Downtown/commons
Chanticleer
Local hangout on corner of cayuga and state street marked by a neon rooster. downmarket, excellent jukebox.
Korova
Relatively new bar on the commons. has a good variety of beer selection on tap. hipster atmosphere.
Pete's Cayuga Bar
Popular with both locals and students who enjoy sports and a quiet atmosphere.
Moonshadow
Funky bar on the commons with drink specials.
Viva! Taqueria & Cantina
Mexican restaurant that serves margaritas and has a large selection of tequila. aurora st.
Uncle Joe's Sports Bar
Roomy sports bar on green street separated into a bar area with flat-screen tvs, main dining area for watching sports, and a gaming room with pool table and darts. also serves american style food.
2nd Floor Bar
Located above trader k's, new bar in former clothing shop. it has a window bar that allows you to look out over the commons. large, perhaps even cavernous, space, includes two pool tables.
Felicia's Atomic Lounge
Hip lounge, with excellent live music on fridays and sundays. cool metallic atmosphere and unique drinks that you probably wouldn't think of yourself.
Simeon's
Restaurant with great food also has a large selection of microbrew and imported beer on tap and bottle, as well as wine. aurora st. at the commons.
Wineries
The Finger Lakes are a well-known wine growing region, and dozens of wineries with tasting rooms can be found along the shores of both Cayuga and Seneca Lakes within an easy drive of Ithaca. The region grows white varietals best and produces many good Rieslings and Chardonnays.
Cayuga Lake Wine Trail
(http://www.cayugawinetrai...) - nestled in the heart of the finger lakes is the cayuga wine trail, a 16 winery member organization surrounding cayuga lake and offering a unique blend of fine wines.
Seneca Lake Wine Trail
(http://www.senecalakewine...) - association of 32 wineries surrounding seneca lake next finger lake to the west from cayuga.
Elsewhere
The Rongovian Embassy to the USA
See trumansburg.
Red Feet Wine Market
Just off route 13 at franklin st offers an excellent selection of wines and spirits with an exceptionally knowledgeable and friendly staff. northside liquors identified by giant "discount beverage center" letters in the shopping center at the intersection of elmira rd. and rte. 13., across from kmart. northside liquors has a very large selection of wines and liquors, with a rare wines room and probably the largest selection anywhere of upstate new york wines. if you go on a wine tour but in retrospect failed to buy your favorite wines, just go to northside liquors to pick them up instead of driving all the way back to the winery. smaller, but also with a nice selection of wines, is sparrow's wines at fulton and green streets and triphammer wines & spirits located in the triphammer mall off rte. 13.
Collegetown
The Chapter House
An ancient institution located on stewart avenue, near the cornell campus, the chapter house has a large selection of regional/microbrew/import beers on tap. located on stewart avenue, its situation between collegetown and downtown ithaca draws on a diverse spectrum of local crowds.
Rulloffs
"upscale" collegetown bar on the main strip since the late seventies; serves lunch and dinner with sandwiches averaging $7.50 and dinner entrees averaging $11. accepts citybucks.
Dunbars
Old hole-in-the-wall bar on eddy street providing cheap booze and weeknight specials.
Stella's
Restaurant, bar, and coffee shop with downstairs lounge in a hip, jetson's meets flinstones space. large selection of martinis, bourbons, single-malts, and local organic foods.
The Royal Palm
Classic old dive bar on dryden road just off of the collegetown drag.
Pixel
New, hip, upscale club atmosphere with live djs often. extensive selection of video games, beer and top shelf liquor - although drinks are expensive $5-$8, more for beers. on an alley off dryden road, between college ave. and eddy st.
Level-B
New to collegetown: often with live djs. top shelf liquor - although drinks are expensive. it is the only decently cluby place in ithaca.
The Nines
Restaurant/bar in an old firehouse on college ave. outdoor seating, serves some of the best pizza in town. gets very crowded on big weekends homecoming, graduation and reunion but it's a great place to sit outdoors on a summer evening. music almost every night. expect long waits for the food, though.