Enjoy a meal from the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, NY

I had the best salad the east coast can offer at Moosewood. I think it could be because Cornell produces like 1200 heads of lettuce a day, but I’ll take it! The apple pie dessert was yummy and as for entrees… when you dine at Moosewood you must order the soup. Its their specialty. I had hungarian stew with sour cream and hubby wasw a creamy one, can’t remember. Both were perfectly hardy and delicate – with the clean, nuanced flavor soup should have. As for the entrees, I stuck with soup and salad but hubby had the burrito. It wasn’t exactly Mexican food, but it was delish nonetheless. The guacamole was a fabulous treat for this losangeleno so far from home.

This restaurant is fantastic. I’m a carnivore. There’s not much that I like more than hot, dead animal flesh. I’m a fan of the phrase “vegetables are not food, vegetables are what food eats.” I’m often heard complaining when friends try to force tofu or seitan on me. However, Moosewood is different. They cook non-meaty items with substance! So, this is one thing that should be done by carnivores and vegetarians alike.

You will be sooooo disappointed if you make the journey and order the food. The service is bad, the food will be cold, the presentation awful—and generally the meals taste mediocre. You can so much better replicate the recipes at home. Maybe the problem lies in the fact that the restaurant has so many owners that they don’t have quality control…I don’t know. I have had to eat there three times and all were disappointing.