The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

Looks like a cool place! 😍
All of the finger lakes were magical when I was a kid. You could see the bottom while standing on the dock. While in swimming it was deeper than you wanted to swim down to. The region has great history. The names are all local indian names. I’m partial to Keuka because my favorite great aunt had a house there on the west fork. Generations back there was a hotel which was also home. Most of the family was born there through 1905. Family can be traced back to the late 1500’s making a living cutting ice out of the lake.
In recent visits I’ve noticed the water still clear but with fertilizer from Home Depot lots of weeds grow in the lake now. Cannot see the bottom. It is an interesting place on earth as the lakes are not cut by rivers. They and the mountains were formed in the last ice age as deep crevice dug by ice pushed up the rock. Some of the lakes are over 500 feet deep. If you do visit and want good food, Union Station in Hammondsport is amazing. Chef retired from nyc and opened it as a hobby. There are still places you can go there and be far enough from Walmart you can still see the milky way.
 
All of the finger lakes were magical when I was a kid. You could see the bottom while standing on the dock. While in swimming it was deeper than you wanted to swim down to. The region has great history. The names are all local indian names. I’m partial to Keuka because my favorite great aunt had a house there on the west fork. Generations back there was a hotel which was also home. Most of the family was born there through 1905. Family can be traced back to the late 1500’s making a living cutting ice out of the lake.
In recent visits I’ve noticed the water still clear but with fertilizer from Home Depot lots of weeds grow in the lake now. Cannot see the bottom. It is an interesting place on earth as the lakes are not cut by rivers. They and the mountains were formed in the last ice age as deep crevice dug by ice pushed up the rock. Some of the lakes are over 500 feet deep. If you do visit and want good food, Union Station in Hammondsport is amazing. Chef retired from nyc and opened it as a hobby. There are still places you can go there and be far enough from Walmart you can still see the milky way.
I always like lake keuka and Penn Yan too. Seneca is beautiful too. Ithaca is a nice town.

The only thing that’s really changed since I’ve been there in about 15 years is that there’s a winery or a brewery every 10 feet. It feels a lot more built-up.
 
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