Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by David Harding
Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: March 01, 2012 11:04PM
Ithaca Journal reports that the City of Ithaca has figured out the the Hot Truck and Louie's Lunch haven't been paying rent on the city streets where they park (unlike the hot dog carts on the Commons, for example). Now they're looking for $2000+/year in license fees.
In other news, there's a report of a proposed new building in Collegetown. It would bring a grocery back to the neighborhood for the first time since Egan's IGA closed. Who remembers back then?
In other news, there's a report of a proposed new building in Collegetown. It would bring a grocery back to the neighborhood for the first time since Egan's IGA closed. Who remembers back then?
Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: March 03, 2012 10:49AM
Story says 5,500 square feet of retail space. That's 7-Eleven size. A traditional supermarket is about 30,000 square feet, a big Wegman's 50,000-100,000. What's the closest place for decent food-shopping now?
Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: css228 (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 03, 2012 12:59PM
Probably the P&C at East Hill Plaza.billhoward
Story says 5,500 square feet of retail space. That's 7-Eleven size. A traditional supermarket is about 30,000 square feet, a big Wegman's 50,000-100,000. What's the closest place for decent food-shopping now?
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Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: March 03, 2012 01:19PM
It depends on your definition of decent, of course. For some, only Wegmans counts. Some might find Greenstar Oasis in the DeWitt Mall downtown acceptable, but it's small and not mainstream. The P&C at the East Hill Plaza (corner of Pine Tree Rd and Mitchell St.) has morphed (long story part 1, part 2) into a P&C Fresh. It's a half hour walk from the Palms over a route not completely equipped with sidewalks. TCAT will get you there in 14 to 18 minutes, depending on which bus you catch. The return trip is 20 or 28 minutes.billhoward
Story says 5,500 square feet of retail space. That's 7-Eleven size. A traditional supermarket is about 30,000 square feet, a big Wegman's 50,000-100,000. What's the closest place for decent food-shopping now?
Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: Rita (---.hsd1.fl.comcast.net)
Date: March 03, 2012 01:23PM
David Harding
It depends on your definition of decent, of course. For some, only Wegmans counts. Some might find Greenstar Oasis in the DeWitt Mall downtown acceptable, but it's small and not mainstream. The P&C at the East Hill Plaza (corner of Pine Tree Rd and Mitchell St.) has morphed (long story part 1, part 2) into a P&C Fresh. It's a half hour walk from the Palms over a route not completely equipped with sidewalks. TCAT will get you there in 14 to 18 minutes, depending on which bus you catch. The return trip is 20 or 28 minutes.billhoward
Story says 5,500 square feet of retail space. That's 7-Eleven size. A traditional supermarket is about 30,000 square feet, a big Wegman's 50,000-100,000. What's the closest place for decent food-shopping now?
That brings backs a lot of (not so good) memories of my first couple of years without a car in Ithaca. I would walk to P&C and catch a bus, with my groceries, back to C-town. My limit was 1 gallon of milk and 3 can items.
Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: ugarte (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: March 03, 2012 04:49PM
Is there still a food coop in Collegetown?
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Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: ftyuv (---.hfc.comcastbusiness.net)
Date: March 06, 2012 10:53AM
Make sure to pick a route which is uphill both ways.Rita
David Harding
It depends on your definition of decent, of course. For some, only Wegmans counts. Some might find Greenstar Oasis in the DeWitt Mall downtown acceptable, but it's small and not mainstream. The P&C at the East Hill Plaza (corner of Pine Tree Rd and Mitchell St.) has morphed (long story part 1, part 2) into a P&C Fresh. It's a half hour walk from the Palms over a route not completely equipped with sidewalks. TCAT will get you there in 14 to 18 minutes, depending on which bus you catch. The return trip is 20 or 28 minutes.billhoward
Story says 5,500 square feet of retail space. That's 7-Eleven size. A traditional supermarket is about 30,000 square feet, a big Wegman's 50,000-100,000. What's the closest place for decent food-shopping now?
That brings backs a lot of (not so good) memories of my first couple of years without a car in Ithaca. I would walk to P&C and catch a bus, with my groceries, back to C-town. My limit was 1 gallon of milk and 3 can items.
Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: jtn27 (---.redrover.cornell.edu)
Date: March 06, 2012 05:23PM
ftyuv
Make sure to pick a route which is uphill both ways.Rita
David Harding
It depends on your definition of decent, of course. For some, only Wegmans counts. Some might find Greenstar Oasis in the DeWitt Mall downtown acceptable, but it's small and not mainstream. The P&C at the East Hill Plaza (corner of Pine Tree Rd and Mitchell St.) has morphed (long story part 1, part 2) into a P&C Fresh. It's a half hour walk from the Palms over a route not completely equipped with sidewalks. TCAT will get you there in 14 to 18 minutes, depending on which bus you catch. The return trip is 20 or 28 minutes.billhoward
Story says 5,500 square feet of retail space. That's 7-Eleven size. A traditional supermarket is about 30,000 square feet, a big Wegman's 50,000-100,000. What's the closest place for decent food-shopping now?
