-husband, Matt Mariani 97, there. Matt offered to buy me a beverage and the rest is history, she says, adding that they named their border collie after the bar. The Vietnam restaurant on Dryden Road was my go-to place for cheap and cheerful chow. So, whenever Jackson struck out, we would run downstairs, quarters in hand, slam them on the bar and down shots. I would fast all day and enjoy three large red sauce covered steaming hot bowls. Also much excitement when a Wendys opened there. And one of the bartenders was a former microbiology lab partner. In business for just over seven decades before closing in 2012, the Palms was one of Collegetowns most enduring bars. I initiated a customer menu write-in promotion for extremely great Sub sandwich creations. (https://cornellsun.com/2021/07/29/the-people-we-keep-and-discovering-yourself-in-ithaca/). The roast beef coming through the rye. Real Decadence Molly and David Basak-Smith (left) describe their style as "elegant, but not pretentious." And the third opened in Brighton's Twelve Corners on Aug. 5. Ah, the Chariot! In February, Ithaca Beer Company opened its new brewpub on College Avenuefeaturing modern dcor, a patio for outdoor dining, and a menu that showcases its libations and locally sourced ingredients. Larkin described that so many of the people I am in contact with on a daily basis she had met during her time in Ithaca, such as her voice teacher and her dorm mates. H. Fisk Johnson 79, MEng 80, MS 82, MBA 84, PhD 86, remembers this family-style Greek and Italian stalwart so fondly that he gave the eateryand its now-retired owner, Peter Papachryssanthoua shout-out during the 2017 celebration of the gift that created the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. I remember when you had to ask where Duffys was! When I returned to Ithaca in 2011, I was surprised at how much had survived from the Eighties. 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Those were the sandwiches at the Chariot., Nicole Neroulias Gupte 01 remembers the legendary corn nuggets. 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. The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she . Wow so many memories. Yes, Pops! I highly recommend the large Greek salad with extra feta. Unique gifts for all occasions! The novel chronicles Aprils journey to and from Ithaca and her struggle to understand the concept of home. "We've been discovered," says David. Davia Weinberg Love, Hum Ec 73. THE 10 BEST Cafs in Ithaca (Updated 2023) - Tripadvisor United States New York (NY) Finger Lakes Ithaca Ithaca Restaurants Cafs in Ithaca View map Sort by: Highest Rating 1. 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. Indeed, Steak Aroma! On the Commons: The Common Ground. 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!. The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she . 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. Yes!! Heidi Kunsman fills that role in the Brighton shop. When i returned for MBA School,I used to work at the Collegetown Book Store, it was a . I live in Collegetown and we used to eat breakfast at Pops and in the evening drank beer at the Palms. We took the whole gang there to celebrate my PhD in 1983. And then you hope you see them again. Henrietta, NY Amish Country Quills & Crafts brings (heir first sale to Rochester. I still walk through there a couple of days a week but when I eat out its at the tavern in my town, or the Glenwood Pines, or, if Im feeling upscale, at one of the farm-to-table places along one of the lakes. The legendary spot on Eddy Street was a vegetarian mecca with a national reputation, mostly due to its chef-turned-owner, Julie Jordan 71, who authored the landmark cookbook Wings of Life, as well as the Cabbagetown Caf Cookbook, which featured dozens of the eatery's recipes. I also loved watching the guy holding the huge snake in front of the Uni Deli. This allowed me to head up in the dead of winter without a jacket and not have to worry about losing it. Sadly, a few years after graduation I returned to Ithaca and saw that the restaurant had closed! The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she . The Collegetown CTB has since spawned four related outposts (some operating under the name Ithaca Bakery)at the foot of East State Street in downtown Ithaca, in East Hill Plaza, on Route 13, and in the Triphammer Mall in Lansing. Waited a few hours and a few wine spritzers later sure that I had been stood up. The establishment was named for notorious local murderer Edward Rulloff, who, in 1871, became the last man executed in New York State by public hanging. I came to Ithaca in 77. I lived in an apartment upstairs in the building next to Pops. We lived just down the block. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. 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. What poor PhD candidates dreams are made of. 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. 305 Stewart Avenue (Located in lower Collegetown,. In business briefly in the early 1970s, the restaurant (also known as Ruthys Flamboyan Restaurant) was located across from Chef Italia on College Ave. Aside from great lasagna and her signature cranberry chicken, Ruthy was best known for her hot, fresh-from-the-fat donuts, available a few evenings each week, Rick Curreri 73 reminisces. I appreciated the drink and the ride home. I never visited the Vet campus but chose it as a recipient of my philanthropy. I liked the full circle aspect to that. Their dog. I ate many a Hungry One Special at 3 a.m. Have to differ..Obies.. over the tracks was the best..Late night was always so crowded he had an out of order on the pinball machine. (71-72). I used to go to watch football on TV, recalls John Seiler 57. (You can easily tell a Swede) Olivers, Rulloffs, and Connection (free popcorn)were our most visited places. Probably too much of a good thing. Featuring over 300 Quilts plus Wall Hangings, Pillows, Dolls, Toys, Books, Furniture, Rugs, Artwork and much more from the Amish & other Craftspeople of Lancaster County, PA. RBC mush garden no grease from the Hot Truck Just of those listed: Rulloffs, The Nines, Aladdins, Pixel Lounge, Royal Palms, The Chapter House, CTB (location-wise), Stellas, and Dunbars have all gone out in the past decade. I met my husband at Rulloffs and well be married for 10 years in June and expecting our second (older brother Ezra <3) in October what a different route my life would have taken without that place! I also recall frequenting The Connection (this was early 80s), with its economical beer and popcorn diet. 