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2017/18 Guide Editors & Publishers Teresa Banik Capuzzo Michael Capuzzo Associate Publisher George Bochetto, Esq. Director of O pe r a t i o n s Gwen Button Managing Editor Gayle Morrow Design Andi Lynn Advertising Director Maia Mahosky Gallery Manager/ Circulation Director Michael Banik Accounting Amy Packard Contributing writers Maggie Barnes, Mike Cutillo, Elaine Farkas, Janet McCue, Dave Milano, A.J. Sors, Contributing p h o t o g r ap h e r s Janet McCue, Clayton Vargeson Corning’s Gaffer District Guide is published by Beagle Media, LLC, 87-1/2 Main St., Wellsboro, PA 16901, in partnership with Corning’s Gaffer District. Copyright © 2017 Beagle Media, LLC. All rights reserved. E-mail info@mountainhomemag.com, or call (570) 724-3838. Corning’s Gaffer District Guide is distributed at hundreds of locations in Tioga, Potter, Bradford, Lycoming, Union, and Clinton counties in PA and Steuben, Chemung, Schuyler, Yates, Seneca, Tioga, and Ontario counties in NY.

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ome of you opening this Gaffer District Guide book are probably wondering what, who, and where the Gaffer District is and why does it have a guide?

We are a beautiful, award-winning downtown nestled at the southern gateway of the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York. A business district with over 230 independently owned businesses, we are also home to national brand stores such as Bass, Corningware, Corelle & More, Tommy Hilfiger, and Van Heusen. We are an especially proud Shop Local community and welcome you year round!

Bon Appetit has recognized Corning, N.Y., as a notable destination for food along the Appalachian Trail and thousands of food and fun loving locals and visitors agree! We are delighted that so many people define Corning’s Gaffer District as their “happy place.”

There are so many reasons: • Great shopping.

• Scrumptious food scene.

• Vibrant arts community.

• Spectacular architecture and streetscapes to stroll.

• Signature events such as the highly acclaimed GlassFest (an extraordinary fourday festival over Memorial Day weekend) and Crystal City Christmas (which kicks off with the Parade of Lights and goes through Sparkle the first Saturday in December).

• World-renowned Corning Museum of Glass and the Rockwell Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

Most of all we are a place that loves to welcome visitors and neighbors alike! Nothing delights us more than knowing that we have been the backdrop for creating and posting incredible memories as people #explorecorning.

Swing by and give us a try, post your pics with #explorecorning, and know how much we truly appreciate you supporting our local businesses and considering us for your “happy place” list!

Wishing you the very best, Coleen Fabrizi Executive Director Corning’s Gaffer District

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Festivals & Events Crystal City Christmas & Sparkle In the mood to shop? It could be that the sounds of sleigh bells or the scents of gingerbread and cinnamon are encouraging your urge to get presents wrapped and under the tree, but it could also be something else, something visual. In a city known for its glass, it could be the windows—not just any, but the ones that get their sparkle from Meghan O’Toole Tuazon and Caitlin Riesbeck.

Coleen Fabrizi, executive director of Corning’s Gaffer District, leans toward that explanation. “Meghan’s and Caitlin’s windows are the backdrop” for so many successful events and festivities throughout the year, she says, including Crystal City Christmas, November 13 through December 11. Meghan is the District’s visual design manager. Five times a year she and her visual design team, including assistant Caitlin Riesbeck, create magic in 200-plus windows at over fifty businesses up and down Market Street. Her specialty, Coleen says, is to design window treatments that feature the products or services a particular business sells. She’s had some success, as the folks at East End Furnishings know. Meghan had completed a window for that 94 East Market Street mercantile and had returned to the Gaffer District’s Pine Street office when the East End

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owners called in a bit of a panic and asked her to please come back as a customer had just purchased almost half of what was in the window display.

“It’s a phenomenal problem to have,” Coleen laughs.

Meghan laughs, too, and explains that by talking with the business owners and actually handling their merchandise (she describes her creative process as tactile and improvisational), she can get some pretty good ideas about what might make appealing window displays. She, of course, has to consider the season and what is trending in color, style, and design, be it shabby chic, traditional, glamour, or the emerging mid-century modern.

