Ithaca, continued

[eruthros]

Y'all should come visit me. I'm in an apartment with hardwood floors, I have an honest-to-god spare bedroom, and there are more restaurants here per capita than there are in Manhattan. Also there is a lake, and rental canoes for a day for $20. And there are falls, and hiking areas, and a seriously cool farmers market, and earl grey-lime sorbet.

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Total miles walked = 6.2
Total brioche cinnamon pecan buns purchased = 0. Woe! Just Desserts was out of them by the time I got there.
Total Wegmans visited = 1. It was on the way back from the bank, and I was curious. It's not as cool as people billed it, and I'll stick with my co-op.
Total local organic ground turkey purchased = 0. Tragic! The local meat store was all out. (The proprietor did sell me on ground buffalo, though. Local ground buffalo. I want to know where they keep the buffalo. I mean, upstate New York does not make me think "ahh, the vast herds of buffalo!" Also, buffalo is fun to say.)

I think I will spend too much money on food here, as I now live in a place where it is fun and easy to shop for local-and-organic. In Philadelphia, it was frequently a pain in the ass; you had to bus, or walk huge distances, and then it was expensive or not ripe or whatever. Here, I walk half a mile and -- hey, an organic convenience store! They sell organic tofu produced here! I must have some! And so on.

Comments

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

I think we totally will have to, assuming I can get somebody to help with the drive. :D

[eruthros]

Yes! Absolutely! strange_selkie would definitely enjoy the food. :)

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I want to know where they keep the buffalo. I mean, upstate New York does not make me think "ahh, the vast herds of buffalo!" Also, buffalo is fun to say.

Well, there is Buffalo city....

(wouldn't it be ironic if there was an antelope farm there?)

[eruthros]

It would! Sadly, my google-fu has failed me. There may be an antelope farm in Buffalo, but I can't find it. :)

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

There's a farm in upstate called Antelope Ranch, but as far as I can tell they have no actual Antelope, alas!

[eruthros]

This saddens me! Woe for the lack of antelope!

OTOH, I am told that there's a pheasant farm near Buffalo, which is nearly as cool.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Oh man. Pheasant Farm! Fun to visit and to say!

[rubicantoto.livejournal.com]

If you'd like restaurant recommendations, one of my best friends from work spent 6 years in Ithaca/at Cornell--are there any food restrictions I should present to him?

[eruthros]

I don't eat beef, and don't usually eat meals that are other-red-meat-focused (not a steak and potatoes type), but am otherwise not picky.

[rubicantoto.livejournal.com]

I got the names of a handful of good restaurants. My friend indicated that he could be more helpful with a specific cuisine type in mind.

Here are some from off the top of his head:

Maxi's Supper Club
Just A Taste
Moosewood
Madeline's
Zaza
Taste of Thai
Thai Cuisine
and Wegman's Supermarket has great chinese food

[eruthros]

Cool, thank you! (And him.) I eat just about any cuisine, so I'm really not that particular -- at some point, I'm going to have to hunt down good french fries, but other than that I'll eat whatever ethnic cuisine is done best in the area. Philadelphia, for example, tended to have depressing Thai, so I gave up on Thai for the duration.