Guidebook for Ithaca

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Guidebook for Ithaca

Food Scene

Excellent food. While generally favored for dinner, we love their lunch. Drinks are also available on their patio in the summer.
29 locals recommend
The Heights Restaurant and H Bar
903 Hanshaw Rd
29 locals recommend
Excellent food. While generally favored for dinner, we love their lunch. Drinks are also available on their patio in the summer.
Consistently excellent food and drink. A nice patio in the summer. Jazz brunch on Sunday.
76 locals recommend
Agava Restaurant
381 Pine Tree Rd
76 locals recommend
Consistently excellent food and drink. A nice patio in the summer. Jazz brunch on Sunday.
An Ithaca staple for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sandwiches, bagels, salads, and other cafe fare.
169 locals recommend
Ithaca Bakery
400 N Meadow St
169 locals recommend
An Ithaca staple for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sandwiches, bagels, salads, and other cafe fare.
A tapas restaurant featuring local produce and wines. A lovely place for dinner for two or more.
84 locals recommend
Just A Taste
116 N Aurora St
84 locals recommend
A tapas restaurant featuring local produce and wines. A lovely place for dinner for two or more.
A central part of Ithaca life, the Farmer's Market features farmers, artists, and a variety of stalls with delicious food. Saturday and Sunday in the summer, as well as some Thursday nights.
266 locals recommend
Ithaca Farmers Market
545 3rd St
266 locals recommend
A central part of Ithaca life, the Farmer's Market features farmers, artists, and a variety of stalls with delicious food. Saturday and Sunday in the summer, as well as some Thursday nights.
A fabulous place for brunch or lunch. And they just added a bar in the loft upstairs. Their mocha is the best we've had.
33 locals recommend
Carriage House Cafe
305 Stewart Ave
33 locals recommend
A fabulous place for brunch or lunch. And they just added a bar in the loft upstairs. Their mocha is the best we've had.
A short walk from the house will bring you to Gimmee Coffee, which has some of the best coffee around.
Gimme! Coffee
A short walk from the house will bring you to Gimmee Coffee, which has some of the best coffee around.
Delicious breakfast sandwiches and baked goods. A short walk from the apartment.
Adam's Corners Cafe
Delicious breakfast sandwiches and baked goods. A short walk from the apartment.

Parks & Nature

Ithaca is full of lovely natural areas and gorges. This is our favorite.
373 locals recommend
Buttermilk Falls State Park
373 locals recommend
Ithaca is full of lovely natural areas and gorges. This is our favorite.
A great place to hike or swim.
333 locals recommend
TREMAN STATE PARK
105 Enfield Falls Rd
333 locals recommend
A great place to hike or swim.
Cornell's plantations are one of Ithaca's best--and least known--pleasures. Take a walk through its rolling hills, or visit the English-style garden and Visitor's center (which serves Gimmee coffee).
18 locals recommend
Cornell Plantations
18 locals recommend
Cornell's plantations are one of Ithaca's best--and least known--pleasures. Take a walk through its rolling hills, or visit the English-style garden and Visitor's center (which serves Gimmee coffee).

Entertainment & Activities

Great for an outdoor walk and birdwatching. The Visitor's area also features interesting educational materials and short-format documentaries.
52 locals recommend
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd
52 locals recommend
Great for an outdoor walk and birdwatching. The Visitor's area also features interesting educational materials and short-format documentaries.

Arts & Culture

A lovely, free museum. Be sure to check out the view from the top floor
149 locals recommend
Johnson Museum of Art
114 Central Ave
149 locals recommend
A lovely, free museum. Be sure to check out the view from the top floor
Remarkable quality for a local theater. Traditionally, it was summer stock only, but they are expanding offerings and now have events year-round.
66 locals recommend
Hangar Theatre
801 Taughannock Blvd
66 locals recommend
Remarkable quality for a local theater. Traditionally, it was summer stock only, but they are expanding offerings and now have events year-round.
Cornell's theater.
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
430 College Ave
Cornell's theater.

Essentials

Our go-to pharmacy. You can walk (its a little long but there are sidewalks) or take the bus.
12 locals recommend
Kinney Drugs
2100 Trumansburg Rd
12 locals recommend
Our go-to pharmacy. You can walk (its a little long but there are sidewalks) or take the bus.
Forgot something? You can find it here. And its accessible by bus.
15 locals recommend
Target
40 Catherwood Rd
15 locals recommend
Forgot something? You can find it here. And its accessible by bus.