“I owned a business on Market Street, so I understand it from both sides of the window,” Meghan says.

So, this holiday season, let the collision of your senses, visual and otherwise, begin with a window-gazing stroll and a stop at each participating business to register for the Gift Card Giveaway. Small Business Saturday is November 25 and is a great opportunity to support locally owned businesses and perhaps use one of those gift cards you’ve won. Small Business Saturday is also the day to enter the drawing for the 2017 glass snowman from Vitrix Hot Glass Studio. The tree lighting and the annual Parade of Lights is that evening.

Sparkle, a Corning tradition for more than forty years, follows on December 2 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will include live entertainment, horse and wagon rides, and Santa in his Crystal House. You won’t want to miss any of it. Check the Gaffer District Facebook page or their calendar at www.gafferdistrict.com/events for more information.

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Festivals & Events Glassfest Reflection.

In a city whose name is synonymous with glass, the concept of reflection takes on new meaning.

Glass reflects, both outward to the face of the viewer and inward to what it holds inside. It brings people together through bonding over something beautiful, something ethereal.

GlassFest 2018 is the ultimate reflection of a community that shares a deep love for the special beauty of glass. It is four days of a type of family reunion that spills into the streets, a pairing of fire and glass, a musical love letter. From visiting grandparents to newlyweds to children whose eyes never stop shining, GlassFest reaches the heart of all. Concerts, demonstrations, art exhibits, dining and shopping are the ways people celebrate the warm season almost everywhere. Nowhere else does so with such joy as Corning, New York. Every smell, every sound, reminds you of the best summers of your life. Hot sausage, pizza, barbeque, and lemonade—that a moment ago was still a lemon—await your taste buds. Watch glass artists demonstrate skill and talent that defies gravity and logic. Find your next favorite treasured item in the unique shops of Market Street. Celebrate the ingenuity and craftsmanship that has made Corning a household name for generations.

The selection of Memorial Day weekend is not accidental. The people of Corning use the gathering to pay tribute to the fallen heroes who make it possible to live all the other days of the calendar in freedom and security. The May 27, 2018 Sunday concert will feature Tony Jackson, a country music artist with a deep connection to America’s military. You will not believe that you paid nothing to see him. While he performs in Riverfront Park, the Public Works employees will be hanging the banners for Corning’s Hometown Heroes.

When you leave the park, you can see the faces of the people who paid everything.

GlassFest is the signature event so loved that even the people lucky enough to live here plan their holiday weekend around it. Many residents wouldn’t think of being anywhere else. The schedule of events offers a must-see happening for each member of the family.

We recommend a visit to www.glassfest.org and a little planning to be sure nothing gets missed.

Corning’s Gaffer District Executive Director Coleen Fabrizi probably sums it up best when she says, “The only downside of GlassFest is that it only lasts four days. Everyone is sorry to see it end!”

That is the best reflection of all.

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The Faces of Corning

Well, specifically, the faces of Centers Health Care and of our wonderful community at Corning Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare. Just like the Gaffer District, there’s always a good time happening here every day of the year.

And like the Gaffer District, we feature great dining, comfortable accommodations, lots to do and fun people to do it with. But can the Gaffer District promise you world class rehab, outstanding 24/7 nursing care, and full housekeeping services?

We don’t think they can. So that probably makes this a place you’ll want to check out when you visit the Gaffer District. It’s definitely a place you want to check out if you find yourself in need of short term rehabilitation or long term skilled nursing care.

But whatever your reason for stopping by, you’ll be welcomed here, and you’ll meet a great bunch of people.

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Festivals & Events HARVEST On a sunny Saturday afternoon in September, the side streets shut down, tables line Market Street, and fairgoers stroll the Gaffer District celebrating HARVEST. At the latest HARVEST, ballots in hand, those revelers sampled soups and a panel of celebrity judges sampled pie, deciding who would win the gold in a districtwide contest pitting chef against chef. None of the fairgoers would have been surprised to know that Bon Appetit, in compiling a list of where to eat along the Appalachian Trail, listed Corning’s Gaffer District as a dining destination. And one of the beauties of HARVEST is that it gives diners a chance to sample that culinary bounty all in one day.

