Good Places to Eat Post Game?

[French Rage]

Hong Kong :-D

[Scott Kominkiewicz]

As for dining in Ithaca, I still lament the closing of Joe's.  That was a no-brainer every trip.

[French Rage]

[Q]Will Wrote:

 [Q2]French Rage Wrote:

 Wait wait wait.  Are you saying WOI is gone or just renamed?[/Q]
Renamed.  The business is no longer part of the "Wings Over..." franchise.  It is now completely independent.  (Though I have yet to try them myself post-namechange.)[/q]

Whew.  Dont scare someone like that.

[JDeafv]

Katie and I were in upstate this past weekend, so we decided to stop for a few hours in Ithaca on the way back to MD.

We stopped into Buffalo Street BBQ.

Turns out Jeremey's older brother Jesse is actually the owner, and his father helps out a lot around the restaurant.  We saw both while we were there.

We liked the place and ate outside on the decks.  We had the Pulled Pork Sandwhich and the Beef Brisket Sandwich, both of which were good.  The red slaw and the classic cole slaw are good, as are the french fries and corn bread.  

It's got a great atmosphere and hopefully will be a popular spot.

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]JDeafv Wrote:

 Katie and I were in upstate this past weekend, so we decided to stop for a few hours in Ithaca on the way back to MD.

We stopped into Buffalo Street BBQ.

Turns out Jeremey's older brother Jesse is actually the owner, and his father helps out a lot around the restaurant.  We saw both while we were there.

We liked the place and ate outside on the decks.  We had the Pulled Pork Sandwhich and the Beef Brisket Sandwich, both of which were good.  The red slaw and the classic cole slaw are good, as are the french fries and corn bread.  

It's got a great atmosphere and hopefully will be a popular spot.

[/q]

Good to hear.  With Bistro Q and the Chariot closing over the offseason, there'll be some hungry faithful looking for new eating grounds.

[jy3]

no one mentioned the rose. granted I havent been there in a year, but it was good then. always quick and not too crowded.  although i dont know about postgame

benchwarmers is also a good spot to get a good not-too-long meal.

[mha]

I guess I need to add a late-night page to 14850 Dining. http://dining.14850.com/

The Rose (in Triphammer Mall) is definitely a good post-game spot, as they're still serving food, and they have Cornell athletics connections. Nardi's, next door, has generally stopped serving by then.

The Regent Lounge at the Statler is a very good post-game location, as it's quick to get to and you don't have to drive your car out at the same time as the crowd is leaving. They're usually still doing food for a little while after the game, but get your order in fast. It's almost never too loud (except after a wines class or when JGSM has a happy hour) and there are comfy couches and chairs on one side, and chairs and tables on the other.

Buffalo Street BBQ has no vegetarian entrees, just a few salads and some of the sides, though as people ask more and more, maybe they'll get around to it. Jesse's been a pleasure to talk to; didn't know he was Jeremy's brother! Cool. They're hosting Zinck's this October for the local Cornell Alumni Association. (You should all come.)

Madeline's is indeed open late, and we've gone there after games once or twice, but I've never really liked their attitude. Great desserts and fantastic whisky selection mean I go back once in a while anyway.

Just a Taste on Aurora Street serves until 10 on Friday and 11 on Saturday, and they do great for vegetarians. This is also a top-notch brunch option for hockey weekends! We did a few hockey-weekend brunches there back before their brunch moved to Bistro Q; it's back downtown now that Q has closed.

Souvlaki House is an excellent suggestion, and they do quite well for vegetarians, as does Sindbad's, also on Eddy Street. The latter has Mediterranean food that includes pizza, Italian dishes, falafel, hummus, shwarma, shishkebab, pitas, subs, etc., etc. Outstanding and inexpensive, and open until midnight.

Willow, next to Fall Creek Pictures, serves until 10pm and their martini bar (not just martinis, don't worry) is open until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays. Not cheap, but very good food, with a couple of vegetarian options all the time. Similar pricing at Olivia, on Pine Tree Road near East Hill Plaza.

The pizza places with in-house seating, like Napoli and Roma, are generally open late into the evening, and will usually have several vegetarian options. You can always get Hot Truck or stop at the Shortstop Deli and then go eat elsewhere.

With Applebee's and Chili's you get exactly what you expect. I prefer Chili's by a narrow margin, but neither is ever going to be my first choice.

