[OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by Scersk '97
[OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: Scersk '97 (---.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net)
Date: November 18, 2005 04:30PM
Healing a gaping wound in the Ithaca restaurant scene:
[www.joesithaca.com]
Toasted ravioli, arrabiata, and breadsticks, oh my!
[www.joesithaca.com]
Toasted ravioli, arrabiata, and breadsticks, oh my!
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: ugarte (---.cisco.com)
Date: November 18, 2005 04:42PM
Meh.
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Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: Scersk '97 (---.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net)
Date: November 18, 2005 06:31PM
I'm a Lansing boy, so it was kind of my hometown Italian restaurant: never liked the Coddington or Lucatelli's too much; Rosetti's was pretty good, but it closed; Franco's was good but a more recent development. So, in the land of limited-but-not-bad-choices, Joe's was always my favorite.
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: adamw (---.ip.e-nt.net)
Date: November 18, 2005 07:15PM
Woo hoo!!
There's better places - but for the money, when we were in school, it was perfect. bottomless salad bowls, breadsticks ... great stuff.
There's better places - but for the money, when we were in school, it was perfect. bottomless salad bowls, breadsticks ... great stuff.
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: Facetimer (---.suffolk.edu)
Date: November 18, 2005 07:21PM
[Q]adamw Wrote:
Woo hoo!!
There's better places - but for the money, when we were in school, it was perfect. bottomless salad bowls, breadsticks ... great stuff.[/q]
Adam Wodon trolling a forum at 7:15 PM on a Friday during hockey season ...
looks like you're going places.
Woo hoo!!
There's better places - but for the money, when we were in school, it was perfect. bottomless salad bowls, breadsticks ... great stuff.[/q]
Adam Wodon trolling a forum at 7:15 PM on a Friday during hockey season ...
looks like you're going places.
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Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: DeltaOne81 (---.bos.east.verizon.net)
Date: November 18, 2005 07:38PM
CSTV's broadcast doesn't start 'til 9:30 tonight
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: RatushnyFan (---.royalusa.com)
Date: November 18, 2005 11:19PM
Gary is my hero!
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: Mike Hedrick 01 (---.arlngt01.va.comcast.net)
Date: November 19, 2005 04:57PM
Awesome! I loved that place so much I had my graduation dinner their.
Something to look forward to on reunion weekend!
Something to look forward to on reunion weekend!
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: The Rancor (65.5.157.---)
Date: November 20, 2005 01:18PM
[Q]Mike Hedrick 01 Wrote:
Awesome! I loved that place so much I had my graduation dinner their.
are you sure?
Awesome! I loved that place so much I had my graduation dinner their.
are you sure?
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: cth95 (132.198.175.---)
Date: November 22, 2005 01:31PM
Yeahhh! I couldn' t believe when I was in Ithaca a few years ago and it was closed. I used to eat at both Big and Little Joes all of the time. Awesome ravioli and seafood linguini. I had my graduation dinner there in '95. Looking forward to checking it out if I can get down to see a home game. LGR!! 
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: marty (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: November 22, 2005 05:17PM
[Q]Facetimer Wrote:
adamw Wrote:
Woo hoo!!
There's better places - but for the money, when we were in school, it was perfect. bottomless salad bowls, breadsticks ... great stuff.[/Q]
Adam Wodon trolling a forum at 7:15 PM on a Friday during hockey season ...
looks like you're going places.[/q]
Well at least he's not the "xerox copy boy please make me coffee gopher" at a certain law firm like uh who was that again, oh yeah. But I guess maybe you lost that gem of a job Facelesstimer.
Nice to see you checking in Adam.
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: Trotsky (---.frdrmd.adelphia.net)
Date: November 23, 2005 07:53AM
Cheap and filling -- definitely two words dear to any students' ears. Glad it's back.
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: marty (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: November 23, 2005 05:26PM
I hope that the food is of the same quality that we knew and loved. Joe's had always been run by a single family. Joe and his descendents were dedicated to their business. Here's hoping the new Joe's is every bit as good.
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: marty (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: January 24, 2006 08:20PM
So what's the verdict? Is Joe's open - how is the food?
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: RichH (---.hsd1.ct.comcast.net)
Date: January 24, 2006 08:28PM
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: hymn (---.sub-70-192-82.myvzw.com)
Date: January 24, 2006 08:33PM
I went there last night. I'm a food snob after working in a ton of restaurants in a big city and catering for years. i wanna say, Joe's rocks! There were lots of people there. And everything was great for my table (and the table behind us). Go to Joe's. (You gotta ask for croutons for yer salad if you want them, but they got croutons)- my only comment other than, "perfect".
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: DeltaOne81 (---.bos.east.verizon.net)
Date: January 24, 2006 09:14PM
hymn
I went there last night. I'm a food snob after working in a ton of restaurants in a big city and catering for years. i wanna say, Joe's rocks! There were lots of people there. And everything was great for my table (and the table behind us). Go to Joe's. (You gotta ask for croutons for yer salad if you want them, but they got croutons)- my only comment other than, "perfect".
If this was a paid marketing move, its genius
I have no idea about the quality of the new Joes, nor have much to compare it against because I'd only been to the original once and that was in its declining years.
