Good Places to Eat Post Game?

[Brian]

We need help in choosing good places to eat after the game.  I ate at the Boatyard Grill yesterday and was totally turned off by the changes in their menu and the service that you get now.  They now are vegetarian unfriendly, which I can't believe in Ithaca!  They have also dramatically increased their prices all the way around, sizzling cookie--now $7.95 and the portions keep getting smaller.  We waited for 50 minutes when we were told only a 40 minute wait.  When we asked the waiter to ask the manager if he could do anything for a vegetarian, the manager would not even come to our table but he told the waiter to tell us that "we have salad."  I'm not sure I really want to support a restaurant that has as one of it's owner's the tax evading former owner of Joe's restaurant anyways.  Even the hockey team has stopped eating at the Boatyard, I didn't see them there at all last year.

As for other restaurant's, Roma's and Franco's are closed by the time the game ends.  Places like Applebee's, get very old after awhile.

I can't believe their are very few places that remain open for the hockey fans considering I used to see fans eating at restaurants all the time after the games.  I am very disappointed in the Ithaca restaurant owner's!!!!

We tend to like to eat at places that aren't that loud so we can talk about the game--we're Cornell hockey fanatics!

[jnm45]

#1. chill out jackass

#2. lost dog cafe, simeons, moosewood rest., the nines, the chairiot, abc cafe, taste of thai, abc cafe, viva taqueria, mahogany grill, stellas, john thomas, zaza's, heights cafe and grill, rulloff's, benchwarmers, max's, aladdins, wings over ithaca, sinbad....you get the point...also, you can never go wrong with louie's lunch and mama t's

[jtwcornell91]

If I'm hungry after the game, I like to go to the Char--oh, crap.  ::help::

[jtwcornell91]

No, seriously, my usual MO is to eat before the game (although about half the time that was at the Chariot), with a possible trip to Hot Truck after last call.

[Beeeej]

"Jackass" was uncalled for, though I agree a "chill out" was in order.

There's also always Manos and the State St. Diner, though Manos is far more conducive to a group post-game discussion.

Beeeej

[Trotsky]

1. Hot Truck
2. Nines
3. Benchwarmers
4. Ruloffs
5. Wings Over (fill in city here)

I'd go to John Thomas but I believe they now ask for your first born as a down payment.

[duffs4]

The Boat yard blows, I stopped going there over a year ago and don't miss it one bit.  My new favorite place to eat before or after games is going to be the Buffalo Street BBQ(the old Bistro Q).  I've been there a few times and it's great, it's also owned and run by Jeremy Downs' family.  

[Tub(a)]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

5. Wings Over (fill in city here)

[/q]

You are no longer able to fill in Ithaca as that city.

The owners broke the franchise and are now "Wingz."

I wish I was making this up, but I'm not.

[Josh '99]

[Q]duffs4 Wrote:

 The Boat yard blows, I stopped going there over a year ago and don't miss it one bit.  My new favorite place to eat before or after games is going to be the Buffalo Street BBQ(the old Bistro Q).  I've been there a few times and it's great, it's also owned and run by Jeremy Downs' family.  [/q]...  which might explain why the team doesn't go to the Boatyard so much anymore?

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]Tub(a) Wrote:
You are no longer able to fill in Ithaca as that city.

The owners broke the franchise and are now "Wingz."[/q]

That sucks. The Wings Over site still lists them. You'd think they'd want to eliminate all form of address and phone number advertising for them quickly. So I assume the menu has changed. Just curious, as wings was my rare but enjoyable indulgance, but is the new version worse? Or just different?

As for Boatyard, that's a real shame too. I always enjoyed them. Very good portions for not cheap but reasonable prices. Of course they were always packed so I guess they figured they could afford to turn away some customers.

The only thing I think is way unfair is your 40 vs. 50 minutes complaint. We're dealing with customers, eating, doing whatever they want. To get an estimate of human behavior like that within 25% isn't bad at all. I suppose they should probably try to estimate up, to make you happy if it's quicker, but they can't be right a the time. Those things are very difficult to judge, and you never know when a handful of table will sit around with after dinner drinks for an extended period of time.

Finally, I'll add Maxie's supper club (full menu 'til midnight) if you don't mind seafood focused, Thai Cuisine (doors close at 11 I think, but you can stay about as late as you want if you get it), and Chili's (somehow that one just doesn't get old for me really, assuming it's only once a month or so).

[Jerseygirl]

What's wrong with the popcorn at Dunbar's?

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]Jerseygirl Wrote:

 What's wrong with the popcorn at Dunbar's?[/q]

How much time do you have? :-P

[RatushnyFan]

Nothin'.  Unless you don't like hearing Brown Eyed Girl 4 or 5 times a night.  Never bothered me.

[kaelistus]

Is the Chariot gone already? That's a tragedy if there has ever been one in Ithaca.

[Beeeej]

[Q]Jerseygirl Wrote:What's wrong with the popcorn at Dunbar's?[/q]

Let's just say... it's been around.

Beeeej