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Written By Colman Domingo Directed By Stephanie Weeks Featuring Jaquay Lamar Thomas* September 14th through October 3rd
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Earlville Opera House Presents
Eileen Ivers
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Nov. 6, 7 pm
~New York Times
$40/$36
Thank you to show sponsors: Mid York Foundation; NBT Bank; Preferred Mutual Insurance Company; sfcu; Bruce Ward, Architect; Poolville Country Store and Fred's Inn.
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18 East Main St., Earlville, NY
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The Royal Court restaurant offers reliable comfort foods at reasonable prices. By He nr y Stark
"Grammy-awarded & Emmy- nominated, Eileen Ivers, Continues to push the boundaries of fiddling tradition"
"The Jimi Hendrix of the violin!"
Steady and affordable
Premiums apply to the first four rows. College students half off general admission with ID. Youth $10 (17 and under) General/Member/Youth
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rarely, if ever, voluntarily dine at a motel restaurant unless I find myself out-ot-town and staying in a motel far from other dining establishments. Living at home, in Ithaca, I usually don’t choose to eat at a motel restaurant. However, I do visit the Royal Court restaurant which is part of the Meadow Court motel on Route 13, every few years to update Times readers. Let’s start with some generalities that haven’t changed since my last review four years ago: Evenings it has a loyal clientele at the bar and in the restaurant and a large portion of seniors comprise both cohorts. There’s a ‘50s feel about the place, partly due to the patterned wall-to-wall carpet, the plastic tablecloths, the small basket of artificial plastic flowers on each table, paper napkin squares, pendulum Tiffanytype lamps and wall paneling. One of the owners, not knowing I was reviewing, told me she was in her fifth decade of operating the restaurant and a waitress told me she, too, had worked there 45 years. I think of most of the food offerings as comfort food.
The menu hasn’t changed much except for the expected rise in prices over time. (Dinner entrées are $12.95-$25.95). It is noisy at dinner time as the regulars at the bar often get a head start on the diners in the adjacent dining area. The food is dependable and wellcooked without the use of many seasonings or flavorings. I think of it as if the cooks wanting to be on the safe side and not wanting to offend anyone. During lunch, the Reuben sandwich is authentic, served on marbled rye with corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut. It’s predictable and pleasant. One side dish is included and I chose coleslaw which is homemade with minced cabbage and tasted like it had sugar in it. All in all, a non-spectacular but enjoyable lunch. The spinach salad was served with sliced hard-boiled egg, some mushroom slices, and crisp bacon crumbled and strewn across the top. The portion wasn’t large but perfectly reasonable for lunch time. One evening I chose a special that isn’t on the menu: “Pork Osso Bucco,” which puzzled me. I’ve had many Osso Buccos
