Yet another collegetown bar bites the dust

[Trotsky]

Still trying to understand How cortland gets KFC and Chick fil now to come into town but Ithaca cant support them or ponderosa or pizza hut or burger kings but we have multiple dunkins and sub-ways and macdonalds.

Didn't Ithaca vote to zone the fast food garbage out at one time?  Or was that just C'Town (since violated).

[upprdeck]

yea it closed awhile ago.. not clear if its forever or short term.

[Weder]

Still trying to understand How cortland gets KFC and Chick fil now to come into town but Ithaca cant support them or ponderosa or pizza hut or burger kings but we have multiple dunkins and sub-ways and macdonalds.

A lot of chains make proximity to a major highway a huge factor in selecting a location. Grabbing the many folks who are just passing through can outweigh the local demographics.

[Scersk '97]

Still trying to understand How cortland gets KFC and Chick fil now to come into town but Ithaca cant support them or ponderosa or pizza hut or burger kings but we have multiple dunkins and sub-ways and macdonalds.

Chick-fil-a Cortland likely was a hoax.

[upprdeck]

that makes more sense.. cortland seemed the wrong market size to get one anyway with so few up here.

[David Harding]

Big real estate transaction on Eddy St, but it sounds as though it won't drive any immediate changes on the ground floor.  https://ithacavoice.com/2021/08/collegetown-property-changes-hands-with-16-5-million-sale/ We can hope that the new owner doesn't try to squeeze the restaurant owners for more rent, just the apartment tenants.

[jtwcornell91]

Not exactly a bar, but I just saw on Google today that the Hillside Inn has closed.  When did that happen?  And what's there now?

[Trotsky]

Not exactly a bar, but I just saw on Google today that the Hillside Inn has closed.  When did that happen?  And what's there now?

Whatever it is, it's haunted.

[David Harding]

Not exactly a bar, but I just saw on Google today that the Hillside Inn has closed.  When did that happen?  And what's there now?

Here's an article from 2019.  https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/articles/dorm-style-hotel-coming-to-collegetown/  The story says that the gutted and rebuilt hotel was going to open in March 2020.  That doesn't sound auspicious, but they have a live web site.  https://thedormhotel.com/

[Weder]

Not exactly a bar, but I just saw on Google today that the Hillside Inn has closed.  When did that happen?  And what's there now?

Here's an article from 2019.  https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/articles/dorm-style-hotel-coming-to-collegetown/  The story says that the gutted and rebuilt hotel was going to open in March 2020.  That doesn't sound auspicious, but they have a live web site.  https://thedormhotel.com/

5 stars on TripAdvisor, though small sample size.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g47958-d23322758-Reviews-The_Dorm_Hotel-Ithaca_Finger_Lakes_New_York.html

[marty]

Not exactly a bar, but I just saw on Google today that the Hillside Inn has closed.  When did that happen?  And what's there now?

Here's an article from 2019.  https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/articles/dorm-style-hotel-coming-to-collegetown/  The story says that the gutted and rebuilt hotel was going to open in March 2020.  That doesn't sound auspicious, but they have a live web site.  https://thedormhotel.com/

As historic as Sage Hall.  Good bones but not quite like Sage's stone facade.

[French Rage]

OK that's a really cool idea...

[jtwcornell91]

That seems like it turned out a lot better than it could have.  Certainly a better fate than most of the late lamented watering holes...

[scoop85]

Not exactly a bar, but I just saw on Google today that the Hillside Inn has closed.  When did that happen?  And what's there now?

Here's an article from 2019.  https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/articles/dorm-style-hotel-coming-to-collegetown/  The story says that the gutted and rebuilt hotel was going to open in March 2020.  That doesn't sound auspicious, but they have a live web site.  https://thedormhotel.com/

Delayed by COVID perhaps?

[upprdeck]

so is any place actually doing any Italian food any more in the city?   25 yrs ago you had half a dozen places. Bing/aub/Syr still have many places doing well but in Ithaca its gone away