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;Garcia's Mexican Restaurant:Traditional American-Mexican dishes.
;Garcia's Mexican Restaurant:Traditional American-Mexican dishes.
;Gimme Coffee–Green Street Station:Designed by Alison for JS3.
;Gimme Coffee–Green Street Station:Designed by Alison for JS3.
;Ithaca Bakery:Same as Collegetown Bagels
;Ithaca Bakery:Same as Collegetown Bagels, more room.
;Koko:Home style Korean.
;Koko:Home style Korean. Make your own cotton candy for free after your meal.
;Little Thai House:Cheapest place to get a giant plate of food:pad thai, yellow curry tofu, sweet eggplant, string beans
;Little Thai House:Cheapest place to get a giant plate of food:pad thai, yellow curry tofu, sweet eggplant, string beans
;Manndible Cafe:Excellent quality and flavor.
;Manndible Cafe:Excellent quality and flavor. Fun being in Mann Library.
;Mehak:410 Eddy St, great dishes.
;Moosewood Cafe
;Moosewood Cafe
;[http://www.moosewoodrestaurant.com/ Moosewood Restaurant]
;[http://www.moosewoodrestaurant.com/ Moosewood Restaurant]

Revision as of 15:41, 14 August 2011

Interesting things to do

Belle Sherman Elementary Playground
Cinemapolis
Cornell Orchard Store
Fruits, cider, and local produce, free samples
Barnes and Sage Halls, Cornell campus
Cornell campus
Apple Vending Machine in Plant Science
Beebe Lake
Cornell Cinema
Cornell Plantations
Dairy Bar (Closed for renovations, 2011)
Johnson Art Museum
Mann Library
Olin Library
Snee Hall (Geological Science and Engineering)
McGraw Tower, bell concerts
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Dewitt Mall
Sew Green's Rescued for Re-use
Pastimes:Antiques
Sola Gallery:Japanese and other art
Farmers' Market
Saturday and Sunday at Steamboat Landing
Floating Classroom
Thursdays & Sundays, 4:00-6:00pm, from Steamboat Landing. Ecotours open to the public, just show up or call ahead and reserve. http://floatingclassroom.blogspot.com/
Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College
Hiking the gorges
Ithaca Falls
Footbridge over Cascadilla gorge near Elmwood Ave.
Cascadilla Gorge
Buttermilk Falls:official web site
Ludlowville Falls
Six Mile Creek:Wildflower Preserve
Taughannock Falls:official web site
Robert Treman State Park:Enfield Glen, official web site
History Center
The Commons
Shopping, dining, events, and services
The Sciencenter
Museum of the Earth
Stewart Park
Picnics on the lake, tennis, soccer, frisbee, and events
Cross Country Skiing
Hammond Hill
Connecticut Hill
Cornell Plantations

Dining

Alladin's Natural Eatery
Asia Cuisine
Asian Noodle House
Shares a kitchen with Little Thai House, but bigger menu
Carriage House Cafe
Fancy food
Collegetown Bagels
Fast, best bagels and breads.
Diamond's
Diner-style Indian.
Garcia's Mexican Restaurant
Traditional American-Mexican dishes.
Gimme Coffee–Green Street Station
Designed by Alison for JS3.
Ithaca Bakery
Same as Collegetown Bagels, more room.
Koko
Home style Korean. Make your own cotton candy for free after your meal.
Little Thai House
Cheapest place to get a giant plate of food:pad thai, yellow curry tofu, sweet eggplant, string beans
Manndible Cafe
Excellent quality and flavor. Fun being in Mann Library.
Mehak
410 Eddy St, great dishes.
Moosewood Cafe
Moosewood Restaurant
Purity Ice Cream
Home of the Apple Stix Sundae.
Risley Dining
Looks like Hogwarts, convivial.
Sangam
Punjabi Indian
Souvlaki House
Inexpensive.
Taste of Thai
Fresh ingredients.
Taste of Thai Express
Temple of Zeus
A lunch joint in Goldwyn Smith Hall, Cornell U. Awesome soups; a sublime tofu sandwich called BLTease. Get there before 12:30, when the soup runs out.
The Nines
Deep dish pizza excellent, a slice, preferably with several toppings, is a meal.
Viva Taqueria
Best flavor, mucho culantro
ZaZa's

Day Trips

Southwest

Corning
Corning Museum of Glass
Thali, buttery Indian fare.

Northwest

Trumansburg
Sampson State Park
WWII Army and Navy Base
Rochester
Geneva
Small college town

Northeast

Skaneateles
Syracuse
Westcott area:Alternative college-town, vintage clothing, cheap eateries
Marshall Street:Collegetown-like atmosphere, Alladin's Eatery, etc.
Carousel Mall
Armory Square
NY State Fair
Two weeks around Labor Day