The community tables that line Market Street act as a gathering place to sit and eat harvest-inspired foods offered by restaurants up and down the street, which offer onstreet, in-house, and take-out specials just for the day. The Corning Farmers Market is in full swing with lovely local food and craft vendors. “Kicking off the fall season at our HARVEST event has become a beloved tradition for many people throughout the region and beyond,” says Corning’s Gaffer District Executive Director Coleen Fabrizi. “Thanks to our growing number of sponsors, we continue to add to the line-up of free music and family activities included as people shop and dine their way through Corning’s Gaffer District.”

At the 2017 HARVEST, Old World Café took the gold in the Soup-Off, with two offerings for eaters: chili verde (studded with pork, potatoes, peppers, green tomatillos and spiced with cumin and cilantro) and seafood stew (a brothy, milk-based concoction of haddock, blue crab, and sea scallops). Mooney’s, who took a second in the soup contest, was, however, not to be undone, taking first place in the pie contest with an American classic strawberry-rhubarb pie.

Besides all the food, family-friendly activities include activities such as face painting, scavenger hunts, tractor-pulled Radio Flyer rides, mural painting, and giant selfie frames.

At this writing, these and all the extra details for 2018 are still on the drawing board, but—guarantee it—a most tasty day is in store, so stay tuned. Will the glass barge make an appearance that day? Might there be fireworks? What live entertainment will be wowing the crowds from Centerway Square stage, Centennial Sculpture on the East end of Market Street, and Pocket Park on the West end of Market Street? For the date in September 2018 and for the answer to all these questions as HARVEST approaches, go to www. gafferdistrict.com/harvest.

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Art Pops Up The Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes at 79 West Market Street features local and regional artists on the walls of the Evelyn Peeler Peacock Gallery. But the art they promote also finds its way throughout the Gaffer District, and includes the wildly popular and wildly creative annual Recycled Runway (above, left) as well as the Pop-Up artists and art shows that began with distinguished glass artist Julie Conway popping up at various locations during Glassfest 2017 (below, left). The process starts with the spark of an idea in an artist’s brain. If that spark comes to the Arts Council and touches fire there, the Gaffer District helps find an empty storefront to play host. Inspired Pop-Up (below, right) had twenty-one artists create visual art from a poem they drew from a hat, all written by local poets. Forkville 2075 (above, right) was a pop-up solo show featuring mixed media and glass created by Ristiina Wigg for her senior show at Alfred University. Follow the Arts Council on Facebook or at www. earts.org so you don’t miss even one artistic happening. Or check the Gaffer District Facebook page or their calendar at www.gafferdistrict.com/events.

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Arts & Culture Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes Rich, resonant, and right here in our own corner of the world, the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes year after year brings sensational, inspiring, altogether top notch classical music to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning and Elmira’s Clemens Center.

The OSFL came into existence in 1995 when two venerable orchestras—the Elmira Symphony and Choral Society and the Corning Philharmonic Society—merged their considerable talents and energies into one organization. Since then, the OSFL has assiduously continued the original organizations’ worthy goal of making great music as accessible as possible. Theirs are classical concerts that don’t require the audience to wear formal attire or study music.

All are welcome who have a willingness to listen (and watch) as fifty-plus amazing, diverse musicians unite in synchronized precision and present some of the most moving, vivid, and esteemed music ever written.

Many of them are our New York and Pennsylvania neighbors, who have trained and studied and continually sharpened their skills to be able to perform at this level, and many are also music educators, teaching in private studios and in regional universities, quietly cultivating new generations of musicians to carry on this age-old performance tradition.

This year marks the start of the OSFL’s twenty-third season as Marietta Cheng, the OSFL’s first music director and now Conductor Laureate, returns to open the season with an all-Russian program, Folk Tales à la Russe, on Saturday, October 7, 2017. OSFL Music Director and Conductor Toshiyuki Shimada (above, who also serves as Music Director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra) returns on Sunday, December 10, to conduct the holiday concert Reflections of Spirit, with vocals by the Chorus of the Southern Finger Lakes and soprano Elyse Bell. American Adventures on March 10, 2018, will feature works by Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland, plus orchestral film music by John Williams including music from Star Wars, Harry Potter, E.T., Jurassic Park, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The season closes on Sunday, May 6, with another collaboration with the Chorus of the Southern Finger Lakes, featuring baritone (and Elmira native son) Todd Thomas with tenor Eric Barry in works by Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano, Bizet and others.