I sympathize with Brian's annoyance over rising prices, but I wouldn't blame the Boatyard Grill. Prices keep going up all the time no matter what, and that's been especially true for the last couple of years as steadily (or sharply) increasing gas prices make everything more expensive. If the restaurant's food costs go way up because the distributor's cost to get it to them goes way up, they have to raise the prices. Sad but true. Meantime, I can't speak from certain first-hand knowledge, but I don't think Mark Campagnolo, one of the Boardyard's owners and one of the former owners of Joe's, is hiding from a tax responsibility. He had sold his half of the business to his partner, Larry, before Joe's started having the problems that eventually brought about its demise.

And I agree with the folks who've said that it's unfair to gripe that you were given a 40 minute estimate and were seated after a 50 minute wait. That's not bad at all. At least they didn't say 10 minutes and have it end up being 50. They have no control over when their patrons pay their check and leave, so they can at best estimate. Sounds like their educated guess was pretty close.

[mha]

It really hasn't changed. Same owner and manager (Seth) and pretty much exactly the same food, except that the menus are now blue instead of yellow, and they've changed the names of all of the trademarked menu items.

My hope is that dropping the franchise agreement won't prove to be as disastrous for them as it was for the guy who owned the Dunkin Donuts franchises in town. He didn't think he could afford that $20,000 annual Danegeld; turned out he couldn't afford to stop.

[peterg]

[Q]mha Wrote:

Nardi's, next door, has generally stopped serving by then.[/q]

I believe that Nardi's has stopped serving permanently.  The space was for lease the last time I passed through.

[DevilDerby]

I know this thread is dead but--

About the talk of W.O.I. leaving the Wings family:
The Wings Over Albany also have just changed their name to WingZ. I believe that it is a franchise-wide decision to re-hip, extreme-ize, same money on ink printing "Wings Over ..." everything, or whatever. I overheard the counter guy at my place and he said that they still get everything from the same place, so maybe it is a franchise-wide decision.

Side note: after our next victory over RPI, there is a FINE beer discount store that sells among other things, Utica Club, PBR, and Schaffers'. I thought at least the Pep Band would be interested.

Hoosick St. (Rt. 7) Discount Beverage Center, 2200 19th St. , Troy

hmmm beer,
DevilDerby

[mha]

Yeah, but does it close at 8pm?

[Trotsky]

[Q]DevilDerby Wrote:

 I know this thread is dead but--

About the talk of W.O.I. leaving the Wings family:
The Wings Over Albany also have just changed their name to WingZ. I believe that it is a franchise-wide decision to re-hip, extreme-ize, same money on ink printing "Wings Over ..." everything, or whatever. I overheard the counter guy at my place and he said that they still get everything from the same place, so maybe it is a franchise-wide decision.

Side note: after our next victory over RPI, there is a FINE beer discount store that sells among other things, Utica Club, PBR, and Schaffers'. I thought at least the Pep Band would be interested.

Hoosick St. (Rt. 7) Discount Beverage Center, 2200 19th St. , Troy

hmmm beer,
DevilDerby[/q]

Beer is good.

Very, very good.

Maybe we can revive this thread by discussing places to obtain said substance after road games.

In Canton in particular, this has proved impossible.  Nothing seems to remain open after about 10, which in a town in which the only evening entertainmentsare SLU hockey and polishing off the latest vintage at Mom's Meth Lab, seems like a poor business plan.

[Josh '99]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:
In Canton in particular, this has proved impossible.  Nothing seems to remain open after about 10, which in a town in which the only evening entertainmentsare SLU hockey and polishing off the latest vintage at Mom's Meth Lab, seems like a poor business plan.[/q]I know a good place not too far from Canton where you can get beer pretty late.  It's called Ottawa.

[Will]

[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

I know a good place not too far from Canton where you can get beer pretty late.  It's called Ottawa.

[/q]

My friends and I went to Ottawa after a Clarkson game a few years ago.  We actually only had time to get one drink really, though I suppose if we delayed our hotel registration until after going to a bar, we could have gotten a few more rounds in.

My point is, Ottawa is close, but it's not THAT close.

[mha]

We've stopped at the Brae Loch Inn up in Cazenovia on the way back from Hamilton a couple of times. (In fact, the owner is often at the Colgate game with us!) The kitchen is usually closing right around when we get there, but it's a great place for some drinks, and the cheese and crackers are always available. They have some good beers on tap and in bottles, and a great scotch selection. If the kitchen's still open (I bet they'd stay open a few minutes longer if someone called to say a group was coming) they have some great stuff.