CREDIT/GETTY IMAGES ©Eating & Sleeping
Ithaca 1
5 Glenwood Pines Burgers^ $
(1213 Taughannock Blvd; burgers $6; h11am-
10pm) According to locals in the know this
modest roadside restaurant, overlooking Lake
Cayuga on Rte 89 and 4 miles north of Ithaca,
serves the best burgers.5 Moosewood
Restaurant Vegetarian $$
(www.moosewoodcooks.com; 215 N Cayuga
St; mains $8-18; h11:30am-8:30pm Mon-Sat,
5:30-9pm Sun; v) Famous for its creative
and constantly changing vegetarian menu and
recipe books by founder Mollie Katzen. Meat
eaters should be able to find something to their
liking, such as fish or Szechuan eggplant.5 Yerba Maté Factor
Café & Juice Bar Sandwiches $
(143 The Commons; mains $8; h9am-9pm
Mon-Thu, to 3pm Fri, from noon Sun) Run
by members of a fairly obscure religious
organization, this large restaurant, housed
in a converted historic building on the Ithaca
commons, is good for Belgian waffles,
sandwiches and coffee.4 Inn on Columbia Inn^ $$
(%607-272-0204; http://www.columbiabb.com; 228
Columbia St, Ithaca; r incl breakfast $175-225;
aW#) This modern, contemporary inn on
a quiet residential street is the kind of place
that appeals to those who have fantasies of
living as a tenured professor. Restored by its
architect-owner, the inn is suffused with light
and sophistication.4 William Henry Miller Inn B&B^ $$
(%607-256-4553; http://www.millerinn.com; 303
N Aurora St, Ithaca; r incl breakfast $115-215;aW#) Gracious, grand and only a few steps
from the commons, this completely restored
historic home features luxuriously designed
rooms – three have Jacuzzis – and gourmet
breakfasts.Cayuga Lake 3
5 Hazelnut
Kitchen Modern American $$
(%607-387-4433; 53 East Main St,
Trumansburg; mains $14-23; h5-9pm Thu-Mon)
The new owners, a young couple from Chicago
interested in collaborating with area farmers,
have maintained Hazelnut’s status as arguably
the finest restaurant in the region. Local
ingredients of course, seasonally inspired menu
and au courant interesting meat dishes like pig
face torchon.4 Buttonwood Grove Winery Cabin $$
(%607-869-9760; http://www.buttonwoodgrove.com;
5986 Rte 89; r $135; #) Has four fully furnished
log cabins nestled in the hills above Lake
Cayuga (open April to December); free wine
tasting included.Seneca Falls 4
4 Hotel Clarence Boutique Hotel $$
(%315-712-4000; http://www.hotelclarence.com;
108 Fall St, Seneca Falls; r $140; aW#)
Originally a 1920s-era hotel, the downtown
building housing the Clarence has undergone
a stylish renovation with a nod to the past –
the mahogany bar comes from an old Seneca
Falls saloon and there’s a projection of Frank
Capra’s film It’s a Wonderful Life on the lobby
wall. The standard rooms are small but the
Kitchen, an upscale restaurant, is the best in
town.NEW.YORK.TRIPS4
(^) FINGER LAKES LOOP