Ithaca Dining from 14850 Magazine

This week 14850 Dining is visiting Modern Ohana, the brand new restaurant that's opened where Mix was. Same owner, same chef, but a brand new Pacific tropical islands and Asian fusion theme. An exterior paint job had already been finished before Mix closed in mid January, a bar rebuild was already under way, and a dining area refresh was completed in the three weeks the restaurant was closed. Tropical island vibes all day long at Ithaca’s new Modern Ohana Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is celebrating National Pizza Day with a look at some pizza gems around the area… some obvious and some not so much! Celebrating National Pizza Day with a few of the Ithaca area’s pizza gems Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week the 14850 Dining Report is looking around at a changed restaurant landscape and encouraging you to visit the bars and eateries you enjoy before they decide to close. Visit the bars and restaurants you enjoy while you still can, before they close Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Here’s the 14850 Dining Report, this week with a few changes to the Ithaca restaurant scene. There’s a restaurant closing, a new fast food spot opening, and another restaurant changing its name and its focus. Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

After nearly ten years in Ithaca's southwest, MIX Kitchen & Bar is closing this weekend as chef and owner Mix Johnson prepares to reopen the restaurant with a tropical island fusion theme, as Modern Ohana. Final days at MIX Kitchen & Bar, reopening soon as something new Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

It's a cold winter week, and 14850 Dining is warming up with some winter comfort food around town. Not just hot food, but food that can warm you to your core and satisfy your soul. Looking for soul-warming comfort food around Ithaca during a cold winter week Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week the 14850 Dining Report is rounding up a year in review, looking back at 2025 in Ithaca and Tompkins County's food and restaurant scene. 14850 Dining’s Ithaca 2025 Food & Restaurant Year in Review Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

New Year’s Eve is nigh, and as we get ready to put 2025 in the rearview mirror and greet 2026, there are several eateries and other establishments around Ithaca and Tompkins County with New Year’s Eve feasts and festivities, and we’ve got a list of who’s open and closed this week. New Year’s Eve feasts and festivities around the Ithaca area Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

The holidays are fast approaching, and 14850 Dining has your listing of who's naughty and nice — er, we mean, who's open and closed around Hanukkah, Festivus, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, and Twelfth Night, and who's taking a long winter's nap. Who’s open and closed for the holidays around the Ithaca area? Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is checking out the new Kingston's Cuisine, a Jamaican spot that's expanded from its pop-up past at the K-HOUSE karaoke lounge into a permanent location at the Cayuga Shopping Center. It's in the corner spot that used to be Friends & Pho, or if you've been here a while, Peking Restaurant. Warm up to the island vibe at Kingston’s Cuisine, now in its own location Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Shop local! This week the 14850 Dining Report has some food-related holiday gift ideas for the family and friends on your shopping list — or for yourself! Shop Local! The Ithaca and Finger Lakes holiday shopping guide Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Thanksgiving is this week, and the 14850 Dining Report has the latest info as you prepare for your holiday. Thanksgiving and Harvest feasts around Ithaca and Tompkins County for November 2025 Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

The chilly autumn weather has us looking forward to comfort food and thinking about holiday traditions with friends and family, and we've been compiling our annual list of harvest feasts and Thanksgiving events, including free community meals around Ithaca and Tompkins County. Thanksgiving and Harvest feasts around Ithaca and Tompkins County for November 2025 Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Mexican food has returned to the heart of Trumansburg with the opening last week of El Amigo Restaurant. Ten years after they opened Old Mexico in Ithaca's southwest, followed by Old Mexico Express in Collegetown and Zocalo Mexican Bar & Grill at the Shops at Ithaca Mall, the same family has opened a fourth location in the former home of the Silver Line Tap Room, Dorothy's Music Room, and the Pourhouse. Now open: El Amigo Mexican Restaurant in Trumansburg Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week the 14850 Dining Report is exploring the food security efforts around Ithaca and Tompkins County as community members deal with uncertainty about SNAP benefits. An estimated 7,300 residents of Tompkins County alone rely on SNAP. Most recipients in New York State are children, elderly, or disabled. Local organizations and governments prepare to step in with SNAP funding in question Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

There aren't many restaurants that last 50 years, let alone under a single owner, and this week, 14850 Dining has learned that Kelly's Dockside Kafe will close this weekend, a little over a year after the building and business were listed for sale. Their last day of operation will be Sunday, November 2nd. As west end properties change hands, Kelly’s Dockside Kafe will close this fall Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is celebrating National Taco Day with a look around the Ithaca and Tompkins County area at some of the delicious taco offerings. On the Tompkins County Taco Trail in observance of National Taco Day Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

