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Ithaca area farmers markets coming to a close this week

The remarkable local bounty of Farmers Markets around the Ithaca area is shrinking this week, as the downtown and east hill outlets of the Ithaca Farmers Market, the Farmers Market at Cornell, and the Lansing and Trumansburg farmers markets close down at the end of October.

Superior sandwiches hit downtown Ithaca at Gorgers Gourmet Subs

We don't usually expect to hear "gourmet" and "sub shop" in the same breath, but when a new eatery starts out their sandwiches by baking their own bread and making their own sweet chili sauce, starts the French onion soup by sauteeing fresh onions, and roasts small batches of imported coffee beans before brewing coffee to order in a French press, we're inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Italian-inspired excellence at Downtown Ithaca's Mercato Bar & Kitchen

We're enjoying a repeat visit to Mercato Bar & Kitchen in downtown Ithaca this week. After a couple of years gaining momentum, this Aurora Street eatery has became a solid favorite, offering a creative Italian-inspired menu, terrific attention to detail, and masterfully prepared food.

Cider Week promotes all things apple and cider in the Finger Lakes

This week, 14850 Dining is focused on this fall's Finger Lakes Cider Week. Organized by the new Finger Lakes Cider Alliance, Cider Week runs September 28th through October 7th, promoting all things apple and cider around the weekend's 30th annual Apple Harvest Festival, taking place in Downtown Ithaca.

A farmers market bounty around the Finger Lakes

This week, we're looking around at the remarkable local bounty of Farmers Markets available to us. Fresh food makes a huge difference in the taste and appearance of meals, and we're lucky to have so many sources of it in the area.

Brunch may be the best idea ever, and Ithaca has a great variety!

This week, we're contemplating the idea that brunch may be the best invention ever. That hybrid of breakfast and lunch, served at a civilized hour, perhaps with a cocktail, and certainly with a cup of coffee, is a relaxing treat for a weekend or even a midday indulgence on a weekday.

Casual Mexican comes to Collegetown at Loco Margarita Bar & Grill

This week, we're visiting Collegetown for some tasty Mexican food at Loco Margarita Bar & Grill. There's nothing fancy here, just nachos and burritos and wings and the like, with a full bar open late every night.

When solar-powered desserts come to town, everyone wins

This week, we're taking a look at one of the more unusual food vendors that visited town recently. If you were up at the GrassRoots Festival you may have noticed the Solar Sweet Shop -- a dessert stand powered by sunshine.

Ithaca's original food truck, Louie's Lunch serves up cheap food, fast

We're in the northeast this week checking out one of Ithaca's legendary food trucks, Louie's Lunch! On the north edge of Cornell University's campus, Louie's has a history that dates back almost a century to a Greek immigrant named Louis Zounakos who pushed around a food cart. These days it's more of a diner on wheels, open lunchtime to late night on Thurston Avenue near the north campus dorms, with breakfast sandwiches, burgers, wraps, hot and cold subs, and even salads.

Gallery Belle will host local-foods dinner for Finger Lakes CleanWaters Initiative

Unpolluted lakes, rivers, tributaries, and groundwater are the "guests of honor" at a pop-up dinner being held this Sunday in a converted church building in Hector. The dinner will feature local foods donated by several area farms, and proceeds will benefit the Finger Lakes CleanWaters Initiative.

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Ithaca area farmers markets coming to a close this week

Superior sandwiches hit downtown Ithaca at Gorgers Gourmet Subs

Italian-inspired excellence at Downtown Ithaca's Mercato Bar & Kitchen

Cider Week promotes all things apple and cider in the Finger Lakes

A farmers market bounty around the Finger Lakes

Brunch may be the best idea ever, and Ithaca has a great variety!

Casual Mexican comes to Collegetown at Loco Margarita Bar & Grill

When solar-powered desserts come to town, everyone wins

Ithaca's original food truck, Louie's Lunch serves up cheap food, fast

Gallery Belle will host local-foods dinner for Finger Lakes CleanWaters Initiative

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