But just the claim of a "food snob" rating it perfect, when a previous non-snob's review was so-so... makes me wonder
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: marty (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: February 05, 2006 08:06PM
DeltaOne81hymn
I went there last night. I'm a food snob after working in a ton of restaurants in a big city and catering for years. i wanna say, Joe's rocks! There were lots of people there. And everything was great for my table (and the table behind us). Go to Joe's. (You gotta ask for croutons for yer salad if you want them, but they got croutons)- my only comment other than, "perfect".
If this was a paid marketing move, its genius
I have no idea about the quality of the new Joes, nor have much to compare it against because I'd only been to the original once and that was in its declining years.
But just the claim of a "food snob" rating it perfect, when a previous non-snob's review was so-so... makes me wonder
I'd say you hit the nail on the head, DeltaOne. It was no where near perfect.
Will we try again? Yes. Will we visit a third time under this ownership? That's up to them!
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: Trotsky (---.raytheon.com)
Date: February 22, 2006 06:58PM
My review after the first meal at the new (reopened, whatever) restaurant.
Meh. Nice atmosphere. Very, very slow service. Food was nothing to write home about, but I started very safe (spaghetti, meat sauce, meat balls, a few appetizer tastes).
But,
(1) beats the hell out of anything else on offer
(2) quiet atmosphere
(3) they will, indeed, serve you beer in a wine carafe
B+, but I'd go back.
Meh. Nice atmosphere. Very, very slow service. Food was nothing to write home about, but I started very safe (spaghetti, meat sauce, meat balls, a few appetizer tastes).
But,
(1) beats the hell out of anything else on offer
(2) quiet atmosphere
(3) they will, indeed, serve you beer in a wine carafe
B+, but I'd go back.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/22/2006 06:59PM by Trotsky.
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: February 22, 2006 11:22PM
They have all the stuff I remember going to Joe's for: bottomless salad, breadsticks, and kick-ass chicken marsala. Now if only Billy Bob Jack's would re-open...
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: cornelldavy (---.vnnyca.adelphia.net)
Date: February 23, 2006 01:08AM
jtwcornell91
They have all the stuff I remember going to Joe's for: bottomless salad, breadsticks, and kick-ass chicken marsala. Now if only Billy Bob Jack's would re-open...
BBJ's closed? The one by the Pyramid Mall? Aw hell no!
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Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.krose.org)
Date: February 23, 2006 01:13AM
Both of them are closed. I was crushed when I found out walking down Dryden in January. I have a lot of fond memories of both restaurants.cornelldavy
BBJ's closed? The one by the Pyramid Mall? Aw hell no!
Kyle
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: RichH (---.cttel.net)
Date: February 23, 2006 09:40AM
So with the demise of BBJBBQS and BistroQ/Buffalo St. BBQ, what 'Que options does that leave Ithaca? Dinosaur in Syracuse/Rochester? The "awsome blossom" at Chilis? Applebee's riblets??kroseBoth of them are closed. I was crushed when I found out walking down Dryden in January. I have a lot of fond memories of both restaurants.cornelldavy
BBJ's closed? The one by the Pyramid Mall? Aw hell no!
Oh wait...I forgot about Ralph's Ribs. Please tell me that Ralph's Ribs is still open.
Now what Collegetown *really* needs is some sort of asian restaurant.
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: redhair34 (---.public.cornell.edu)
Date: February 23, 2006 12:53PM
RichH
Please tell me that Ralph's Ribs is still open.
It is!
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: KeithK (---.external.lmco.com)
Date: February 23, 2006 04:25PM
Me too. Well, the one by Pyramid anyway - the one in C-town wasn't as good. It didn't have the 49er anyway. Man, that means my listings on the toilet seat are gone forever! How sad.krose
Both of them are closed. I was crushed when I found out walking down Dryden in January. I have a lot of fond memories of both restaurants.
Kyle
Edit: I like obscure references, but this one I think I'd better clarify. I mean the toilet seat on the wall in the lobby, next to the plaque.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/23/2006 04:26PM by KeithK.
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: Robb (68.171.152.---)
Date: February 24, 2006 11:04PM
What was your time for the 49er? I seem to remember something about a ridiculous time, but my brain can't seem to recall whether that was yours or someone else's (Dan?) or maybe someone we don't even know...
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: billhoward (---.lv.lv.cox.net)
Date: March 15, 2006 01:42AM
So who's actually been there? How's the food and service? We thought of Joe's for the pre-Saturday-Clarkson dinner but the small sampling of opininons we got was: service can be slow ... food's okay to good, not good to great. So we wound up at Nines.
Re: [OT] Joe's Restaurant Reopening
Posted by: jaybert (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 15, 2006 11:27AM
I was there this weekend, it was late so it was not busy at all.
service was decent, and food arrived quickly. I enjoyed my shrimp scampi but my gf's lasagna wasnt the best.
The breadsticks were really good. the unlimited salad was pretty good, but the dressing was a little sweet, but still good.
overall, I enjoyed it, and will probably return when I get a chance.
service was decent, and food arrived quickly. I enjoyed my shrimp scampi but my gf's lasagna wasnt the best.
The breadsticks were really good. the unlimited salad was pretty good, but the dressing was a little sweet, but still good.
overall, I enjoyed it, and will probably return when I get a chance.
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