For more information, visit www.osfl.org or call (607) 936-2873. A special OSFL bonus for budding classical music fans: the OSFL primer on attending orchestra concerts is at www.osfl.org/plan-your-experience.

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Boutiques & Specialty Shops Brown’s Cigar Store With a classic Indian head neon sign in its window, Brown’s Cigar Store, in the heart of Corning’s Gaffer District, also comes complete with an iconic wooden Indian greeting customers when they walk through the door at 6 West Market Street. But it is more than the heady tobacco aroma of the exotic cigars lining the shelves and displayed in the humidors that welcomes neophytes and aficionados alike; it is the friendliness of owners that has been making visits here memorable for 128 years. “This was always a place where people could bring their kids,” says Terry Smith, one of the owners. “They weren’t going to hear or see anything that would be offensive and it still is that way today. This is one of the few places people can still smoke in, but our customers are courteous. When a woman or child enters, they stop smoking. It is just common courtesy.”

Although now one door down from the original site where John Comosh opened a book, news, and tobacco shop in 1889, the store is still much the same. W.E. Brown, the corporate namesake, took over the business in 1917, followed by Harry Brown in 1929. Bernard Smith (BeJay) took over the business in 1947. Today his children—Terry, SueEllen, and BeJay, Jr., continue the tradition. Patrons can no longer buy steamship and train tickets here, but they can still purchase a wide array of the finest cigars.

Terry explains that cigar smokers don’t inhale, but rather enjoy the flavor of the cigar.

And, he says, people come to a cigar store for various reasons. For the cigar smoker it’s camaraderie, a chance to relax, and the opportunity to enjoy cigars made from exotic tobacco blends and hand-rolled in the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Or it may be to indulge in the ultimate—the Arturo Fuente Opus X, the most exclusive cigar in the world.

For others, it’s a special occasion—a wedding, a child’s birth, a get-together, or bachelor/bachelorette party (SueEllen says she has many women customers who enjoy a good cigar). For those times, Brown’s will not only offer expertise in selecting the right flavor and the intensity of cigar, but also a venue in which to smoke it. “We have catered parties and special events here in the store,” says SueEllen. What the new or occasional customer needs to know, Terry says, is “talk to your tobacconist. If you are not a cigar smoker we’ll guide you to something a little more discerning that fits your tastes and your pocket.”

Brown’s Cigar Store is open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Give them a call at (607) 962-2612 or find them at www.brownscigarstore.com.

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Boutiques & Specialty Shops Cotton Gin Boutique Aunts are special relatives who pass along special things to their nieces and nephews, such as a love of music or history. Or a passion for retail? In the case of Ashley Bates and her Aunt Malinda, that was the bond that brought them close and set Ashley on a career path she had never imagined.

Ashley is the owner of Cotton Gin Boutique, 24 East Market Street, Corning. A native of New York’s Southern Tier, Ashley went away to college, but knew she wanted to come home after graduation. Aunt Malinda lives in Alabama, where she owns two boutiques, and Ashley had regaled her with tales of the cosmopolitan, yet intimate, setting of Market Street. On an unplanned visit, Malinda saw the famed business district first hand and agreed it was the ideal spot for her niece’s first retail venture.

The boutique opened in July of 2017 and was an immediate hit with shoppers. “We saw repeat customers right away,” Ashley says, “and friends of customers coming in on recommendation.”

The shop is a bit of southern flair in the Empire State. Exposed brick, pendant lighting, and country music exude an air of hospitality. Women’s clothing, jewelry, and bags are displayed in color-coordinated sections and come in styles that appeal to a wide range of tastes and sizes. “I think I need this in another size,” a petite lady says as she steps out of the dressing room and twirls before the mirror. She turns to the shop’s staff, eyebrows raised in a search for feedback. The consensus is that the size is wrong, but everyone loves the color on her and a clerk heads to the back to make things right. Ashley smiles at the perfect display of the customer service experience she wants to offer. Even early on, while she was on a buying trip, she would think of a specific customer who would enjoy a specific item.