That brings backs a lot of (not so good) memories of my first couple of years without a car in Ithaca. I would walk to P&C and catch a bus, with my groceries, back to C-town. My limit was 1 gallon of milk and 3 can items.
In the snow
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Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.nyc.biz.rr.com)
Date: March 07, 2012 12:45PM
It's Ithaca; all routes are in the snow.jtn27
ftyuv
Make sure to pick a route which is uphill both ways.Rita
David Harding
It depends on your definition of decent, of course. For some, only Wegmans counts. Some might find Greenstar Oasis in the DeWitt Mall downtown acceptable, but it's small and not mainstream. The P&C at the East Hill Plaza (corner of Pine Tree Rd and Mitchell St.) has morphed (long story part 1, part 2) into a P&C Fresh. It's a half hour walk from the Palms over a route not completely equipped with sidewalks. TCAT will get you there in 14 to 18 minutes, depending on which bus you catch. The return trip is 20 or 28 minutes.billhoward
Story says 5,500 square feet of retail space. That's 7-Eleven size. A traditional supermarket is about 30,000 square feet, a big Wegman's 50,000-100,000. What's the closest place for decent food-shopping now?
That brings backs a lot of (not so good) memories of my first couple of years without a car in Ithaca. I would walk to P&C and catch a bus, with my groceries, back to C-town. My limit was 1 gallon of milk and 3 can items.
In the snow
Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: jtn27 (---.redrover.cornell.edu)
Date: March 07, 2012 02:47PM
Josh '99
It's Ithaca; all routes are in the snow.jtn27
ftyuv
Make sure to pick a route which is uphill both ways.Rita
David Harding
It depends on your definition of decent, of course. For some, only Wegmans counts. Some might find Greenstar Oasis in the DeWitt Mall downtown acceptable, but it's small and not mainstream. The P&C at the East Hill Plaza (corner of Pine Tree Rd and Mitchell St.) has morphed (long story part 1, part 2) into a P&C Fresh. It's a half hour walk from the Palms over a route not completely equipped with sidewalks. TCAT will get you there in 14 to 18 minutes, depending on which bus you catch. The return trip is 20 or 28 minutes.billhoward
Story says 5,500 square feet of retail space. That's 7-Eleven size. A traditional supermarket is about 30,000 square feet, a big Wegman's 50,000-100,000. What's the closest place for decent food-shopping now?
That brings backs a lot of (not so good) memories of my first couple of years without a car in Ithaca. I would walk to P&C and catch a bus, with my groceries, back to C-town. My limit was 1 gallon of milk and 3 can items.
In the snow
Not this year.
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Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: March 07, 2012 03:11PM
Snow-woofing.jtn27
Not this year.Josh '99
It's Ithaca; all routes are in the snow.jtn27
In the snowftyuv
Make sure to pick a route which is uphill both ways.Rita
That brings backs a lot of (not so good) memories of my first couple of years without a car in Ithaca. I would walk to P&C and catch a bus, with my groceries, back to C-town. My limit was 1 gallon of milk and 3 can items.David Harding
It depends on your definition of decent, of course. For some, only Wegmans counts. Some might find Greenstar Oasis in the DeWitt Mall downtown acceptable, but it's small and not mainstream. The P&C at the East Hill Plaza (corner of Pine Tree Rd and Mitchell St.) has morphed (long story part 1, part 2) into a P&C Fresh. It's a half hour walk from the Palms over a route not completely equipped with sidewalks. TCAT will get you there in 14 to 18 minutes, depending on which bus you catch. The return trip is 20 or 28 minutes.billhoward
Story says 5,500 square feet of retail space. That's 7-Eleven size. A traditional supermarket is about 30,000 square feet, a big Wegman's 50,000-100,000. What's the closest place for decent food-shopping now?
Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: March 25, 2015 12:04AM
Re: Hot Truck news and grocery for Collegetown
Posted by: KeithK (---.hsd1.ca.comcast.net)
Date: March 25, 2015 12:57AM
Makes sense. The West Campus location hasn't really made sense since they moved teh frosh to North.
Mexican food truck in Collegetown
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: August 22, 2015 05:26PM
The Ithaca Voice reports on the impending opening of the Dos Amigos Mexican food truck later this month. They'll be on Eddy St between Dryden and Williams, just below Cascadilla Hall. Of course they're on Facebook, too.
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