Janelle Teng 11 calls CTB the classic, the stalwart. Its outdoor patio was one of Collegetowns largest. My wife and I mourn its passing. 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. and you could do your laundry in the attached laundromat when I was at Cornell. Its owner, Mark Kielman, was something of a mentor to many of us. Thats Taughannock Inn. A monster sandwich which was very filling and delicious. Later on, I bartended for a couple of years at Rulloffs. He slyly sat down to discuss my pick (which was always Shoop by Salt N Peppa, so Lord knows why I was looking at the book anyway!) Being a North Campus resident with most classes in Martha Van I really never ventured into Collegetown and had to ask him where Duffys was when he asked me out! Besides the coffees served in the shop, customers can buy beans, too. Their dog. I had to keep searching for my people, said Larkin. Edition of Democrat and Chronicle. & Calkins Rd. The Mojos, which thrived as a more or less Rolling Stones cover band was a regular contributor to the bars raucous and crowded beer and dance scene. . The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more . Ithaca, NY 14850: Party Name: Cafe Decadence, Inc. Party Type: 20 - Owner at Publication: Legal Entity Type: 03 - Corporation: Address: Ithaca, NY 14850: Party Name: Laura Tocco Mariani 99 recalls meeting her now-husband, Matt Mariani 97, there. The closure of Ruloffs, the demolition of the Chacona block and its replacement with the hideous Student Agencies Building was just the last straw. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. Did it serve food? I can remember my father, Class of 1934, visiting me during the early 70s. It was such a shame to see it close. 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. Missing Collegetown many years ago! Downright folksy, as I recall. I enjoyed many of the places listed. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. I love these comments about King Sub. It was because Aprils story was personal to Larkin that she felt so strongly about keeping its essence the same. 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). There is a whole community of people who used to work at the Chariot and the Nines. The Exxer and the Tuna Moon were my favorites. Also much excitement when a Wendys opened there. The short-lived, but legendary eateryas described by Tengwas located in a large space on the southwest corner of Dryden Road and College Avenue that remains vacant today. 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. We used to get pizzas at Elba, which were absolutely great, and bring them to the Eddy Street Bar and consume numerous pitchers of beer, OK Kids, Heres the real story of the X-ER, As the then current owner of King Submarine House 1970-72, Too many beers at Dunbars. Great burgers and friendly casual atmosphere. This book needed caretakers that could see the soul of it. Larkin eventually found a home with an editor and a publisher that understood Aprils journey and wanted to help tell that story. I used to favor the restaurant called Greek House (over Souvlaki House). 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. There was a rumor your could turn in 18 animals for a free fish bowl (they were $18 a piece I believe) but who would ever trade in their treasured collection for one measly free drink?! Common Ground was the excellent gay bar. 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. 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. Since then, Collegetown has not evolved so much as imploded. Looked around for any other KDs in the place that I could make the long cold (February) walk back to North Campus when in he walks. We took the whole gang there to celebrate my PhD in 1983. In 1995, Cafe Decadence was a real coffee shop in Ithaca Commons, and the city itself was much smaller. The proprietress at Sas somehow always remembered that I wanted an Xer. I also had the privilege to interview Allison Larkin about her writing process, her connection with Ithaca and what her latest novel can tell us about the relationships we maintain. 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Most of these establishments were flourishing and the drinking age was 18. I loved playing the pinball machines in the laundromat for just 10 cents a game while doing my laundry. Good to see that the Collegetown Diet hasnt buried either one of us yet! I was more of a Connection person as an undergrad. Used to catch salmon and trout in Lake Cayuga and trade the owner for sandwiches. Aladdins was the venue for my first lunch date with my partner Julian Vrieslander (PhD 81). Was banished once for a food fight. . During under graduate days,I lived in Cascadilla, and many nights, for dinner, I went to Collegetown for a TULI-BURGER !! The past decade has seen such significant change in Collegetown. But I dont see that anyone has mentioned the Eddy Street Bar (No name) across the street from Elba Italian Kitchen. I remember Saint Pattys Day when they decided to give green beer for five cents. Hi, Richard! Indeed, Steak Aroma! It made it very hard to leave places.. The most coveted seat in Collegetown as soon as the temperatures rose in the spring was on the CTB patio.. On Sunday evening they would serve spaghetti dinners, all you can eat for $1. And the third opened in Brighton's Twelve Corners on Aug. 5. Didnt have to eat the entire following day. I cant remember if there was cole slaw. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. As a result you the place was was Mobbed from nine in the morning till late at night. 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. It was probably worth it. "We've been discovered," says David. Hope someone can clarify this. I worked there, mostly at the Chariot, in the early 1980s, and spent many nights with friends at the Chariot. Many recall 25-cent drafts, frat and sorority composites on the walls, and singing along with the jukebox. My friends and I, many of whom lived at a house on Cook Street, had the dubious distinction of being asked to leave (actually, kicked out) of the Royal Palms for getting too rowdy playing a drinking game! 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!. Boy does that B&W picture of collegetown in the 80s make me feel old! Indeed, while some legendary establishmentslike Johnnys Big Red Grill, the Royal Palm Tavern, the Nines, Aladdins, Rulloffs, and the Chapter Houseexisted for decades, countless others have come and gone: changing names, locations, or cuisines or closing altogether, with new ventures popping up to take their place. 