The Cotton Gin—named in honor of the fields that surround her aunt’s store in Alabama—is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and is still experimenting with extended hours during the district’s many special events. The Gaffer folks have been a huge help to the young entrepreneur, and she is grateful for their support. Coleen Fabrizi, Gaffer District executive director, believes Ashley represents something special. “One of our signature attractions is our great mix of independently owned shops offering sincere and appreciative customer service,” says Coleen. “The Cotton Gin is a perfect fit in so many ways.” You can find the Cotton Gin Boutique on Facebook or at (607) 654-4149.

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Boutiques & Specialty Shops East End Furnishings Who would have thought that great-grandma’s furniture from the 1940s and 1950s would be back in style and more popular than ever? Jolie and Robert Guiles, owners of East End Furnishings, that’s who. A little over a year ago they opened East End Furnishings and filled it with gently used and repurposed furnishings, a few modern pieces, some antiques, and a lot of interesting art. It is their dream come true, according to Jolie, who runs the 94 East Market Street store while her husband, Robert, retrieves the furniture they’ve purchased from individuals, estate sales, and other dealers, and brings it home to be reclaimed and refinished so it can be re-loved.

“The timing was right for us,” says Jolie. “We had just one kid left at home, so we retired from our previous jobs and decided to work for ourselves.” They specialize in what Jolie refers to as shabby chic—items they have refurbished with crackled, chalk, or a scuffed paint surface or refinished with techniques learned via the trial and error method. While Robert does the refinishing and repainting, Jolie does the repurposing, taking simple items such as canning jars and liquor bottles and turning them into unique knickknacks. East End customers can also find signs, reproductions of Tiffany lamps, antique lamps, and collectables.

“We sell a lot of vintage items from the ’40s and ’50s, some antiques, and a few modern items,” Jolie says. ““It may be old, but it is new to someone. Knowing we found a piece that fits in someone else’s life is rewarding. It is kind of like treasure hunting. People really seem to like the furniture from the 1950s. The style is plain and without many frills. It sells quickly.

We try to price things to move. We’re not trying to break anybody’s bank.”

Market Street is just where they want to be—it’s handy for local customers and is an easy find for tourists, though Jolie acknowledges that furniture shopping while on vacation can be a little problematic. “After she visits Corning, Aunt Sally isn’t going to take a dresser home on the plane,” she says, so the East End inventory also includes a lot of smaller items and furnishings as well as furniture.

Visit East End Furnishings Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. You can give them a call at (607) 731-8288 or see them on Facebook.

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Pampered In Corning Trinity Therapeutics To look at April Roush-Stanley is to gaze into the face of good health itself. Slender, with an athletic build, short dark hair, and wide, expressive eyes, April projects energy the way the sun sends out warmth. As the owner of Trinity Therapeutics, located at 9 East Pulteney Street in Corning, she offers her clients a path to their own best self. “I am passionate about helping people understand what is happening in their bodies,” she says.

“I want them to know that even making small changes can have a big improvement in their function. There’s nothing radical here.

Everything is about baby steps.”

What began four years ago as a massage practice has blossomed into a more comprehensive wellness business with an emphasis on using alternative therapies to combat medical conditions and sports injuries.

“It’s a running joke,” she smiles, “that they call it alternative therapy when these are the practices that actually pre-date Western medicine.” April’s interpretation of those therapies includes a personal connection to the people she wants to help. Her clientele encompasses a broad range of ages and situations, from infants to student-athletes to chronically ill elderly. Even the Amish bring their physical woes to April. Her toolkit of treatment options grows with her never-ending thirst for education. (“I’d like to become a physical therapist too, at some point.”) A yoga studio just opened for both group and individual sessions. There are essential oils and nutritional guidance, self-care tools and local products like raw honey and maple syrup. There is a chiropractor on-site, a sauna, and a plan to hire another massage therapist. April will need her energy for the longer-range plans. “I’d love to incorporate acupuncture and eventually build a wellness center with an indoor track.

And herbs! I’m studying to be an herbalist.” April attributes her positive nature and high spirits to a supportive husband and a deep faith in God, plus a healthy regimen of her own.