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.. Definitely our #1 big splurge place until long after I graduated in 1971. It made it very hard to leave places.. And I still have my very beat-up copy of Wings of Life from the Cabbagetown Cafe. The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she . A bunch of us mostly engineers who lived up the hill on Dryden Ave used to meet at The Connection on Thursday nights for fluids lab, putting many pitchers of beer to the test. But the Chapter House has not been revived, and the space remains vacant. Coffee with my college girlfriend at Cafe Dec. And, finally, a nice meal at Aladdins, Kayuga Sushi on Eddy Street or at little Joes (or Big Joes downtown). Thursdays were $3 (I think) Long Island Iced Tea nights! Great times there with fun, warm people. Still do. This made me tear up. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. The most coveted seat in Collegetown as soon as the temperatures rose in the spring was on the CTB patio.. It also offers up some of the best home cooking. Dunbars was the place I my first ever beer, and the ABC, a collective that started as the Apple Blossom Cafe, just past the Chapter House from my college house, was the place for Sunday breakfast. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. Homemade chicken soup and one giant matzo ball that filled the container. It was pastrami, not corned beef. They closed within a year, during which they were a go-to spot for many students.. var corner_video = 'left'; The Palms remained a dive-bar favorite even as student drinking habits and socializing behaviors shiftedparticularly after New York raised the legal age to 21. Inside the Straight, there was a ride board to find rides home, phone booths, a candy counter that sold a small sleeve of whoppers for 10 cents, a popcorn place with many flavors for $.25 to 1.00 depending on the bag size and an ice cream counter called the straight scoop. I lived right around the corner on Dryden Rd., so I could drop in several nights a week. Yes, my dear friend, Charlie Mayer, worked there for years and loved doing it, making sandwiches for people who loved the whole thing, including Charlie. He became distracted by the people lined up to buy cappuccino. The past decade has seen such significant change in Collegetown. Yum, Still use the cookbook. Sad to see so many of the old favorites gone from Collegetown, certainly lots of great memories from the late 70s at so many of those old classic spots. I certainly didnt and my son still plays with those vodka soaked animals to this day (cleaned and sanitized of course). From sophomore to senior year I lived in my fraternity, whose cook was not the best by any means. Celia Shafer Feiler 95, DVM 99, remembers Olivers for having the best matzo ball soup! I noticed in the article that someone said they named their dog after the bar. Famous for peanut shells and popcorn on the floor and always had mellow live music on Friday and Saturday nights. Wed drink and play those newfangled things called video games. I remember The Heidelberg tavern. Pile pastrami high Save. Janelle Teng 11 calls CTB the classic, the stalwart. Heres a part of it that I recall (but there is more): The people at the Uni Deli Miss it all! Claimed. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. . So the 1980 date in the article is off by a bit. Wonder what happened to it? Forgot about The Connection. 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. 110 N Aurora St, Ithaca, NY 14850-4335 +1 607-319-0750 Website. It think it was the special drink on Friday nights at The Haunt! I arrived 30 minutes early and scoped out a seat at the bar with a view to the door. The beloved pizza joint took its name from its buildingthe original, early 1900s home of Ithacas Fire Station No. Boy does that B&W picture of collegetown in the 80s make me feel old! Later, in the early 70s, known as Buds Boulevard Diner. I have fond memories of going to Cosmos with Rick Curreri (1973, quoted above), Brian Prindle (1973) and others during my sophomore year, usually to order strip rare, french [fries], which indeed, with tax, came to $2.22. 9). Hidden in East Hill's Quarry Arms, the Valentine Caf is built upon one of Ithaca's longest love stories. Then mint-chip ice cream cones from somewhere around there, cant recall the name of the place for now. I love these comments about King Sub. Dunbars was my place from the moment Dave and Lee bought it in 79. I returned to campus in 1986 to attend grad school. Reasonable prices, many varieties of beer, burgers, those buckets of steamers, and great atmosphere with friends, especially after hockey games at Lynah Rink.. Too many other memories to count at Dunbars, Souvlaki, Nines and more. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. It wasnt easy getting up to prepare brunch after one of those Sigma Pi parties. 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 dermatolo. The 9s had an actual fire engine inside in the mid 70s. 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