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Old Posted Feb 13, 2011, 11:11 PM
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A couple more restaurants open in downtown, yum-yum. From the Ithaca Journal.


Downtown Ithaca holds ribbon cutting ceremonies today

The start of 2011 has brought two new businesses into Downtown Ithaca, both of which are food service establishments featuring ethnic cuisines. The newest addition to restaurant row on Aurora St. is Sahara while inside of Center Ithaca the Tibetan Momo bar has been added to the variety of options available in the food court. Two ribbon cuttings are scheduled to help welcome the new establishments to Downtown beginning at 2:30 on Thursday, Feb. 10 with a ceremony at Sahara which will be directly followed by the ribbon cutting for the Tibetan Momo Bar.

Sahara Mediterranean Restaurant is located at 118 N. Aurora St in the former Micawber's location and is owned by Holly and Maan Alzitoon. Prior to opening the couple had waited for several years to open a new restaurant, since closing King David's in Center Ithaca and their hope was to find a spot on restaurant row. Sahara features an eclectic array of cuisine from Mr. Maan's native country of Syria with a menu that is full of simple fresh ingredients using Middle Eastern/Mediterranean recipes.

Taking the place of the former King David location in Center Ithaca's food court is the Tibetan Momo Bar. Owned and operated by Yeshi Tsondu the location features a variety of his signature momo (dumpling) dishes. Mr. Tsondu was a mobile vendor this past summer on the Commons and opted for an indoor location when the weather turned cold. In addition to dumplings the menu has a host of other Japanese and Tibetan inspired dishes.


Here's the link: http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20110210/BUSINESS/102100343/Downtown-Ithaca-holds-ribbon-cutting-ceremonies-today?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s
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