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Ithaca is a small city with an outsized coffee habit. Two colleges, long winters, and a handful of serious local roasters keep good cups close together, and most of the in-town spots are an easy walk apart.
Start Downtown, where Gimme! Coffee, the Ithaca-based roaster, pours its own small-batch beans as espresso and drip on North Cayuga Street.
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Mama Said Hand Pies Cafe - Ulysses
Ulysses
Homemade hand pies and Copper Horse Coffee Roasters brews in this husband-and-wife café focusing on local ingredients and scratch cooking.
Opens 8:30 AM tomorrow
Alley Cat Cafe
Downtown
Oak & Crow coffee served alongside rescued adoptable cats, plus local baked goods and vegetarian-friendly breakfast and lunch menu.
Open until 5:00 PM
The Waterfront Cafe
Waterfront
Specialty coffee from Ithaca Coffee Company roasters within Cayuga Wellness Center, featuring seasonal menus and local sourcing.
Opens 9:00 AM tomorrow
Forty Weight Coffee Roasters
Collegetown
Forty Weight Coffee Roasters' brick-and-mortar inside GreenStar Coop, bringing their farmer's market roasting tradition to Collegetown.
Open until 6:00 PM
Gimme! Coffee - Cornell (Bowers CIS)
Cornell Campus
Gimme! Coffee's campus café in Cornell's Bowers computing building, serving its own small-batch roasts as espresso and drip coffee.
Opens 8:00 AM tomorrow
Forty Weight Coffee Roasters
Northside
Forty Weight Coffee Roasters' own café inside GreenStar's downtown co-op, serving its Freeville-roasted, roast-dated beans with house-made syrups.
Open until 5:00 PMPour-Over & Filter Coffee
View all 5Alley Cat Cafe
Downtown
Oak & Crow coffee served alongside rescued adoptable cats, plus local baked goods and vegetarian-friendly breakfast and lunch menu.
Open until 5:00 PMGimme! Coffee - Cornell (Bowers CIS)
Cornell Campus
Gimme! Coffee's campus café in Cornell's Bowers computing building, serving its own small-batch roasts as espresso and drip coffee.
Opens 8:00 AM tomorrow
Qahwah House Coffee - Ithaca
Collegetown
Eight generations of Yemeni coffee heritage with 100% organic Arabica beans sourced directly from family farms in Yemen's highlands.
Open until midnightEspresso Focused
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Hound and Mare
Downtown
Downtown breakfast spot with Forty Weight Coffee Roasters at the espresso bar, alongside made-to-order egg sandwiches and fresh-baked goods.
Opens 8:00 AM tomorrowMama Said Hand Pies Cafe - Ulysses
Ulysses
Homemade hand pies and Copper Horse Coffee Roasters brews in this husband-and-wife café focusing on local ingredients and scratch cooking.
Opens 8:30 AM tomorrowAlley Cat Cafe
Downtown
Oak & Crow coffee served alongside rescued adoptable cats, plus local baked goods and vegetarian-friendly breakfast and lunch menu.
Open until 5:00 PMThe Waterfront Cafe
Waterfront
Specialty coffee from Ithaca Coffee Company roasters within Cayuga Wellness Center, featuring seasonal menus and local sourcing.
Opens 9:00 AM tomorrowForty Weight Coffee Roasters
Collegetown
Forty Weight Coffee Roasters' brick-and-mortar inside GreenStar Coop, bringing their farmer's market roasting tradition to Collegetown.
Open until 6:00 PMGimme! Coffee - Cornell (Bowers CIS)
Cornell Campus
Gimme! Coffee's campus café in Cornell's Bowers computing building, serving its own small-batch roasts as espresso and drip coffee.
Opens 8:00 AM tomorrowCafés with Food
View all 13Hound and Mare
Downtown
Downtown breakfast spot with Forty Weight Coffee Roasters at the espresso bar, alongside made-to-order egg sandwiches and fresh-baked goods.
Opens 8:00 AM tomorrowMama Said Hand Pies Cafe - Ulysses
Ulysses
Homemade hand pies and Copper Horse Coffee Roasters brews in this husband-and-wife café focusing on local ingredients and scratch cooking.
Opens 8:30 AM tomorrowAlley Cat Cafe
Downtown
Oak & Crow coffee served alongside rescued adoptable cats, plus local baked goods and vegetarian-friendly breakfast and lunch menu.
Open until 5:00 PMThe Waterfront Cafe
Waterfront
Specialty coffee from Ithaca Coffee Company roasters within Cayuga Wellness Center, featuring seasonal menus and local sourcing.
Opens 9:00 AM tomorrowGimme! Coffee - Cornell (Bowers CIS)
Cornell Campus
Gimme! Coffee's campus café in Cornell's Bowers computing building, serving its own small-batch roasts as espresso and drip coffee.
Opens 8:00 AM tomorrowForty Weight Coffee Roasters
Northside
Forty Weight Coffee Roasters' own café inside GreenStar's downtown co-op, serving its Freeville-roasted, roast-dated beans with house-made syrups.
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