Yet another collegetown bar bites the dust

[billhoward]

I suppose because of rule that those students can't stay in the dorms, because I imagine the administration will need to have RA's present and then pay for maintenance staff labor. I always thought there were a few students allowed to stay over the winter break but I guess not

The U has always had a plan because of international students who can't afford to fly home and, or your GF/BF invites to spend the holidays at the other's home in the U.S., or there was a fall-semester regime change and you don't want to be conscripted. You don't see Andreev getting on airplanes he doesn't need to.

[upprdeck]

losing the Regal is gonna be tough. The lease charges are probably killing the location given the current market for movies.   But also that site has had some crazy ideas on what movies to bring in and show times lately.  Still they dont have more than a handful of employees on a normal day.  Is it really a function of the current method of most of the money going out the door for the first few weeks when demand is the highest.

A big city to not have a place to see the bigger movies this summer locally.

[Dunc]

losing the Regal is gonna be tough. The lease charges are probably killing the location given the current market for movies.   But also that site has had some crazy ideas on what movies to bring in and show times lately.  Still they dont have more than a handful of employees on a normal day.  Is it really a function of the current method of most of the money going out the door for the first few weeks when demand is the highest.

A big city to not have a place to see the bigger movies this summer locally.

Honestly I am devastated. Was expecting it, but I am still devastated.

I've had the unlimited pass for a while so have gone to the regal multiple times a week for years.

Luckily we still have cinemapolis but I still need my Marvel/other blockbusters fix without having to drive 45 minutes or take a 3 hr bus ride! hopefully an AMC comes and fills the void soon

[upprdeck]

Auburn/cortland have these movies so the little people can do it.. the issue is we now have a turnkey solution but you know the mall lease would kill any hopes of someone taking it over and building from scratch would take a long time.

i have the pass and adding it up the last yr I am still ahead even with the lack of movies i wanted to see and not in town nearly as much anymore.   might as well shut it off, I wont be in Destiny enough to use it there.

[ugarte]

Is the Regal closing nationwide or just cutting back a lot of locations? The announcement that the Union Square Regal was closing was a huge shock.

[Dunc]

Is the Regal closing nationwide or just cutting back a lot of locations? The announcement that the Union Square Regal was closing was a huge shock.

39 locations closed (some more of them closed in september of 2022). Parent company (Cineworld) filed for bankruptcy and are going to close regals slowly to save money and try and keep some open longer.

apparently according to AMC CEO on twitter yesterday: "Of their 546 U.S. theatres, the bankruptcy judge was just told they [Regal] now intend to walk away/close fully 108!"

[upprdeck]

Anyone know what the new place that is going in down in the small area near to the Sherwin williams store is going to be?

Looks like some kind of Asian type thing?

[David Harding]

Do you mean the BK is moving?

Thats a strange thing to do and also be closed for a yr while they build.

Article on the planned new Mirabito - Burger King combo.  https://ithacavoice.org/2023/02/mirabito-plans-new-larger-space-at-east-hill-plaza/

[billhoward]

The Joe's building is still there (Feb. 2023). No restaurant. Appears to be a pasta takeout place now or soon.

I spoke with a couple friends about Joe's. One had fond memories of it from undergraduate days and fairly fond memories of Joe's in its teens (i.e. 2010s) reincarnation. Others thought it was good when we were undergrad because we didn't have much experience in international fare, so-so after graduation, and mostly running on memories when visited a couple times ten years ago. I am trying to provide some historical continuity of Ithaca / Collegetown dining from my era, realize most people here couldn't care less about food 40-50 years ago, just as I didn't really think much about what food was like in the, say, 1930s.

[billhoward]

Drove though Collegetown Construction zone. Backhoes, torn-up streets, gaping holes with the beginning of more big apartment buildings. I don't believe there are any bars left on College Avenue, that is more bar than dining, hard liquor as well as beer. Is this what's left early 2023?

Liquor:
Hideaway (409 Eddy Street, former Dunbars)
Level B (410 Eddy Street)
Loco (308 Stewart Avenue)

Beer:
Ithaca Beer Co. (old Collegetown Bagels)

[upprdeck]

Plans are to tear down joes and make it into more Appts.  Just needs approval if its not a done deal already.

[RichH]

Drove though Collegetown Construction zone. Backhoes, torn-up streets, gaping holes with the beginning of more big apartment buildings. I don't believe there are any bars left on College Avenue, that is more bar than dining, hard liquor as well as beer. Is this what's left early 2023?

Liquor:
Hideaway (409 Eddy Street, former Dunbars)
Level B (410 Eddy Street)
Loco (308 Stewart Avenue)

Beer:
Ithaca Beer Co. (old Collegetown Bagels)

I believe there's a small bar at the entrance of the new location of Collegetown Bagels in Sheldon Court. Seemed to me like a cozy spot for a happy hour beer after the lunch rush dies down.

[billhoward]

Thanks. I heard that (Joe's --> housing / apartments) but nothing's happening. Lot of apartments going up downtown in the vicinity west of North Meadow Street, (i.e. the street Purity, Ithaca Bakery and Joe's are on). The area  along the Cascadilla inlet marina (Farmers' Market is across that inlet) has a lot of housing going up already, mixed use, also medical buildings and some office space.

[David Harding]

Thanks. I heard that (Joe's --> housing / apartments) but nothing's happening. Lot of apartments going up downtown in the vicinity west of North Meadow Street, (i.e. the street Purity, Ithaca Bakery and Joe's are on). The area  along the Cascadilla inlet marina (Farmers' Market is across that inlet) has a lot of housing going up already, mixed use, also medical buildings and some office space.

The apartment project where Joe's has been is moving along at a typical pace.  See the heading "The Citizen" in this recent report on an Ithaca Planning Board meeting.  https://ithacavoice.org/2023/02/planning-board-recap-collegetown-housing-with-bza-forced-redo-gains-approval/  Look for other articles by Brian Crandall for news on developments around town.

[billhoward]

Although changes in Collegetown have a huge impact on students and their housing choices, the Cornell Sun has not had quite as much coverage of late as the Ithaca Voice has.