Passover and Easter, two of the major religious holidays that fall in spring, are around the corner, with Passover beginning at sundown on Wednesday, April 5th and Easter falling on Sunday, April 9th. A few eateries around Ithaca and Tompkins County have meals available for the occasion.

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This week, we’re looking at some of the ways small food and beverage businesses are trying to adapt to rising costs and tighter margins. In an effort to avoid raising prices, some bars and eateries in Ithaca and beyond are passing along credit card processing costs or offering “cash discounts,” adding automatic gratuities or server commissions, or adding service fees to the check.

https://www.14850.com/032130852-covering-restaurant-costs/

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St. Patrick’s Day is this Friday, and we’re celebrating with a variety of Irish-inspired cooking from our favorite eateries around Ithaca and Tompkins County over the next few days.

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This week, we're looking at the ghost kitchen phenomenon, and how it's expanded in Ithaca over the last dozen or so years. Simply put, a ghost kitchen offers a restaurant takeout or delivery meal without a matching restaurant you can walk into.

https://www.14850.com/022830555-ghost-kitchens-ithaca/

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Viva Taqueria opened on its Downtown Ithaca corner in July 1995, and Pete and Ursula Browning tell us the eatery, which before long had expanded into the full-service Viva Cantina, will soon move across the street to the former location of Pasta Vitto and Madeline’s, the two full-service restaurants that have occupied that spot.

https://www.14850.com/021630276-viva-taqueria-move/

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It's February, and this week 14850 Dining is taking a look at the Valentine's Day offerings around Ithaca and Tompkins County, whether you're looking for treats or a dinner on the town -- or at your own dining room table.

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We've enjoyed brunches at the Bistro at La Tourelle for many years, and this week 14850 Dining is checking out the new dinner service atop South Hill. The cafe at the south hill inn moved a year and a half ago into the classic farmhouse vacated in 2020 by the closure of John Thomas Steakhouse, and in addition to breakfast and lunch or brunch seven days a week, they're now open for dinner Thursday through Sunday.

https://www.14850.com/013130067-dining-bistro-la-tourelle/

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Four and a half years after The Rose closed its doors in the Triphammer Marketplace, a new sports bar will take its place, offering family-friendly food and drink to Ithaca’s northeast. Longshots Sports Bar & Grill is slated to open this spring.

https://www.14850.com/011929885-longshots-coming-soon/

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We’re in downtown Ithaca this week checking out The Gallery — a donut shop and much more, in Press Bay Court, where weekday lunch service has just begun.

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This week, we're warming up with hot soup at the Shortstop Deli, self-serve once again. Once open 24/7 every day of the year, Shortstop had to shorten their hours in 2020, and the self-serve counter closed. Just recently Shortstop owner Chuck Dong tells us the self-serve counter is back, with hot, ready-to-eat chicken soup, chili, and melty macaroni and cheese.

https://www.14850.com/010329592-shortstop-hot-soup/

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