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Monday 9am - 2pm Tuesday 9am - 2pm Friday 9am - 2pm Saturday 9am - 2pm Sunday 9am - 2pm

Cafe DeWitt

Name: Cafe DeWitt
Address: 215 N Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850, US
Telephone: +16072733473
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.9

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Voted Best Brunch of Ithaca 2005, 2008 & 2010 - Ithaca Times; Voted Best Breakfast in Ithaca 2015 - Ithaca Journal
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Cafe DeWitt opened in 1973 as a small coffee shop for the residents of the then newly repurposed Ithaca High School building. The Cafe is the legacy of William Downing who had the vision to turn an old school building into a lively community of restaurants, stores, offices and apartments. Over the years the Cafe has expanded to offer an extensive breakfast and lunch menu featuring many locally and regionally sourced ingredients that are lovingly prepared by Chef-Owners Denise O'Leary and Benjamin Roach. We are well known for our 3-time Best of Ithaca awarded weekend brunch that is bolstered my many rotating specials. Our staff is the heart of the business, they are constantly striving to deliver a welcoming dining experience that reflects the desire that we share to cook and serve with love.

10/26/2026

Just a couple of our specials, on now through 11/3

🌙 Salted Coconut Caramel Latte 🌙

the GAIL - galette with Plowbreak Farm delicata squash, camembert cheese, and caramelized onions all wrapped up in buttery puff pastry 🎃

10/23/2026

Specials for 10/23-11/3, Halloweekend included!

We had such a blast this past weekend at Hot Pot in the Greenhouse at Stick and Stone Farm, thanks Full Plate Farm Collective for putting it on and Buffalo Street Books for being there with Natasha Pickowicz’s book EVERYONE HOT POT! A celebration of beautiful Finger Lakes fall produce, beverages, and conviviality.

And now, specials! Soup is BACK and in a big way. We’ve got delicata and Camembert going into a galette. And Mikaela Gould & Benjamin Roach are breaking out the ginger molasses cake – big fall vibes around here 🍁🍂

🎃 SOUP - Butternut Squash (GF & V) - with pepitas & za’atar oil

🌯 COREY - Breakfast burrito with pork chorizo, black beans, scrambled eggs, cheddar, pickled jalepeños, red onion, and raspberry-jalepeño salsa on flour tortilla

🥧 GAIL - Puff pastry galette with delicata squash, camembert, caramelized onion

🍰 PASTRY SPECIALS
- Carrot Spice Muffin (GF), with or without cream cheese frosting
- Cranberry Orange Scone
- Ginger Molasses Cake (DF), with brown sugar glaze
- Coffee Toffee Crunch Cookie

🍹 DRINK SPECIALS
- Raspberry Shrub - made with raspberry & apple c***r vinegar syrup and seltzer, served iced
- Salted Coconut Caramel Latte (contains dairy)

10/13/2026

Cafe specials for 10/9-10/23❣️

Lots of beautiful local root veg in this week’s new seasonal veggie hash – squash, beets, and celeriac, plus caramelized onions! A staff favorite. Also, fennel-apple chutney makes a comeback for a delicious sandwich with a chickpea & squash patty and curry aioli. Rounding it all out with a Thea -inspired roasted delicata/cranberry/pecan/chèvre salad – to know her is to love her.

🫜 VEGGIE HASH (GF) - Vegetable hash with roast potatoes, beets, butternut squash, celeriac, and caramelized onions; served with two fried eggs & toast

🥪 MARIN - Sandwich with chickpea-squash patty, fried egg, cheddar, fennel-apple chutney, curry aioli, and mixed greens on multigrain bread

🥗 THEA (GF) - Salad with mixed greens, roast delicata squash, cranberries, spiced pecans, chèvre, and sherry vinaigrette

🍨 DESSERT SPECIALS
- Cranberry Walnut Loaf with orange glaze
- Cinnamon Scone with housemade apple butter
- Banana Oat Muffin (GF)
- Apple Crisp (V, GF) (+ $2 for scoop of vanilla ice cream!)

