By Keith Hadad Right in the center of the Commons lies Brotchen (pronounced BRERT-khen), a unique little cafe that offers German and Austrian award-winning soups, salads, sandwiches, coffee and various desserts. Brotchen’s unique cuisine fits in amongst the collection of other ethnic restaurants that Ithaca is blessed to have. Once you step inside, you are [...]
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Restaurant Review: Taste of Thai Express
By Keith Hadad Thai food is one of my favorite things in the culinary universe, with its delightful mix of spicy, milky, sweet and sometimes sour ingredients. So to find a restaurant that is billed as the best Thai place in all of Ithaca and also delivers was a dream come true. Yet, [...]
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Image by Amanda Riggio By Keith Hadad It isn’t often that you find a place that has a healthy combination of both the formal and the casual, but WildFire is a rare exception. The lounge and restaurant may be new, but I’m sure many would agree that they will soon become thriving [...]
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(And other questions for Furries) Imagine you are on a hot date with someone you’ve been admiring for quite a while. After the dinner, the excited dancing, the moonlit drive home, they invite you up into their room. “I usually don’t even kiss on a first date,” you may think, but you go along anyway. Once you’re sitting on the couch, maybe with a drink, they deliver cliché lines like, “I’ll go slip into something more comfortable.” You lean back while they disappear into the bedroom, and images of lingerie or silk boxers form in your mind. “I’m ready…” you hear slyly from the room. Then the door swings open and instead of a desirable body, there’s a life-sized fox mascot staring at you with its arms open wide.
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Restaurant Review: Xeo’s Cafe
By Keith Hadad Quality and freshness are taken for granted way too often. Chef/owner/giver of everything to the life of his business (and Ithaca College theater graduate ‘07), Sebastian Villa, strives for the excellence of fresh ingredients. So much so that he personally visits the local farms and growers that supply him to observe how [...]
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