National Lobster Day is this Thursday, and we're celebrating by checking out an assortment of lobster offerings around town, ranging from appetizers to lunches to decadent dinners. Celebrating National Lobster Day with offerings around town Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Three years after Chef Matt Hummel took over at the helm of Hazelnut Kitchen in Trumansburg, the owner says he's closing the iconic farm-to-table eatery on Thursday, October 30th. It's “to take a step back to prioritize my family and think about what's next for the space,” he said on Saturday. Trumansburg’s Hazelnut Kitchen will close at the end of October Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Both college football and NFL seasons have kicked off, there are some World Cup qualifiers still ahead, and there's plenty of WNBA and MLB on the schedule! Whether you're a cord-cutter or just like to watch the game with a crowd and some snacks, we've got some ideas of where to go catch the game around Ithaca and Tompkins County. Old and new spots to put on the team colors and watch the game with some good food and drink Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

We mention Red's Place from time to time, in our where-to-find-lunch features, or National Sandwich Day roundup, or when we're talking about the Chili Cook-Off or Mac ‘n Cheese Bowl. But it's been a while since we've featured them, so this week we're giving Red's Place our full attention. Returning to Red’s Place, under new ownership with lots of what we’ve always loved Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

14850 Dining is at the movies this week with a month’s worth of staff picks at Cinemapolis, Ithaca’s downtown movie theatre, because this month’s staff picks theme is food! Flavor on film: A month of food features begins this week at Cinemapolis Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Here’s the 14850 Dining Report, and tonight’s the night! Over 50 restaurants, caterers, wineries, cideries, breweries, distilleries and more are coming together to offer tastes of their local fare to benefit food equity at Taste of the Finger Lakes. It's tonight at the Ithaca Farmers Market pavilion at Steamboat Landing. 14850 is proud to be a sponsor of Taste of the Finger Lakes. Showing off the region’s culinary bounty for a cause at Taste of the Finger Lakes Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

We reported in February that BG Budas East Hill Italian Grill was coming soon to the spot where Agava used to be, and this week, 14850 Dining is taking a look at this new eatery that's open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday. https://www.14850.com/040140485-bg-budas-ithaca/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is carrying a tune up the hill to K-HOUSE Karaoke Lounge, which has a new tiny kitchen pop-up open four days a week. They're featuring food from the Lotus, the new Korean restaurant that opened in downtown Ithaca last spring. https://www.14850.com/032440422-k-house-lotus-popup-2503/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Staff at the Applebee's Grill & Bar location in Ithaca's northeast were informed Wednesday that the restaurant will close in May, 14850 Dining has learned. The last date of operation for the eatery on North Triphammer Road in the Village of Lansing is May 19th. https://www.14850.com/030140190-applebees-ithaca-closing/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is checking out a little bit of a pizzeria shuffle! Check out 23 North at Pizza and Bones in the Small Mall, and June's Cafe & Pizzeria in Dryden, and tell them you heard about them here. https://www.14850.com/030440227-ithaca-pizzeria-shuffle/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

National Chili Day is this Thursday, and the 14850 Dining Report is celebrating all week as we get ready for the 27th annual Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-Off on Saturday. https://www.14850.com/022540154-national-chili-cookoff-2502/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

What's hot? This week the 14850 Dining Report is trying a new collaboration between a local pizzeria, Eta Pie, and Hot Ones Wings. It's a new food delivery concept partnering with local eateries to serve chicken wings and sandwiches with hot sauces seen on the “Hot Ones” interview series where celebrity guests answer questions while tasting hotter and hotter wings. https://www.14850.com/021840064-hot-ones-wings-eta-pie/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Almost 30 years after Viva Taqueria opened on a corner in Downtown Ithaca, and almost two years after the expanded eatery moved across the street, the longtime owners, Ursula and Pete Browning, have sold the restaurant to a new owner. Katie Stone tells 14850 Dining the basics will stay the same, but she has several ideas for Viva Taqueria & Cantina's new era on the Ithaca Commons. https://www.14850.com/020639929-viva-ithaca-new-owner/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

We're wrapping up the 14850 Dining 25th birthday celebration this week with a look back at some of the legends of the Ithaca area restaurant scene that have slipped away into the mists of time. https://www.14850.com/020439880-25th-anniversary-legends/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week we're continuing the 14850 Dining 25th birthday celebration with a look back at some favorites that lasted years in the Ithaca area. https://www.14850.com/012939790-25th-anniversary-favorites-2501/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

The 14850 Dining 25th birthday celebration continues with a look back at some eateries that have closed over that quarter century, this week focusing on some spots that we've gotten to know for hosting multiple restaurants each. https://www.14850.com/011439634-25th-anniversary-multiple-2501/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This month we're celebrating the 25th birthday of 14850 Dining with a look back at some favorite eateries of the Ithaca area that have closed over that quarter century. We asked our readers what their favorites were, and boy did you come through with some gems, including restaurants we'd never have remembered. https://www.14850.com/010739595-25th-anniversary-recent-2501/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

The Ithaca Coffee Company is closing its doors at Triphammer Marketplace this winter, but we're glad to report that the business will live on with a new focus in a new home. https://www.14850.com/010439580-ithaca-coffee-new-focus/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