🍹 DRINK SPECIALS
- Raspberry Shrub - made with raspberry & apple c***r vinegar syrup and seltzer, served iced
- Rose Cardamom Latte - served hot or iced
- Bouquet Tea - herbal tea with fresh ginger, chrysanthemum, chamomile, rose, lavender, served hot or iced

10/10/2026

Something special brewing – now serving BOUQUET TEA 🫖🫚🌼

Fresh ginger & plenty of petals: rose, lavender, two kinds of chrysanthemum, and chamomile take this cozy brew to the next level. Honestly it’s also killer as an iced tea, can’t go wrong. Try ‘em both! Add some honey and take it to the stratosphere!

We’re teaming up with Buffalo Street Books to celebrate Chef Natasha Pickowicz’s book EVERYONE HOT POT with a recipe from the book, and we’re so excited for Natasha’s upcoming Hot Pot in the Greenhouse dinner at Stick and Stone Farm, Sunday Oct 18th.

When was the last time you gathered around a warming pot of aromatic broth, surrounded by friends & platters of sliced meats from Autumn’s Harvest Farm, tofu from Ithaca Soy, farm-fresh vegetables, sauces beyond your wildest dreams… drinks by Melissa Madden, and live music by Richie Stearns? Come, join us in the coziest greenhouse in town, for a night of broth-fueled reverie!

Best of all, 100% of the profits from this dinner go to support subsidized CSA shares at Full Plate Farm Collective. Let’s make some good soup together 💕

Tickets are still available at fullplatefarms.com/hotpot OR you can just head to the link in our bio. Hope to see you there.

📍Stick & Stone Farm

🗓️ Oct 18th • 4-7pm

10/01/2026

It’s October’s First Friday! (Already?!?)

We’re welcoming back Immigrant Solidarity for their Busking for Justice series, this time with live music by Six Mile Craic.

Keeping in theme, we’re making a whole Irish spread for you – shepherd’s pie, both vegetarian and with Schrader Farms Meat Market beef, plus Irish soda bread!

Come join us at the cafe from 5-7pm tomorrow, 10/2
Music starts at 5:30!

09/25/2026

Apple fest is here and so is our new crop of cafe specials! Apple butter & roasted apples making star appearances, plus the very first glimpse of pumpkin spice muffins…. But don’t sleep on the drink specials this week! Local grape soda, sparkling raspberry shrub, and chai-der – so many autumnal drinks, so little time. Just kidding, you’ve got two weeks to try them all!! We love you! Happy apple fest 🍎🍏🍎

🧀 QUINN (GF) - cheddar crust quiche with roasted apples, fennel, leeks, and cheddar

🍎 SONYA - woodpepper sesame toast with ricotta, roasted apples, tahini, honey, and pistachios

🥪 OLLIE - pressed sandwich with choice of roast pork OR roasted oyster mushrooms, red cabbage slaw, cheddar, whole grain mustard, and apple butter on french bread

🍰 DESSERT SPECIALS
- Apple Butter Coffee Cake
- Strawberry & Chocolate Chunk Scone
- Pumpkin & Pepita Muffin (GF)
- Rocky Road Cookie - chocolate cookie with almonds, chocolate chips, marshmallow

🍹 DRINK SPECIALS
- Grape Jam Jelly Rock Soda 🍇
- Raspberry Shrub - tart & refreshing raspberry syrup made with apple c***r vinegar, mixed with sparkling water
- CHAI-DER - Chai-spiced Apple C***r 🍎

07/02/2026

We are OPEN normal hours Thursday 7/2 but with a few changes 🥵 We’re turning off the griddle to keep things cooler for our kitchen crew… however, we’ll still have plenty of eggs, breakfast sandwiches, toast & potatoes, plus non-pressed sandwiches and salads.

We’ve also got our full beverage & pastry menu available, plus some savory pastry specials – feta & dill scones, savory vegetable focaccia, and more.

Come visit us and enjoy the cool comfort that only a subterranean lagoon in a 112-year-old stone building can provide. We’ll keep the lemonade flowing.

Address

215 N Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY
14850

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 2pm
Tuesday	9am - 2pm
Friday	9am - 2pm
Saturday	9am - 2pm
Sunday	9am - 2pm

Telephone

+16072733473

Website

https://www.cafedewitt.com/

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