<p>I dunno, i'm not a normal person from the area ;)</p>
<p>collegetown is a conglomeration of apartments, restaurants, shops, and other collge oriented businesses right on the edge of the cornell campus. Many students get apartments there if they choose not to live on west campus or in a fraternity after freshman year.</p>
<p>does cornell campus have its own clubs, theatres and malls???
is stuff there cheaper for cornellians than out of campus malls?</p>
<p>ohh i see.. so you guys dont go into town much? thats mainly what i was wondering, like wat are the clubs and pubs around there like. but anyways, thanks for your help!</p>
<p>does cornell campus have its own clubs, theatres and malls???
is stuff there cheaper for cornellians than out of campus malls?
;D</p>
<p>Cornell has it's own movie theater. It doesn't technically have it's own clubs, but since the frats act as clubs, it does in a sense. It does not have it's own malls. The theater is cheaper, and the frats are free, so I guess you can say that stuff is cheaper for cornellians. Malls...no we don't have our own mall on campus haha, but actually, the mall probably wouldn't be very prosperous without the extra 20000 people cornell accounts for in ithaca.</p>
<p>Ok lemme step in on this. I do frequent town more often. Ok there are some "club" places downtown, such as the haunt. Basically they suck though, lots of townies (Ithaca townies are WIERD). If you've been to any decent clubs in New York/Jersey, they are different order of magnitude. Places like the haunt are just sketchy basements with a half decent sound system. Like people said, the Frats really serve as the local dance clubs. They aren't bad either, hell they're usually free! Now, the bars:
Ok I posted this somewhere before but heres a rehash of my guide to Ithaca bars:
First off, I'm not going to bother about any bars downtown or in the commons, these are generally towny bars. Stay away from townies! lol. Thus here are the bars in collegetown in order of distance from campus:</p>
<p>Ruloffs: First bar you see when you come to collegetown. Its got a nice almost Irish pub feel, lots of wood panneling, tables, and booths. Decent beer selection, some afternoon happy hour specials. It gets fairly crowded on good nights. There's music but no dancing really, like I said, more of a pub. They actually have pretty good food there and its a decently classy place to take a girl for dinner as long as its before 9 or so when it goes into bar mode. In terms of carding, they scan, but the bouncers aren't great at spotting fakes that scan or have nothing to scan (jerseys). However, they have been known to confiscate fakes when they do spot it.</p>
<p>Johny O's: On the same block as Ruloffs, across the street. I always joke about how I am not white enough to go to Johny O's. The clientel are very WASPy. Lots of blond chicks with fake tans and preppy guys with popped collar pink shirts. Lots of dancing, they have DJ's there. You'll see alot of people from DG, KKG, Psi U, Sig Pi, etc here. If you're a girl, no problem getting in. If you're a guy, they card pretty strict. </p>
<p>Stellas: On the same street and side as Ruloffs, a little further down is Stellas. Stellas is a classy, chic joint. There is nice dark candle lighting everywhere. The basement has a grotto feel, you'll have to see it to understand. This place has the best and most top shelf liquor. It's also very expensive. This keeps the riff raff out, you'll see more classy artsy people, less drunken yelling dudes. This place has no such thing as well drinks, I was at an open bar here with Tucker Max (the online blogger guy) and the "well" liquor was grey goose, sauza, johny walker, bombay saphire. Carding is mixed, I've heard they are tough, but I have never had a problem getting in. I think the high prices scare alot of people away. Dress nice and look confident. No dancing here, people here are too cool to dance. And you wouldn't wana spill your $20 double of Black Bush whiskey. </p>
<p>The Palms: Perpendicular to the street I just mentioned, this is the seniors hang out. They are by far the strictest carders and will take your ID. Unless you have an insane Cali fake or something, DON'T even try to come here. It is a nice place but I'm not gonna describe it because it may encourage youngins to come and get their IDs taken</p>
<p>Bear lodge: This place is closed down right now, but I hear it's coming back. Basically this was the collegetown sports bar. Very tough carding</p>
<p>Dinos: Same street as Ruloffs and such, but on the next block. This place used to be cool. This year they have new management. All the hot girl bartenders (who couldn't make drinks for sh|t) got replaced with dudes. Sucks. This attracts the cousin of Johny O's WASPs, that is the JAP girls and the North Face Jacket Long Island crew. On Wednesday they have some sort of drink special for girls, something with Hypnotic. On Sunday's they have Trivia night. This place has a dance floor in the back corner. Average drink selection. They vary alot on carding, used to be one of the easiest, but now it's a 50/50. There's one guy who works there, big meat head named Pene. He sucks ass, avoid him. </p>