The holiday season just doesn't feel complete without a festive night out, or a favorite takeout meal at home. Here's the annual 14850 Dining listing of who's open and closed around Hanukkah, Christmas, and the New Year, as well as some special events. https://www.14850.com/121239326-holiday-feasts-hours-2412/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is staying warm and enjoying some comfort food on the Downtown Ithaca Comfort Food Trail. It's a two-week-long roving food event alongside the holiday shopping season and the two-weekend run of the play “Comfort Food” at the nearby Kitchen Theatre. https://www.14850.com/121039378-ithaca-comfort-food-trail-2412/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, we're visiting a new eatery in Downtown Ithaca, the Ithaca Deli. It's a classic urban combination of deli sandwich shop, juice and smoothie bar, and convenience store, with some middle eastern dishes as well. https://www.14850.com/120339303-ithaca-deli-downtown/ Listen to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Here's an update to our annual list of eateries with dine-in or take-out Thanksgiving feasts, and who's open and closed around the holiday. https://www.14850.com/111838925-thanksgiving-ithaca-2411/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

There are organizations preparing to offer free meals to community members in need, and they could use your help! We're also compiling our annual list of eateries with dine-in or take-out Thanksgiving feasts, and who's open and closed around the holiday. https://www.14850.com/111838925-thanksgiving-ithaca-2411/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is visiting Olé Olé, a new Korean street food eatery in Ithaca's northeast. Named for a Korean term that means "the small alley leading to the house on the street," Olé Olé offers quick service for dine-in, takeout, and delivery. https://www.14850.com/111238958-ole-ole-korean/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

One of the pioneers of locavore dining in the Finger Lakes will close this fall, as Daño's Heuriger on Seneca is set to close on December 1st, owner Karen Gilman announced on Tuesday afternoon. She and her late husband Daño Hutnik operated their Viennese-inspired restaurant at three locations, and Gilman has continued to run Daño's on Seneca since his death in 2018. https://www.14850.com/103038748-danos-seneca-closing-2410/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, we're checking out a new cocktail lounge and dessert bar in Ithaca's west end. The Ithaca 5 & Dime has just opened on West State Street where game bar Modern Alchemy closed this spring after three years. https://www.14850.com/102938740-ithaca-five-dime/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is paying another visit to our friends at Yxi's Arepas & The Chef Gordito. This food truck in the west end opened last fall after a few years serving up Venezuelan and Mexican food at a stand at GrassRoots, the Westy, Porchfest, the BBQ, and other events around town. https://www.14850.com/102238656-yxis-arepas/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

They quietly opened during Apple Harvest Festival weekend in Downtown Ithaca, and now the new Tavern on the Commons is talking up their arrival. On the ground floor of the Hilton Garden Inn hotel at the corner of Seneca and Tioga Streets, the Tavern is open to the public in the former location of Kilpatrick's Publick House. https://www.14850.com/101138562-tavern-commons-first-look/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is heading out to catch a football game at one of the Ithaca area's full-time or part-time sports bars, as the NFL season hits week three and both Ithaca College and Cornell football seasons are under way. https://www.14850.com/092238139-football-game-sports-bars-2409/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Downtown Ithaca's Coltivare Restaurant was only supposed to be closed for a few weeks last spring, and now we have the word that the “farm to bistro” collaboration of TC3's culinary arts, beverage marketing, and farm education programs finally reopened this summer after over a year in limbo. https://www.14850.com/091738067-coltivare-reopens-2409/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

Weekday lunches at area restaurants used to be a lot more common, but limited staffing and other factors have led some eateries to reduce the hours, or even the number of days of the week, they're open. If you're looking for a daytime lunch outing, here's what's available. https://www.14850.com/082637800-weekday-lunch-ithaca-2408/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, Ithaca's population swells as we welcome a new crop of students and returning students, alongside summer wine trail and waterfall vacationers who enjoy a good meal, and longtime residents looking for something new to try. Whether you've just arrived or you've been in the Finger Lakes for years, 14850 Dining has some suggestions of where to dine. Ithaca is known for having more restaurants per capita than any other city in the United States, and it offers a wide variety of dining styles from fast food to fancy, including diners and sandwich shops, Asian and Mediterranean eateries, pizzerias and steakhouses, and food trucks and ice cream stands. https://www.14850.com/081837742-welcome-ithaca-dining-2408/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

This week, 14850 Dining is enjoying the outdoor weather with some of Ithaca's fine food trucks. https://www.14850.com/081337658-ithaca-food-trucks-2408/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.

The view is a little different, but this week we're on a vibrant downtown corner enjoying a margarita and a taco or three. You guessed it, we're back at Viva, now in its new location for a little over a year. https://www.14850.com/080637561-viva-new-location-ithaca/ Subscribe to the 14850 Dining Podcast in Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Audible, or RSS Feed, listen on WVBR, or follow 14850 Dining on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or sign up for our newsletter.