Commencement Dinner Reservations

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<p>This is when some of the better area restaurants started (and, often, finished) taking reservations for commencement weekend this year. Posting this so perhaps it may help others going forward.</p>

<p>Before January
The Ben Conger Inn, Groton (607) 898-5817
Benn</a> Conger Inn at Groton near Ithaca in the Finger Lakes region of central New York - Dining </p>

<p>Before that
Rogues Harbor Inn- already booked before I made my first call, IIRC</p>

<p>Jan 2 or 3rd
-John Thomas Steakhouse [johnthomassteakhouse.com[/url</a>]
607-273-3464</p>

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<li><p>The Antlers [url=<a href="http://www.antlersrestaurant.com/menu.htm%5DThe"&gt;http://www.antlersrestaurant.com/menu.htm]The&lt;/a> Antlers Restaurant - Menu](<a href="http://www.johnthomassteakhouse.net/%5Djohnthomassteakhouse.com%5B/url"&gt;http://www.johnthomassteakhouse.net/)
607 273-9725</p></li>
<li><p>Simply Red Lakeside Bistro,Ovid Simply</a> Red Bistro | Sheldrake Point | La Tourelle | Ithaca, New York
607 532 9401 </p></li>
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<p>January 8th
- The Heights Caf</p>

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<p>I’ll definitely need this in a few years (hopefully haha). Thanks for sharing!</p>

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<p>when do hotel reservations usually need to be made?</p>

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<p>I know families who reserve rooms once their kids get <em>accepted</em> to Cornell. I’m graduating next year; my parents are looking into getting stuff now and I’m pretty sure the statler is already booked.</p>

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<p>Some discussion of the commencement lodging situation/ options were discussed in this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1129443-cornell-parents.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1129443-cornell-parents.html&lt;/a&gt; #84,86.90,93,94,97,99</p>

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<p>We highly recommend Taughannock Farms Inn - around 20 minutes’ drive north of Ithaca (you will need a car). Website is here: [Taughannock</a> Farms Inn](<a href=“http://t-farms.com/]Taughannock”>http://t-farms.com/) They start accepting reservations right after New Year’s of the calendar year of graduation, as I recall; we sent in our reservation and deposit only a month or so in advance (with a very small party - just the grad and his parents), and got our first choice of dates/times. Larger parties should probably make their requests much earlier.</p>