This week the 14850 Dining Report is paying a visit to Loumies in Collegetown. This new counter-service eatery on Dryden Road features Levantine snacks, sandwiches, and meals. Like most middle eastern cuisines, Levantine cooking is hearty and easily enjoyed for a vegetarian meal, but there's plenty of meat to satisfy the most devout carnivore, as well.

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Dozens of food and beverage producers and purveyors from around the Finger Lakes are coming together to offer tastes of their local fare to benefit food equity at this month’s Taste of the Finger Lakes event. It’s scheduled for Tuesday, June 14th at the Ithaca Farmers Market pavilion at Steamboat Landing.

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This week, we’re celebrating the 10th birthday of the Circus Truck! In a lot on West Green Street, this weekday one-man food truck is both gourmet Italian restaurant and burger joint in one. They got their start just two blocks away, and have been known to show up at festivals here and there, but mostly the Circus Truck is on West Green Street on weekdays, in the back of the parking lot across from the Agway parking lot and near the Finger Lakes Beverage Center’s bottle and can redemption door.

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Everyone’s a winner when Foodnet gets together chefs and cheese and community members to enjoy the combination, and this week the 14850 Dining Report has news of the winners of the recent Foodnet Mac 'n Cheese Bowl. It was the first in-person Foodnet Mac ‘n Cheese Bowl in three years, and it was held at the Ithaca Farmers Market’s Steamboat Landing pavilion.

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Three years ago, Zocalo brought authentic Mexican food to the Shops at Ithaca Mall in the spring of 2019, and this week, 14850 Dining is celebrating with a margarita and nachos and more.

Zocalo Mexican Bar & Grill is the third area location of the family-owned Old Mexico, and it was the first sit-down restaurant at the mall since Friendly’s closed several years ago. It’s also the first eatery serving alcoholic beverages at the mall in decades. We’re glad they weathered not just the pandemic but the decline of business and traffic at the mall.

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Mother's Day is a great opportunity to get the family together for a meal, and the Ithaca area has several in-person events and meals to fit the bill, as well as some delivery choices.

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This week, we're gearing up for the first in-person Foodnet Mac 'n Cheese Bowl in three years! Tickets are on sale now for the Mac 'n Cheese Bowl, bringing 20 restaurants and other vendors to Steamboat Landing on Wednesday, May 4th to raise money for Foodnet Meals on Wheels.

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This week the 14850 Dining Report explores the new law in New York State that allows restaurants and bars to sell takeout drinks once again. Governor Kathy Hochul said last weekend that "To-go drinks were a critical revenue stream for New York's bars and restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping many small businesses across the state pay their rent or mortgages."

https://www.14850.com/041925232-takeout-drinks-2204/

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Springtime brings with it the holidays of Passover and Easter, and this week we’re looking at the traditions surrounding these religious holidays and the opportunities to pre-order takeout meals and treats, as well as dine-in feasts, to celebrate them.

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We’re happy to share the word this week that Café DeWitt has new owners and a new lease on life. The nearly 50-year-old basement eatery in the DeWitt Mall closed temporarily in December, and will reopen this spring.

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