The community response to Trinity Therapeutics has been very positive, and April is booking new clients sent to her via word-of-mouth. “I’ve had people arrive in tears because of their limitations. My joy comes from watching them leave after our care with a spring in their step.”

On a tour of the facility, a visitor raises an eyebrow at the sight of an upright piano against the wall. “I want to learn to play,” April explains. Well, why not?

You can find Trinity Therapeutics at www.trinitytherapeuticswellness.com or by calling (607) 377-5559.

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Great Eats Carey’s Brew House What makes Carey’s Brew House unique? Let us start with the beers.

Carey’s has an extensive array of brews on draft—IPAs, lagers, saisons (a highly carbonated pale ale), and Scotch ales. Customers can enjoy their favorite Sam Adams but also explore the region’s offerings, including neighboring Ithaca Beer and Horseheads Brewing. Too many choices? Try a flight.

Before opening Carey’s Brew House in early 2017, Joe and Tammy Carey ran The Site Cyber Bar & Grill, kitty-corner across the street, for eighteen years. They’d also managed a catering contract for a banquet facility. Although Joe is officially retired from a career in health care information technology, he is far from retired as a brewmaster, bartender, bookkeeper, building renovator, and jack-of-all-trades.

It took the Careys over two years to renovate the former furniture store on 58 South Bridge Street into the Brew House. They saved many of the building’s great features, including the fireplace, the embossed ceiling tiles, and the grand staircase. In retaining

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the furniture-store walls, they delineated a variety of functional spaces. At street-side, storefront windows and white linen tablecloths welcome diners; in the middle room, cozy booths (and a child-size table and chair set) beckon families. Set further back is the bar with its casual seating and pool tables.

Like the beer offerings, the menu contains standard pub food options like sliders, wings, and chicken tenders, but just as many surprises. Carey’s bacon beercheeseburger features local bacon and handmade beer cheese; the torta ahogada—more common in Jalisco, Mexico, than Corning, New York—is a tasty “drowned” sandwich covered in a spicy tomato sauce. Entrées include rib eye and stuffed chicken saltimbocca for the carnivores while garlic-buttered shrimp, seared swordfish, and a Thai noodle bowl lure the pescatarians and vegetarians. In early autumn, the spring/summer menu makes way for fall/winter specials, including a stuffed pork chop with an apple risotto.

Tammy, who wears as many hats as Joe, is also a gardener. You might find her pickled cucumbers on your Cubano sandwich or her pumpkins in an ale. She’s also the manager for the upstairs banquet room with its wall of windows—an area that is ready to decorate for a wedding reception, retirement party, baby shower, or Grandpa’s eightieth birthday— which can accommodate 150 guests.

Like an English pub inviting neighbors to stop by for a meal, a drink, or a game of darts, this north side establishment welcomes families, tourists, groups for casual business lunches, and couples on their first date. Stop by Carey’s Brew House and introduce yourself to Joe and Tammy. You can reach them by phone at (607) 377-5651.

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Great Eats Donna’s Restaurant There are two ways to look at Donna’s Restaurant, a longtime fixture at 48 E. Market St. It is either the best eatery that also displays the most incredible collection of Pyrex cookware ever. Or, it is the greatest museum of Pyrex cookware that also happens to be home to a restaurant that pumps out the self-proclaimed world-famous Nutter Butter Peanut Butter Chocolate Ribbon Pie. Wait. Owner Donna Robbins—who has had the place for thirty-two years and worked in the same spot for another twenty before that, under two previous owners—would tell you it is both. And she’d be right.

Home of comfort food—think chicken and biscuits, meatloaf, stuffed shells, macaroni and cheese on Fridays—and new-fangled concoctions like the aforementioned pie, Donna’s has something for everyone in a comfy, fifty-six-seat, prime downtown corner setting right across the street from Tommy Hilfiger.

