This week, 14850 Eating is welcoming 1000’s of latest and returning neighborhood members to the Ithaca space with a have a look at a few of our go-to eating picks round city. We’ve obtained some favourite eating places, out of doors eating, takeout and supply, breakfast spots and pizza, fancy nights in town, and extra.
Breakfast is a very powerful meal of the day!
Blueberry pancakes on the Lincoln Avenue Diner.
Let’s begin with breakfast, a very powerful meal of the day! The Lincoln Street Diner and Sunset Grill do a few of the greatest breakfasts on the town.
Begin with a stack of pancakes or the All-Star breakfast sandwich on the Lincoln Avenue Diner in Fall Creek, or add sausage gravy to their huge Ziffy omelet, named for a former proprietor. Solely on Saturdays, the breakfast particular of house fries and corn bread could be topped with Cajun sausage gravy.
South Hill’s reply to the Rubbish Plate? The Bomber Plate at Sundown Grill is somewhat little bit of every thing breakfasty.
On the Sundown Grill, slightly below Ithaca Faculty on South Hill, we love the Eggs Benedict, served with a cultured aspect of asparagus, and so they make the corned beef hash from scratch. In honor of the Ithaca Faculty Bombers, they provide an occasional particular referred to as the Bomber Plate — mainly the already thorough Bomber omelet changed into an outsized breakfast scramble.
Shortstop Deli simply off the Commons has breakfast sandwiches each time they’re open, and so they’re $2 off from 5-10am to maintain them each inexpensive at breakfast time and out there anytime.
The western breakfast sandwich at Angelhearts.
The 100% vegan Angelhearts Diner isn’t a well being meals spot — they serve up severe hearty diner fare, together with decadent breakfasts. Strive a breakfast burrito, a tofu scramble, or a breakfast sandwich any time of day, just like the western, a superb biscuit surrounding a tofu patty with peppers and onions, vegan cheddar, and a sausage patty. Sausage largely tastes like sausage due to the acquainted mix of spices, so vegan sausage can style satisfyingly like the actual factor — particularly within the wonderful Cajun sausage gravy, good over a plate of biscuits or ordered as a aspect to go together with your property fries.
On the weekend, fancy issues up somewhat bit with a pleasant brunch.
The place’s a fast lunch?
At lunchtime, fast is the phrase, and counter-service spots in Collegetown have a bonus, like SoPoong for easy Korean avenue meals, Old Mexico Express for tacos and burritos, and Little Thai House for warm scrumptious Thai meals that’s already prepared.
Luna’s vegan banh mi makes use of a few of the greatest “faux meat” we’ve tried.
Luna Inspired Street Food in Collegetown and Downtown has gourmand mac and cheese, salads, skewers, and sandwiches like an incredible banh mi, vegan or in any other case.
Head again to Lincoln Avenue Diner for a burger or turkey membership, do-it-yourself soups, and day by day specials like a full turkey dinner, Texas hots, or Friday fish-fry or clam strips.
Or seize a weekday lunch in a west finish parking zone, with burgers, breakfast sandwiches, and pasta dishes whipped as much as order within the Circus Truck.
Pizza for events, feeding the gang, or a snazzy supper
Ithaca has a plethora of pizza prospects, with late-night staples like Casablanca, franchise choices from Papa John’s with their $1 slices for Terrific Tuesday, gourmand toppings at Luna Impressed Avenue Meals, fancy wood-fired pizzas from Agava, Ciao, or Thompson & Bleecker, and some nice basic pizzerias like Sal’s and Franco’s, the place you’ll pay a bit extra but it surely simply could be price it.
Franco’s opened within the spring of 2018, a brand new department of Trumansburg’s New York Pizzeria, and each joints have a well-deserved fame for an honest slice and a very good recent pie. Not everybody desires to spend $27 on a two-topping pizza, although, so there’ll at all times be room on the town for the funds choices like Papa John’s (examine their social media for frequent offers) and Sicilian Delight, going robust on the Retailers at Ithaca Mall for many years.
