Ivy League booze?

[rhovorka]

Robb '94 wrote:

Ithaca bars I can remember from my era (90-94) in no particular order:

Dunbar's
Ruloff's
Johnny's
(Royal) Palms
Dino's
Clubhouse
Chapter House
Chariot (more of a pizza place, but they had a bar)
Ithaca Sports Club (bubble hockey!)

Johnny's is no more.  Replaced by 2 Asian restaurants, which are now dominating the Collegetown landscape.  I swear there are 3 Korean, 2 Japanese, 2-3 Thai places, and at least one Vietnamese place in Collegetown now.  The Johnny's sign is still there.

Clubhouse is now "Johnny O's"  Pretty much the same place.

Chapter House now has bubble hockey.  They've also eliminated their home-brews (5 or so years ago, but added more taps to compensate), and have a cover charge on Thursday and Saturday nights for the bands that play there now.  This past summer, they installed a stage-type area in the back corner where the grill used to be.

Collegetown also has the Bear Lodge (formerly the shut-down "Connection") and Collegetown Bagels has beer (now located in the old Oliver's).  Stella's also expanded to have an  uber-trendy bar and dance club in addition to the original coffee cafe.  And don't forget the Nines, which, like the Chariot, is a pizza place with a bar.

In other C-town news, the Wendy's is now a pizza place, and they tore down the old Gould's building this summer.  Probably to make room for yet another high-rise apt. building.  Little Joe's and Joe's down the hill are both closed and empty.

Ithaca Sports Club is the only non-collegetown bar on Robb's list, and there are plenty of other places downtown like Micawbers, Benchwarmers....the Creeker.  :-)

A quick search didn't reveal any Ithaca establishment, but there is a "Peaches Sports Bar & Grill" in Seneca Falls, NY which is at the other end of Cayuga Lake.



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[Pete]

Great pic Marty!   I e-mailed Pabst brewery the other day about how to obtain some Shaefers in Ithaca, but I haven't heard anything back.  Apparently Pabst is brewing a bunch of regional beers to keep them on the market.  Would make a great pre/post game drink if I could find it.

[nyc94]

That's embarrassing.  I really do know the difference.  Well, with any luck, they can drink from the Whitelaw and spit it back into the Cleary.

[ugarte]

Marty'74 wrote:

So what does the Yale Glee Club drink?
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~sah43/miyas/gleeweek054.html
(sibling on the right)

Maybe Martin should get some advice from Age and Chris on avoiding redeye. ;-)

[marty]

big red apple wrote:

Maybe Martin should get some advice from Age and Chris on avoiding redeye. ;-)

Actually he is in the picture, too.  (And he brought me a gift of a can which I imbibed the next morning.)

[DeltaOne81]

Johnny's is no more. Replaced by 2 Asian restaurants, which are now dominating the Collegetown landscape. I swear there are 3 Korean, 2 Japanese, 2-3 Thai places, and at least one Vietnamese place in Collegetown now. The Johnny's sign is still there.

2 Korean, 2 Thai (kinda two parts of one - one kitchen at least), 2 Japanese, 1 Chinese, 1 Vietnamese, 1 Indian - all within a block and a half of the College Ave / Dryden Rd intersection

[jtwcornell91]

Are there still two and a half Greek restaurants (Souvlaki House, Greek House, and Eladio's)?

[Will]

John T. Whelan '91 wrote:

Are there still two and a half Greek restaurants (Souvlaki House, Greek House, and Eladio's)?

Souvlaki House and Greek House, yes; Eladio's, no.  I don't recall an Eladio's during my time here in Ithaca, where was that located?

It's also worth noting that the pizzeria that stands in place of Wendy's now (aptly, if unoriginally, called Collegetown Pizzeria) has, IMHO, better pizza than Mama T's.  To their credit, though, it isn't that Mama T's is bad, but I think C-Town Pizzeria is slightly better.

[jtwcornell91]

One of the guys who got revenge on Volonnino wrote:
Souvlaki House and Greek House, yes; Eladio's, no.  I don't recall an Eladio's during my time here in Ithaca, where was that located?

Just downhill from the parking garage.  It served a variety of near-Eastern food.  I thought I remembered it being around in the 1990s, perhaps under a different name.

[Beeeej]

Are you thinking of Aladdin's?

Beeeej

[CowbellGuy]

One of the guys who got revenge on Volonnino wrote:
It's also worth noting that the pizzeria that stands in place of Wendy's now (aptly, if unoriginally, called Collegetown Pizzeria) has, IMHO, better pizza than Mama T's.  To their credit, though, it isn't that Mama T's is bad, but I think C-Town Pizzeria is slightly better.

Oh hell no. It is that Mama T's is bad. It's hideous. Makes Pudgie's look upscale. That being said, CTown Pizzeria is quite good.

[ericho_4511]

Obviously you've never had the pleasure of Schaefer in the can  ::yark::

Schafer = great coach
Schaefer = great jingle, god awful beer

Also whoever thought of having sushi and Schaefer together is  ::screwy::

Just my humble opinion. :-P

[Mark]

I don't remember Peaches, but wasn't there a bar called "Plums" on the Commons?

Bingo, Big Red Apple, it was "Plums." I knew it was some sort of fruit, but my memory escaped me on the actual name. Considering I was there when Mike Schafer was "playing" for the Big Red, there's probably a reason I forgot. I bet Mike had a pop or two in Plums in his day. From what I remember, it had a nice wooden bar -- has it changed names and remained a bar, or is it something else?

[tml5]

Three Korean.  There's a Korean BBQ place near Aladdin's, that looks downright terrible, to go with Collegetown Cafe and Four Seasons.  The Asian Noodle House, formerly known as TAP, serves a variety of noodles, but seems to be mostly Vietnamese or Thai.  I've heard nothing good about the place, but I've never been.

So the count is - 1 Vietnam (sic), 1 mixed Asian noodles, 2 Thai (Lemon Leaf and Little Thai House II - both not very good/downright bad - if you want Thai, go downtown), 3 Korean, 1 Chinese, 2 Japanese.  None of these places is particularly good, although I occasionally get a craving for something and end up at Four Seasons or one of the overpriced Japanese places.

In addition to the Pizza places, there's the Souvlaki House, which has the best cheap Italian food in the area, IMO.  Why doesn't somebody open a decent cheap Italian restaurant in this town, anyway?  Am I missing something?  Any suggestions?

[jeh25]

Cowbell Guy wrote:

Oh hell no. It is that Mama T's is bad. It's hideous. Makes Pudgie's look upscale. That being said, CTown Pizzeria is quite good.

I miss La Belle Pizza that stood across from the Fleet Bank. Pizzabilities that replaced it was good too, although they were massively undercapitalized.  The upscale Korean place that replaced it is overrpriced, at least compared to Four Seasons down the hill.