First Donna tells us about that pie: “It is my own recipe. Actually, I saw something similar to it that wasn’t a pie, and I kind of didn’t like the way that it was done, but I liked some of the ingredients in it and so I decided I was going to try to see what happens if I made it into a pie, and it’s taken off like crazy.” She’s made thousands over the years, about four to six a week, and has it “down to a science.” Strawberry rhubarb pie is another dessert favored by her customers, many of whom are now third-generation fans. But it is that vibrant, colorful Pyrex collection—currently six shelves’ worth, with dozens of other pieces in storage—that has out-of-town diners snapping photos like they are at the Grand Canyon. “It was just one of those things,” Donna says of how the collection got started years ago. “You see a pattern and then you get some, and then another pattern would come along and you get some of that, and since I’ve been displaying them, people would say, ‘Oh, it’s easy to buy you something for Christmas,’ so they would take and buy me more.”

Other than displaying the cookware—color-coded, she says, “the pinks with the pinks, the blues with the blues, the yellows with the yellows, the reds with the reds”—she doesn’t use any of it other than a particular yellow bowl for puddings and some clear ones for baking.

The reaction from customers/fans is heartwarming. “They’re like ‘Oh my God,’ and then they’ll say ‘I’ve never seen that piece before,’ or ‘This is what my grandmother had,’ or ‘My mother had this.’” Her most treasured piece is a 1925, single-cup, etched teapot.

So, yes, as you can imagine, for a restaurant filled with all kinds of made-from-scratch, delectable goodies, Donna’s also is something of a museum-goer’s delight. Call (607) 9369732 for more information.

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Great Eats Old World Café It’s safe to say that, if nothing else, when Chris and Jennifer Herman set out to do something, they wrap their minds around it, get it done…and then ride it out. The owners of the super successful Old World Café and Ice Cream on Market Street opened their diner/shop/parlor in 2002—after hunting around for where to locate and coming up with a menu while sitting at her pool in New Jersey, where she lived at the time. And today, fifteen and a half years later, they’ve changed very little about it. “There was nothing here, it was an empty space, so we started from scratch and it is pretty much the same now as it was then,” Jennifer says with a laugh. “I think we’ve changed only two sandwiches in fifteen years.”

Another way to say that: Don’t mess with success.

And there’s no doubt that Old World, as it’s known locally, has thrived. From paninis to fresh salads to luscious soups to sixteen flavors of ice cream, it all works at the bustling eatery that seats about fifty and has eighteen or so employees in the busy summer season and about half that at other times. Chris, who worked in restaurants from coast (Seattle) to coast (Maryland), is the master in the kitchen and sometimes has to be told by Jennifer and staff to leave because he spends so much time there. Jennifer, who owned a gourmet sandwich and cheese shop in Jersey for thirteen years, once worked a stretch of eighty-six days in a row at the Old World.

Neither is complaining, however. “We were getting married, and Chris didn’t want to stay in Maryland and I didn’t want to stay in Jersey,” Jennifer says. “We looked in Wellsboro and couldn’t find anything there and just kind of eked over the (New York) border to Corning and really liked it. It was a nice little Mayberry-ish place.” That’s how the Old World came to be named, by the way, after Jennifer saw something called “Old World Christmas Ornaments” in a magazine and thought it charming. Their food, all made from scratch, is a hit with locals and has drawn some famous folks such as travel guru Rudy Maxa, whose brother lives in Corning, LPGA players when they were in town for golf tournaments, and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton. “She said, ‘Oh, it’s so cute in here,’” Jennifer remembers.

In addition to its food, especially soups such as the Italian classic stracciatella and a tomato basil cream, the Old World is known for the gourmet food products available—things like crackers, teas, jellies, and oils—and for its colorful wall of postcards sent by fans and vacationing employees alike. You know, thinking about it, that wall of postcards is something of a recent addition to the cozy and vibrant café. But most everything else is tried and true. For more information visit www.oldworldcafe.com.

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Great Eats Wild Ginger

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The chefs of China, Japan, and Thailand appreciate the versatility and flavors of the ginger plant—whether added to a sauce, pounded into a paste, pickled in vinegar, or shaved from the rhizome. So if the new kid on the Market Street restaurant block is Asian fusion, what better name to bestow on it than Wild Ginger? Wild Ginger, opened in 2015, is winning fans both local and beyond. Open daily for lunch and dinner, this family-run, familyfriendly restaurant at 119 West Market Street (plenty of parking close by) has a wide selection of Japanese, Chinese, and Thai dishes, bento boxes brimming with harmonious flavors, artistry on the sushi bar, and wine and beer service, including

My friend and I sat down for lunch at Wild Ginger on a recent visit to the Gaffer District.

