Ithaca NY Fine Dining?

[Lawdwaz]

I may be spending a weekend in Ithaca soon and wondered if anyone could recommend any better dining places?

Things to see while there?

What park is nicer for a visit?  Buttermilk Falls or Taughannock Falls.

[Just Lucky]

I would recommend the boatyard for a good dinner. 

[crappyice]

Mahogany Grill was some good eats the two or three times my golf parents took me there while up at the state tournament held at Cornell. Haven’t been in a bunch of years however


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[Lawdwaz]

I should have titled this “decent dining” lol

Thanks

[sbuff]

Ithaca ale house gets my vote

[kpkot]

I camped at treeman state park 2 years ago. Very nice trail system in that park. We hiked Taughannock Falls , an easy but very enjoyable hike. Cool history on how they named the waterfalls. Have fun

[diplomat019]

2 minutes ago, kpkot said:

I camped at treeman state park 2 years ago. Very nice trail system in that park. We hiked Taughannock Falls , an easy but very enjoyable hike. Cool history on how they named the waterfalls. Have fun

Is that the park with the huge swimming hole?

[kpkot]

27 minutes ago, diplomat019 said:

Is that the park with the huge swimming hole?

Yes treeman is. My kids loved it water was a bit chilly in June but still alot of fun. 

[diplomat019]

22 minutes ago, kpkot said:

Yes treeman is. My kids loved it water was a bit chilly in June but still alot of fun. 

Nice.  I might take a trip up there this summer with my kids.  I love swimming holes.  And from what I’ve read that whole region is awesome.  
 

[Bigfoot 327]

For the record it's Treman (named for the donor of the land) State Park, not "treeman. Also, 

there is Treman Marine Park in Ithaca in addition to the SP.

 

[turkeyfeathers]

buttermilk and treman for a hike .usually hike them both the same day. Viva in the commons for really good authentic mexican food, Ithaca brewing beer garden is fun,collegetown bagels( 2locations) for awesomw coffe and breakfast sammiches,liquid state brewing has some good beers, stop at Muranda cheese in geneva on the way home, its a remodled barn and killer cheeses, 2 goats brewing on seneca on the way home too, only killer roast beef to eat there and great view of lake from the deck

[turkeyfeathers]

look for the large herd of pibald deer at the old  seneca  in army depot in Romulus

[Kmartinson]

21 hours ago, Lawdwaz said:

I may be spending a weekend in Ithaca soon and wondered if anyone could recommend any better dining places?

Things to see while there?

What park is nicer for a visit?  Buttermilk Falls or Taughannock Falls.

What type of food do you like? There are many options here. Simeons on the commons, the Rook, too many to name.

Taughannock is great, may be a little better, also Treman park just south of buttermilk is awesome also. The lower park now has rainbows spawning in it from the lake.

Cornell campus is really beautiful and the ithaca falls on the east end is a must. It's located in fall creek neighborhood.  Also loaded with spawning fish.

 

[Kmartinson]

6 hours ago, diplomat019 said:

Is that the park with the huge swimming hole?

Yes

[Lawdwaz]

31 minutes ago, Kmartinson said:

What type of food do you like? There are many options here. Simeons on the commons, the Rook, too many to name.

Taughannock is great, may be a little better, also Treman park just south of buttermilk is awesome also. The lower park now has rainbows spawning in it from the lake.

Cornell campus is really beautiful and the ithaca falls on the east end is a must. It's located in fall creek neighborhood.  Also loaded with spawning fish.

 

Are you local?

[Kmartinson]

4 hours ago, Lawdwaz said:

Are you local?

Yes

[wolc123]

 

How about some model 37 style fillet mignon, cooked rare with a Genny 12 horse ?  It don’t get much finer than that in NY. 

Edited April 24, 2022 by wolc123

[Lawdwaz]

16 hours ago, Kmartinson said:

What type of food do you like?

 

 

It'd be easier to name the types of food I don't like.....and I can't think of any.  LOL

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology sounds interesting.  Yes/no?

 

[Lawdwaz]

3 hours ago, wolc123 said:

 

How about some model 37 style fillet mignon, cooked rare with a Genny 12 horse ?  It don’t get much finer than that in NY. 

Do your dishes and clean that barn up already........

[wolc123]

1 hour ago, Lawdwaz said:

Do your dishes and clean that barn up already........

No rush, I got till mid-August to get that done. 

[Kmartinson]

5 hours ago, Lawdwaz said:

It'd be easier to name the types of food I don't like.....and I can't think of any.  LOL

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology sounds interesting.  Yes/no?

 

Ornithology is cool for sure. We have lots of hiking trails around. I think is finger lakes land trust spots as well as the finger lakes trail.  You at least gotta tell me what level dining,  we have great food but also swanky spots because of cornell. Every type of Asian cuisine, no great steaks anymore but everything else. Imo boatyard has fell off, its very cisco truck,  but around the comons are some Gems.

[Chef]

Ornithology is cool for sure. We have lots of hiking trails around. I think is finger lakes land trust spots as well as the finger lakes trail.  You at least gotta tell me what level dining,  we have great food but also swanky spots because of cornell. Every type of Asian cuisine, no great steaks anymore but everything else. Imo boatyard has fell off, its very cisco truck,  but around the comons are some Gems.

To me fine dining meats white tablecloths and wine


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[Kmartinson]

1 hour ago, Chef said:

To me fine dining meats white tablecloths and wine


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Many places offer that setting. 25,50,or 100$ a plate I guess is what I'm asking 

[BizCT]

Many places offer that setting. 25,50,or 100$ a plate I guess is what I'm asking 

If you know Lawdz, you’d know he isn’t order steak under $56


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[Kmartinson]

Simeons on the commons is great and we love the raw bar. The Heights Cafe in Cayuga Heights and the Ranic golf club restaurant I think its called Parrilla now. All fine as #(ck.