Grumbling Is So Easy
Syracuse –Wretched, gloomy and unsafe. This is often how I describe Syracuse, the Rust Belt city where I relocated to last summer for graduate school.Like many who live here, I’m full of gripes: The weather is crummy, the cultural offerings are shoddy and the streets are teeming with abandoned buildings and sketchy characters. Almost weekly, a student is mugged or raped while walking near campus. And my roommate and I just learned that two blocks from our apartment is a halfway house for guys about to be released from federal prison. Awesome!
All of this said, every town has its gems. So for the next four months, until my program ends in June, I’m on a concerted mission to find and experience those intriguing nooks and crannies, whether it’s an amazing building or charming restaurant or stimulating piece of art. Suggestions, anyone? -- JM
posted by project culture at 11:31 AM
5 Comments:
Good luck with that. And let me know what gems you come up with!
(Although that play last night was good - "The Gem of the Ocean" at Syracuse Stage. Of course all of the actors were imported, and the playwright is the acclaimed August Wilson.)
I'm just sick of being cold all the time and having to wear long underwear and warm up my car! :)
I say you give the Roji Tea Lounge a shot, in that lovely brick building at 100 E. Washington St. Very soothing. And being winter, a good place to warm up!
I would say you should head to mexico, maybe camping out in Baja, surfing and fishing and lazying away the days. But that's just me. Sooo glad to hear that you're healing well, and that your mom is well too... a perfect bag of pee.
Cheer up guys! Winters are not usually this bad and we have lots of great food to try:
Angotti's Family Restaurant-Italian
725 Burnet Ave, Syracuse, NY 13203 315-472-8403
Jean and Wendy in the CDC love:
El Canelo Restaurant-Mexican
2740 Erie Blvd E
Syracuse, NY 13224
(315) 446-2462
More Italian:
Aunt Josie's
1110 N Salina St
Syracuse, NY 13208
(best italian in Syracuse, started by my great Aunt Josie)
Have you been to Stella's diner by the Carousel Mall? A fun place.
Liverpool has several great restaurants
Two local family restaurants:
Santangelos (Italian more higher price, but not outrageous)
Mothers (Italian more modest has slanted floors and red and white tablecloths)
The Retreat(another local family) is directly across from Onondaga Lake Park - great American food and a very popular bar
Sahota Palace Indian Restaurant
668 Old Liverpool Rd, Liverpool, NY
(315) 413-0016 (inexpensive)
China Road in Mattydale has the best chinese food in the city.(315) 455-1642
Janet
While there's a reasonably good fine arts scene in Syracuse for a city its size, living here it is very much about the "underground" scene. You should check out ...
-- any of the shows at Metropolitan Books Underground in North Syracuse
-- the vintage/record shop highlyAtomic in Solvay www.highlyatomic.com (they do music and art programming in the store, including a really fun show this sunday at 2)
-- music at Jazz Central, downtown on E. Washington St. between State and Townsend
-- the Palace Theatre in Eastwood, (which you might already have seen, but the International Film Fest is a great intro to that space, as is the B-movie Fest)
-- and, a little too late, the Matrilineage Symposium on Women and Art (Februaries at SU) has definitely been one of Syracuse's gems, although a bit weaker the last couple years
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