228143 Tue Nov 15 10:36:10 -0800 2005 6 18 Manhattan 0 1212268 Hi. I'm being taken to Thanksgiving dinner at the Cornell Clu this year; they have a limited menu, turkey, prime rib, salmon, ham, and lasgna. Anyone been there for something like this? Any suggestions? Thanks Tue Nov 15 10:36:10 -0800 2005 0 Matt 1 1212297 I've not done the THanksgiving show but the track record there and else where of similar stripe is to expect precisely what you'd think it would be: a good, decent, solid meal. Sunday Country Club sort of stuff but raw materials are going to be better than average I should think. Tue Nov 15 11:27:59 -0800 2005 1212268 0 Hazelhurst 2 1212301 As a Cornell grad and occasional non-member guest of the club, I'm embarrassed to say (especially considering that we have a hotel & restaurant school) that the food there is completely mediocre, or worse. But, then again, it does handily beat the Princeton & Harvard clubs' cuisine (about the only thing we *can* beat them at except, of course, in the case of Harvard, general obnoxiousness) and, as with most everything else, loses handily to the offerings at (the) Yale (club). Tue Nov 15 11:52:26 -0800 2005 1212297 0 newsjoke 3 1212302 I've eaten there upon occasion and the food has bordered on institutional. Tue Nov 15 11:57:39 -0800 2005 1212301 0 Chow Dawg 4 1212547 Well, it doesn't sound too great. Still, with a limited menu, maybe they'll do all right. I imagine they can roast a prime rib reasonably well. Thanks, Matt Wed Nov 16 12:20:28 -0800 2005 1212302 0 Matt 3 1212435 I'm also a Cornell grad and have been to this place a few times as a guest. The food's just passable. Frankly, the best university club food I've had in NY is at the Penn Club (where I am also an alumna! though not a member.) Tue Nov 15 20:39:41 -0800 2005 1212301 0 Julie 1 1212446 i'm also a cornell grad and proud to say i've never been to the cornell club. they can keep their elitist crap. Tue Nov 15 21:38:54 -0800 2005 1212268 0 jiimmyjazz