We were heading to a museum exhibit but needed fortification first, and opted for a fusion experience. As we entered the restaurant, we noticed a group of family members taking turns walking a sleepy baby while the rest enjoyed their meals. At another table in an adjacent booth, four friends chatted amicably over their lunch. A few minutes later, a customer stopped by to pick up his take-out. Soft instrumental background music fills a serene and handsome room, all adding up to the calm and comfortable atmosphere that keeps the dining area quiet enough to allow for private conversation.

With previous experience at a Chinese take-out as well as a Japanese hibachi bar, Wen Jun, the owner of Wild Ginger, had all the talents to create an Asian fusion experience. Her goal is “to combine the best of all three cuisines in a well-run and clean restaurant, have it filled with diners who appreciate the food and look forward to returning for another meal.”

As my dining companion and I waited for our entrees, the skills of the sushi chef as he peeled delicate sheets of cucumber mesmerized us. Then I got to taste the results of his efforts in my bento box—a fusion experience in and of itself—which included a California roll, vegetable spring rolls, sweet and sour sauce, broccoli, rice, and General Tso’s chicken.

My friend’s selection, sesame chicken, also came with rice and broccoli. The sleek black tabletop set off the vibrant colors of the meal—the crisp green broccoli, the whiteness of the rice, the brick red bento boxes, and the perfection of the sushi. The portions were generous, the service was efficient, and thoughts of returning were already on our minds.

Visit Wild Ginger Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 9:30 p.m. You can give them a call at (607) 936-8888.

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A Piece of Our History 150 Years of Glass in Corning For decades New York State’s canal system connected the upstate region to the larger world via the Great Lakes and New York City; it has, in fact, connected the whole world, having made the area home to innovations such as modern fiber optic cable. Over the past 150 years, the waterways that flow through here have helped shape some of the most important events in the history of glass. Thomas Edison came to Corning when he needed glass for light bulbs; Steve Jobs did the same when he needed glass screens for the first iPhone. Early glassmakers were drawn to upstate New York for reasons that included the rivers and canals that linked the area to manufacturing and trade hubs, the favorable labor market, and a railroad connecting Corning to Pennsylvania’s bituminous coal fields. In the late 1860s, members of the Houghton family moved their Brooklyn, New York, glass factory—the Brooklyn Flint Glass Company—to Corning by barge. Starting in 1868, products from the newly formed Corning Glass Works were transported through the canal system, down the Hudson River to New York City, then to Europe and beyond. In the modern era, glass makers and glass scientists in Corning have helped connect the world through the discovery and manufacturing of optical fiber, providing the highway for data transmission around the world at light speed. From humble beginnings 150 years ago, Corning continues to shape and lead the world through all things glass.

To celebrate the 150-year legacy of glass making and the 200-year anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal, the Corning Museum of Glass has created a special barge, called, appropriately enough, GlassBarge, to travel the canals and recreate history with live demonstrations of glassblowing. Though the barge itself is not really made of glass, it does tell the entwined stories of glass making and the canal system. The barge, designed by the CMoG Hot Glass team in collaboration with McLaren Engineering of Nyack, New York, appeared at three events in 2017 and will continue its travels in 2018 with free demonstrations of glass making by the CMoG team and other invited artists. This will include a tour starting Memorial Day and continuing through the second week of September and includes stops at waterfront locations across the state from Brooklyn to Watkins Glen, and ultimately in Corning, retracing portions of the Flint Glass Company’s original journey. Check for GlassBarge schedule details in January at www.cmog.org/ glassbarge.

Glass aficionados won’t have to wait to learn more about Corning’s 150-year history of glass making—that’s available all year, every year at CMoG and throughout the Gaffer District. In addition to glass from around the world, the exhibits at CMoG feature the glass products Corning is known for, including work-a-day Pyrex and exquisite Steuben Crystal.

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MAY 24–27 A four-day celebration of glass in the Crystal City featuring hot glass shows, artists, vendors, live entertainment, fireworks, and business promotions! Throughout Corning’s Gaffer District.

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