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. When April first arrives in Ithaca, she finds a campground where she can stay, meets Carly, and scores an interview to work at Cafe Decadence in a series of events that all seem incidental. (I worked lunch and dinner shifts and with little time between them would head to the Memorial Room at the Straight, where every dog in the building would sit looking at me expectantly as I smelled strongly of steak!) Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Have some news for this column? Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Luckily my first class on Thursdays was photography at 2:00 pm. The other great place for dessert was the Dairy Bar on campus. 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. Only time I ever got invited back stage by the artists was G Love and Special Sauce at the Haunt! 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 Have to add the ABC (Apple Blossom Caf) on Stewart Ave. One of the pioneers of vegetarian and vegan food, and a great live music venue. When the check would come, it was quite amusing to witness a dozen freshmen try to divvy it up. Thanks for remembering, Todd Mann 72. Sandwiches are $3.50 to $5.95. What about the boxcar just outside of town. Lastly, Id be remiss not to mention that I met my spouse pouring over the Karaoke song book on a Monday night in March 2008 at Ruloffs. My junior year I lived on Highland Place, around the corner from Elba. Wrote Party at Dunbars on my mortar board at graduation. At the back of the shop, behind a big window, is the coffee roaster where David blends and roasts beans from all over the world. It was a great cheap night out. 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. At the helm for many of those years, Dick and Rita Ellston who lessened the pain of a growling stomach during an 8am-4pm or a 4pm-12am shift with great conversation and even greater comfort food. The Daily Sun used to go there after electing the next slate of editors, she says, and they comforted me greatly when I lost an election junior year.. Needless to say he was shocked I was still there waiting. I used to go to watch football on TV, recalls John Seiler 57. The roast beef coming through the rye. My friends and I also frequented both The Connection I ate lots of popcorn there (we lived in a house on Eddy St) and the Plum Tree delicious food! (Weird, but delicious! 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. They had no idea that CTBs familiar corner spot wasnt its first home, Anbinder says, or that Olivers [deli] was the corner icon there for a while.. Ah, the Chariot! I graduated in 1964. Its seems very cavernous and big city-ish and impersonal. The president of the college declared that anyone that went would be dispelled from school. It was an NYC-style Korean deli that served everything from mashed potatoes to sushi to beer towers, open 24 hours a day, she says. The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she . A year or two later it became Duffys for a few years before closing. 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. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. For daily libation the Royal Palm was my favorite. 1978 1982 was a great time to be in Collegetown. The first eatery I tried in C-Town while matriculating in 1971. Whatever happened to it? 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 live in Collegetown and we used to eat breakfast at Pops and in the evening drank beer at the Palms. Heres a part of it that I recall (but there is more): The people at the Uni Deli Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. Roast beef, corned beef, russian dressing. Thursdays were $3 (I think) Long Island Iced Tea nights! They had delicious quiche and French onion soup.. There's a second Cafe Decadence in downtown Ithaca. While alums weighed in on nearly two dozen favorites, otherssuch as Caf Decadence, the Connection, Dinos, and Johnny Osdidnt get detailed shout-outs. I bought a replacement copy when I left Ithaca in the late 80s, as my housemates had used/abused it heavily as well!, Located one flight below street level, this Eddy Street pizzeria was a favorite for many years before closing in 2005. That was my senior year, and I was living with three guys in an apartment above Kinkos Copy, next door to Dunbars. number: 1351763 Status: 710 - cancelled - section 8 Status date: May 6, 2006 Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s)/ letter(s)/number(s) Attorney: Ian Jay Kaufman Ladas & Parry 26 West 61St Street, New York, NY 10023 Employee: Terry E Holtzman Goods & Services: "cafe", The mark consists in part of the . Failing out of school, picking up shifts at Margo's diner, she's left fending for herself in a town where she's never quite felt at home. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a late-night snack. Nothing like it! So the 1980 date in the article is off by a bit. 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. 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. It had the reputation and insistence of being rundown, gritty and funky, with echoes of 60s counterculture, which gave it an instant attraction for us in 1972. My favorite in all of Ithaca was the Rosebud diner downtown. They had great ice cream, often new flavors that were being tested. 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. And hitting Dunbars for a Combat or some Rolling Rock ponies right before closing was a staple of life back then. If you are a resident of another country or region, please select the appropriate version of Tripadvisor for your country or region in the drop-down menu. Yes, Pops! We lived just down the block. My favorite food memory is my girlfriend taking me to the Moosewood Cafe. I remember starting my weekend pub crawl on Thursday nights. We had it good in the 80s and early 90s! . I think the specialty was apple turnovers, open almost all night but I cant remember the name. The North 40. That, UDeli and Number Nines are my most vivid memories of Collegetown, with a bit of The Palms and The Chapter House thrown in. In Ithaca, she starts working at the cozy Cafe Decadence and meets a group of friends that make her feel, for the first time, like she belongs. I also loved Johnny,s after chorus rehearsals or concerts. Owners Herve and Karen Pailler say this will make the restaurant available for private parties of 20 to 50 during daytime hours.

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