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This weekend is the Ithaca Festival, which marks the beginning of summer in our lively college town. The students are gone, causing the locals to rejoice at the amount of on street parking and reclaim the best swimming holes! The festival is four days of music and food that starts Thursday night with a parade and race down Cayuga Street, passing right in front of our original location. This year we have decided to take advantage of the massive amount of people crowded onto the street to bring you a summertime treat: the Affogato. An Affogato is a scoop of ice cream topped with a shot of espresso. It is close to heaven in a cup. We tried some last week for, um, research and found that the combination of sweet vanilla ice cream and a well extracted shot created an out of this world caramel flavor. We are so excited that thanks to a partnership with Purity Ice Cream we are able to share this with you!

Now, we don't have freezers normally in our cafes, so this is a one day special, only at our Cayuga location. From 3pm until close (or while supplies last) this Thursday (June 2nd) we will be serving this frosty treat. Come for the ice cream and stay for the parade! Keep an eye out for Team Gimme in their bright red jerseys kicking off another fundraising year.

For those of you who (gasp) do not consume coffee, we will have Sundaes available made with our house made chocolate syrup, as well as fresh squeezed lemonade. For those of you who (gasp) don't get excited for Ice Cream, we will still be offering our entire menu of coffee beverages ,including our awesome cold brewed iced coffee. See you Thursday!