Le Café Cent-Dix
A popular downtown French bistro with a tight menu and no reservations. The onion soup and steak frites are the most praised dishes.
Le Café Cent-Dix is on North Aurora Street next to Mercato and serves classic French bistro fare. The menu has only about five entrées plus daily specials, with French dish names given alongside English descriptions. Baked French onion soup, house-made sourdough, beef tartare, duck breast and steak frites are often singled out, and on Saturdays there is a two-person ribeye. The wine list is good, and there are six seats at the bar. No reservations are accepted, so it's best to line up before the 17:30 opening or aim for the second seating around 19:00. Prices run a bit higher than Ithaca's typical level, and a few reviewers feel the portions are small.
Opening hours
Tue–Sat 17:30–21:00 (dinner); closed Sun and Mon
Nearby sights
- Ithaca Commons
- Moosewood Restaurant
- Cascadilla Gorge Trail
- Sciencenter
- Ithaca Falls
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Cornell University
- Ithaca Farmers Market