Guidebook for Ithaca

Andrea & Michael
Andrea & Michael
Guidebook for Ithaca

Food Scene

Cute local place with good coffee, breakfast, and lunch. In the old railroad coal office building across from Cornell's IT offices.
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Coal Yard Cafe
143 Maple Ave
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Cute local place with good coffee, breakfast, and lunch. In the old railroad coal office building across from Cornell's IT offices.
Great local food served in the hallway of a old school turned local 'mall'.
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Cafe Dewitt
215 N Cayuga St
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Great local food served in the hallway of a old school turned local 'mall'.
Better than average diner-style food with a great view.
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Sunset Grill
823 Danby Rd
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Better than average diner-style food with a great view.
Excellent chinese food from a casual place with a local asian clientele.
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Spicy Asian
335 Elmira Rd
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Excellent chinese food from a casual place with a local asian clientele.
Excellent tapas restaurant. Does not take reservations so plan on getting in line 20-30 min before opening to ensure a seat in the first seating. Usually able to get later (7pm-ish) seat too!
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Just A Taste
116 N Aurora St
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Excellent tapas restaurant. Does not take reservations so plan on getting in line 20-30 min before opening to ensure a seat in the first seating. Usually able to get later (7pm-ish) seat too!
Classic college pizza joint known for deep dish. Good beer and the basics for when you are not in a rush.
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The Nines
311 College Ave
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Classic college pizza joint known for deep dish. Good beer and the basics for when you are not in a rush.
good coffee, drinks, sandwiches and beer.
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Collegetown Bagels
420 College Ave
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good coffee, drinks, sandwiches and beer.
Vegetarian and mediterranean food.
Aladdins Natural Eatery
100 Dryden Rd
Vegetarian and mediterranean food.
Chinese take out and eat in 3 min from our house. Proximity wins!
Ling Ling Garden
331 Pine Tree Rd
Chinese take out and eat in 3 min from our house. Proximity wins!
Coffee!
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Gimme! Coffee
430 N Cayuga St
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Coffee!
The best local food breakfast. Trust the odd sounding combinations - they always taste amazing!
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Creekside Cafe
4 W Main St
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The best local food breakfast. Trust the odd sounding combinations - they always taste amazing!
For a nice dinner made from local ingredients.
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Hazelnut Kitchen
53 E Main St
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For a nice dinner made from local ingredients.

Parks & Nature

Tallest waterfall this side of the country! 20 min walk along basically flat trail along the gorge bottom to the base of the falls.
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Taughannock Falls State Park
1740 Taughannock Blvd
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Tallest waterfall this side of the country! 20 min walk along basically flat trail along the gorge bottom to the base of the falls.
Beautiful waterfall right at the entrance to the park, with plenty of trails to hike and summer-time swimming (if you don't mind cold water)
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Buttermilk Falls State Park
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Beautiful waterfall right at the entrance to the park, with plenty of trails to hike and summer-time swimming (if you don't mind cold water)
Walk around one of the most-beautiful places on the Cornell campus and over the Beebe lake dam. The loop around the lake takes about 20-30 min to complete.
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Beebe Lake
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Walk around one of the most-beautiful places on the Cornell campus and over the Beebe lake dam. The loop around the lake takes about 20-30 min to complete.
Upper and lower parks connected by a walk alongside waterfall after waterfall.
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TREMAN STATE PARK
105 Enfield Falls Rd
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Upper and lower parks connected by a walk alongside waterfall after waterfall.
Stunning 150 acre arboretum and 20 acres of manicured gardens. You're never far from bench to take in a perfectly maintained vista. Excellent place for a picnic and stroll. If you like to learn about plants, each specimen is tagged for your edification. http://www.cornellbotanicgardens.org/our-gardens/botanical
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Ġonna Botaniċi Cornell
124 Comstock Knoll Dr
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Stunning 150 acre arboretum and 20 acres of manicured gardens. You're never far from bench to take in a perfectly maintained vista. Excellent place for a picnic and stroll. If you like to learn about plants, each specimen is tagged for your edification. http://www.cornellbotanicgardens.org/our-gardens/botanical
Mostly flat former rail bed trail. A combination of pavement and hard packed gravel - expertly maintained (plowed in the winter)
South Hill Recreation Way
South Hill Recreation Way
Mostly flat former rail bed trail. A combination of pavement and hard packed gravel - expertly maintained (plowed in the winter)
Beautiful and well-maintained trail system.
East Ithaca Recreation Way
East Ithaca Recreation Way
Beautiful and well-maintained trail system.
Stone path and steps along side the cascades of the cascadilla creek. An easy walk down, a more grueling up hill/stairs climb. Start at the top in college town and take the trail to lunch downtown. Pro tip - take the bus back up the hill!
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Cascadilla Gorge Trail
Cascadilla Gorge Trail
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Stone path and steps along side the cascades of the cascadilla creek. An easy walk down, a more grueling up hill/stairs climb. Start at the top in college town and take the trail to lunch downtown. Pro tip - take the bus back up the hill!
150 acre collection of trees, shrubs, and landscapes.
F. R. Newman Arboretum
150 acre collection of trees, shrubs, and landscapes.

Everything Else

Iconic Ivy League campus.
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Cornell University
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Iconic Ivy League campus.
Beautiful campus with stunning views of downtown, Cayuga lake, and Cornell University.
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Ithaca College
953 Danby Rd
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Beautiful campus with stunning views of downtown, Cayuga lake, and Cornell University.

Arts & Culture

Art museum on Cornell campus, building designed by I.M. Pei. Stop by after dark to enjoy the lights below the cantilevered roof.
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Johnson Museum of Art
114 Central Ave
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Art museum on Cornell campus, building designed by I.M. Pei. Stop by after dark to enjoy the lights below the cantilevered roof.

Shopping

Gigantic covered pavilion with everything you'd ever want from a farmers market! Once you've been in town for a while you cannot go to the farmers market without seeing a handful of familiar faces.
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Ithaca Farmers Market
545 3rd St
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Gigantic covered pavilion with everything you'd ever want from a farmers market! Once you've been in town for a while you cannot go to the farmers market without seeing a handful of familiar faces.