Our area is among the regions Governor Cuomo says can move to Phase Three of reopening, and that means restaurants can work to reopen indoor seating areas at up to 50% capacity.

Phase Three means restaurants can open indoor seating

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Governor Cuomo announced last Wednesday that eateries in the regions around New York State currently in Phase 2 of reopening could begin offering outdoor in-person dining to guests on Thursday, and several restaurants around Ithaca and Tompkins County are ready or getting ready.

Restaurants start to offer outdoor seating around Ithaca and beyond

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This spring, 14850 Dining is getting into an unusual grilling season, complicated (but not entirely dissuaded) by the Coronavirus pandemic and the resulting restrictions on gatherings and dining out.

Getting into an unusual grilling season at home and around town

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Ithaca’s iconic Collegetown Bagels opened on College Avenue in 1976 and moved to its current corner in the ’90s, and just over four months after we learned Collegetown Bagels would be moving, owner Gregar Brous says the final day at the old location will be Friday, May 29th. CTB is moving across the street into the ground-floor retail space in Sheldon Court.

Last day for iconic Collegetown Bagels is on Friday the 29th

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This week, we’re out buying some fresh local food at the Tompkins County area’s farmers markets. Normally by this point in the spring we’d have three, four, even five days a week of farmers markets around the county, in Downtown Ithaca, in Trumansburg, on the Cornell campus, as well as at Steamboat Landing.

Tompkins County area farmers markets focus on fresh food

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One of the unexpected consequences of all food service moving to takeout and delivery is that restaurants are now allowed to offer takeout and delivery beer, wine, and cocktails!

It’s New York State’s nod to the fact that many restaurants make the most profit when they sell you a drink with your meal. But it means as long as you’re buying food, the restaurant can sell you a bottle or growler of beer, a glass or a bottle of wine, a bloody mary with brunch, or that Taco Tuesday margarita you’ve been looking forward to.

The era of takeout beer, wine, and cocktails is here

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This week 14850 Dining is looking around Ithaca and Tompkins County at the most comfort food focused of meals: brunch! We always love brunch on the weekends, but we’re glad to say there’s no need to limit yourself to weekends, especially when we could all use a little extra comfort food.

Turning to the comfort food of brunch, weekend or not

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A few Ithaca area eateries are reopening this month or trying new things after closing in mid March. In between our home cooking experiments, it’s good to try some comfort takeout food from some of our favorite local eateries.

Sushi and Sundaes as some Ithaca area eateries reopen

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We’re taking a look this week at the different approaches available for food takeout and delivery. Most of us are eating pretty much every meal at home, and even those doing lots of cooking are taking the opportunity to mix it up with some takeout here and there.

We’re going to start by suggesting that if you can pick up the food yourself or the restaurant does its own delivery, ordering directly from them means they earn the most money.

How you do your takeout and delivery matters to local businesses

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As many families spend more time at home this spring, we’re all figuring out how we’re observing Passover and Easter this year, a little bit differently than usual.

Easter and Passover this week will be a bit different than usual

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