Yet another collegetown bar bites the dust

[billhoward]

Not bars, but both Collegetown Pizza and Dunkin Donuts have closed abruptly.  http://cornellsun.com/2018/05/03/collegetown-pizza-and-dunkin-donuts-close-down-locations/

Seems impossible that a pizza joint in Collegetown could lose money.
Times change when the closing of a Dunkin' in Collegetown is news. Or when it come to Collegetown. Maybe the coffee didn't cost enough.

[billhoward]

Latest on the Nines. http://cornellsun.com/2018/06/07/common-council-douses-nines-designation-clearing-way-for-development/

The Common Council officially struck down the controversial proposal to declare the Nines building in Collegetown a local landmark. The tiebreaker vote followed a five-hour meeting Tuesday night that set a "record" for public comment.

The owners, Mark Kiel­mann '72 and Harold Schultz, will be able to sell the property for development without the constraints of landmark designation, which would have required any exterior change to the building to be approved by the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission.

I do not know why "record" is in quotes. Actually, I see it now: One of the aldermenpersons said he heard it was a record, 52 commenters.

[Chris '03]

Closing.

https://cornellsun.com/2018/10/03/farewell-to-the-nines-collegetown-restaurant-to-close-on-sunday/

[upprdeck]

well that sucks

[RichH]

Current Collegetown spots with a bar:
Collegetown Bagels
Resurrected Rulloff's
Level B
Jack's Grill
Loco Cantina
Hideaway


RIP:
Palms
Dino's
Johnny's
Johnny O's
The Chariot
The Connection/Bear Den (College Ave)
Little Joe's
Pixel
Stella's
Chapter House
Dunbar's
The Nines

[gonyr]

Current Collegetown spots with a bar:
Collegetown Bagels
Resurrected Rulloff's
Level B
Jack's Grill
Loco Cantina


RIP:
Palms
Dino's
Johnny's
Johnny O's
The Chariot
The Connection/Bear Den (College Ave)
Little Joe's
Pixel
Stella's
Chapter House
Dunbar's
The Nines

Isn't there something where Dunbar's was? Or did it close already?

[David Harding]

Current Collegetown spots with a bar:
Collegetown Bagels
Resurrected Rulloff's
Level B
Jack's Grill
Loco Cantina


RIP:
Palms
Dino's
Johnny's
Johnny O's
The Chariot
The Connection/Bear Den (College Ave)
Little Joe's
Pixel
Stella's
Chapter House
Dunbar's
The Nines

Isn't there something where Dunbar's was? Or did it close already?

Hideaway is in Dunbar's location.  Google reviews  It opened in the fall of 2016.  https://cornellsun.com/2016/08/06/new-bar-hideaway-to-replace-dunbars-in-collegetown/  https://ithacavoice.com/2016/08/new-ithaca-bar-hideaway-moves-into-dunbars-old-spot/

[upprdeck]

First the Nines and now Napoli's..

not much warning for this one though. closing today

[David Harding]

Current Collegetown spots with a bar:
Collegetown Bagels
Resurrected Rulloff's
Level B
Jack's Grill
Loco Cantina


RIP:
Palms
Dino's
Johnny's
Johnny O's
The Chariot
The Connection/Bear Den (College Ave)
Little Joe's
Pixel
Stella's
Chapter House
Dunbar's
The Nines

The "Sun" headline reads "Are Collegetown Bagels and Ruloff's On the Chopping Block? Developers Plan Demolition for June 2020"
Also, in the Ithaca Voice.

[upprdeck]

the Green Market place? on the corner has been closed for a long time.

[RichH]

The "Sun" headline reads "Are Collegetown Bagels and Ruloff's On the Chopping Block? Developers Plan Demolition for June 2020"
Also, in the Village Voice.

I neglected to update that list until today to include the Hideaway, in the Dunbar's location. Also, that's the Ithaca Voice. The Village Voice shut down a year ago this week.

But wow, looking at the photos, the majority of that building is quite fugly, so I understand the desire to do a rebuild, especially considering the maintenance issues discussed in the articles. Even so, I maintain that the commercial spaces of it, CTB and Ruloff's most notably, are charming as hell, and I know the replacement won't come close to that feel.

And I'm expecting that the new rent structures will probably price out the current tenants. So what annoying chain isn't in Collegetown yet? There's already Starbucks and 7-Eleven. Dunkin F'ing Donuts?  ::yark::

[jtwcornell91]

But wow, looking at the photos, the majority of that building is quite fugly, so I understand the desire to do a rebuild, especially considering the maintenance issues discussed in the articles. Even so, I maintain that the commercial spaces of it, CTB and Ruloff's most notably, are charming as hell, and I know the replacement won't come close to that feel.

Yeah, looking at that picture I had no recollection of what the upper floors of that building were supposed to look like.  I guess I've spent most of my time in Ithaca with my head down huddled against the rain/snow.

[David Harding]

The "Sun" headline reads "Are Collegetown Bagels and Ruloff's On the Chopping Block? Developers Plan Demolition for June 2020"
Also, in the Village Voice.

Also, that's the Ithaca Voice. The Village Voice shut down a year ago this week.

Ooops.

[David Harding]

An undergrad bemoans the loss of character in the Collegetown restaurant scene, CTB in particular.  https://cornellsun.com/2019/09/22/guest-room-the-destruction-of-collegetown/

[Scersk '97]

An undergrad bemoans the loss of character in the Collegetown restaurant scene, CTB in particular.  https://cornellsun.com/2019/09/22/guest-room-the-destruction-of-collegetown/

Spot on! I'll buy that kid a beer and tell him about the old days!

Oh, wait! He's a junior so probably not legal. Oh, wait! There are few (and soon to be fewer) proper bars left in Collegetown.

"Oh, it's too hot today..."