Locations like Pizza Aroma and Sal’s strike a center floor for us, with nice recent pizza at a extra affordable worth level. (Like many pizzerias, Sal’s additionally has an incredible vary of subs and Italian dishes past the pizza.)
The crispy, thin-crust wood-fired pizzas at locations like Agava and Thompson & Bleecker fall into a unique class for us, so whereas they’re definitely costlier per ounce than a New York fashion pizzeria pizza, we’ve by no means utilized the identical calculus.
Fancy evening in town, anybody?
Whether or not your dad and mom are taking you out for a pleasant dinner otherwise you’re planning a date, Ithaca has a number of upscale eating places for a elaborate evening out.
Take pleasure in a drink and a chew at The Rook!
The Rook has “new American” bistro fare and glorious cocktails 5 days per week, with a pleasant mixture of inventive and flavorful meals for carnivores and vegetarians alike, together with bar bites and severe entrées.
On the RaNic Golf Membership, previously the Nation Membership of Ithaca, Parrilla Restaurant has a Mediterranean-themed steak and seafood and tapas menu, and is now open to the general public. Dinner’s out there Wednesday by means of Saturday, and lunch and a bar menu can be found day by day, plus brunch on Sunday.
Mercato’s bar mixes up basic gin- and whisky-based cocktails. 14850 photograph.
Aspect by aspect on restaurant row are Mercato Bar and Kitchen, providing upscale Italian-inspired delicacies, and Café Cent-Dix, that includes basic French bistro fare. Both approach, you’ll be able to rely on a superb, and spectacular, eating expertise.
Taverna Banfi, within the coronary heart of the Cornell campus, has a quiet environment and positive Tuscan meals. And Gola Osteria takes regional Italian fare to a dramatic new stage with one of many space’s persistently greatest subtle eating experiences.
Simply want an incredible burger?
Ithaca excels at burgers, and the Pinesburger on the Glenwood Pines is so well-known it landed on TV’s “Designated Survivor!” The Lincoln Avenue Diner has our favourite diner burgers, Five Guys are tops for the quick meals set, the Seabring Inn has an incredible half-price burger evening on Thursdays, and the Ithaca Ale House persistently makes the most effective burger on the town: the Good Burger.
Particular dietary wants?
Ithaca has catered to a broad vary of diets for many years, with the vegetarian-friendly (however not vegetarian) Moosewood Restaurant a first-rate instance that dates again to 1973. Today, it’s simple to seek out vegetarian and vegan fare virtually wherever, reminiscent of tofu wings at Luna, seitan reubens on the Circus Truck, and the “Ithacan” tofu scramble on the Bistro at La Tourelle.
The Inconceivable Burger has appeared on quite a lot of native menus, together with at McCormick’s at Moakley House, Northstar Public Home, and Trillium on the Cornell Campus, and the Inconceivable Whopper is at Ithaca’s Burger King. The Past Burger is accessible at Kilpatrick’s.
However eateries specializing in vegan choices are getting extra frequent. The Save Animals Go Vegan Bistro is providing ready vegan dishes like chili, mac & cheese, and a quinoa salad as a vendor on the Ithaca Farmers Market. And the vegan consolation meals scene is on hearth with Angelhearts Diner approaching its second birthday.
Gluten-free choices have been spreading round city as effectively, with gluten-free pizza crusts at Pronto, Ciao, and Papa John’s, and loads of dishes at spots like Luna and Viva Taqueria that naturally lack gluten. For a fully secure meal, Cornell operates a 100% gluten-free, tree-nut-free, and peanut-free dining room at Risley Hall.
Time to dine!
Go take pleasure in one of many Ithaca space’s positive eateries, maybe attempting one thing you’ve by no means had earlier than, and inform them you heard about them right here.
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