<p>Dunbars: A block down the hill, parallel to the block above, we have Dunbars. This place, haha. It's a cosy little **** hole. First of all, there is a drink special every day of the week. Thursday is $3 Long Island IceT's, Friday is dollar vodka drinks, Monday and Tuesday is $1 Red Dogs and $1 Bud Selects. Everyday $3 Yeungling 22oz Bombers (my fav). But none of this matters because this place is EMPTY every day of the week...except Wednesday. Wednesday is the infamous Group Therapy. For $6 you get a pitcher of Coors light or something, and a highball glass full of kamikaza shots (or as i like to call it, lemon scented window cleaner and vodka). The idea is you go with a group of 3-4 friends and you take turns buying group therapy. Everyone buys 1 round, and you're all trashed for $6 (plus tip). On Wednesday this place is FULL, difficult to move arround in, everyone who goes out stops by. Also, they have a popcorn machine (the movie theator style) and you can eat all the free popcorn you'd like. They have a jukebox that plays basically classic rock and 80's music (Awsome, I've memorized the tracks by now). When it's not Wednesday, you just have a few alcoholics like me and some guys from AGR, the agriculture frat (think corn fed dumbass farm boys, they have the lowest house GPA on campus, in the low 2's.). This place is the easiest carders. If you can't get into Dunbars, your id REALLY sucks. On wednesday it's packed full of ithaca highschool skanks (mmm). This is why no one goes there any other day of the week, because the 21 year olds have real places to drink. But it's deffinitly the cheapest place to knock a few back and makes for good pregaming for a real bar. The owner, who also works the door, is a nice old man named Pep. I've been going there for 3 years and he asks me to cover the door for him when he has something to do in the back lol. </p>
<p>Chapter House: Another block down the hill. This place is almost not considered Collegetown, just on the border between Cornell and the townies. This is a classic Pub. No dancing. It has alot of grad students and even professors. This place has an AMAZING beer selection. You could probablly have a different beer every week, hell maybe 2 or 3 times a week. You go here to relax and have a few pints with your boys. Getting in can be tough because 18 year old girls and baby faced boys stick out like a sore thumb. This place also has growler service. That means for a few $ you can buy a glass corked container, like a half gallon sized, and pay to get it filled up so you can take it home. Very neato, this is the present you get when you turn 21 and live in collegetown. </p>
<p>I think I've covered all the bars in collegetown. Sorry if I missed anything!</p>
<p>^The best post I've ever read on this website.</p>
<p>Thanks, I can also make one on all the places to buy beer wine and liquor in Ithaca if there is a demand</p>
<p>I demand it! Now start typing...:p much appreciated!</p>
<p>My dorm is one of them.</p>
<p>yo would we need to bring our IDs for cornell days or will there be plenty of frat parties? i need a new one, so do i need to get one or can i wait till the summer?</p>
<p>There will be plenty of parties. If you don't stay with a friend and your host is a tightass, said host might not bring you to them.</p>
<p>can we ask for not "tightass" hosts?! lol jk...
could we go along with non tightass hosts or is that forbidden? for example if i go with a group of friends and their hosts are tightasses could they tag along with me and my chill host?</p>
<p>You can do whatever you want lol. Just make sure you get a prefrosh girl with you, and walk arround to any fraternity heh. Ok, I'm gonna write up a post on the guide to purchasing alcohol in ithaca. However I think I'm gonna start a new thread since this is all kind of nothing to do with good looking people. Look for the topic "Your Guide to Sin and Pleasure in Ithaca"</p>
<p>back to good looking people.... if you say there are barely any at cornell, are there any around the area? like you mentioned that there are a lot of blondes at one of the pubs, does that imply they are hot and not from cornell or wat? this really isnt that big of a concern for me, and im sure itll be alright if i get admitted/attend, but i guess im just curious. have u got a myspace with chics from the university on it?</p>
<p>Well barely is exagerating, there are deffinitly hundreds if not thousands, just that the school is like 15-20 thousand people. The blond pub I was talking about were Cornell girls. The collegetown bars are generally populated with cornellians. There are hot girls at Ithaca College as well, you just wont see/interact them nearly as much. Um, I don't have a myspace, I've got webshots that has some pictures of me and my friends/frat brothers at School as well as at home. It's mostly me and my guy friends, but there are some girl friends and misc. females in the shots if you really wana see.
<a href="http://community.webshots.com/user/eliaez-date%5B/url%5D">http://community.webshots.com/user/eliaez-date</a>
Also, a better way to scam on some girls is to check out facebook.</p>
<p>we cant check out the college facebook...we dont have accounts yet</p>
<p>cheers mate, i see your point... thousands sounds alright, but im really used to the higher % of girls being at least above average, coz i guess thats who my mates and I hang out with, and i dont think id ever be able to lower my standards. doesnt facebook require me to be in college?</p>
<p>also wats basketball like at cornell?</p>
<p>haha yes it does, you need a college.edu email</p>
<p>If you guys are REALLY that concerned about the girls you can send me a private message and I will give you a link to my facebook that you don't have to log into.</p>