A sort of Barge-meets-Parkside hybrid, with coffee drinks, smoothies, frozen yogurt, and baked goods, along with a few sandwich, panini, wrap, and soup options. It is the newest Hamilton eatery, located next to Parry's Hardware.
A staple among Colgate students and Hamilton residents alike, The Barge offers a wide variety of fair trade coffee and coffee drinks and a large selection of different kinds of tea, from herbal infusions to chai. If you need to nosh a bit, pick out a baked good from the tempting display case (there are even some vegan options), a bagel, one of the daily soups or, if you're lucky, their famous chicken chili.
The Colgate Inn stands as the oldest restaurant in town, with multiple places to eat. Both the Dining Room and the Tap Room at the Inn have very similar, diverse menus. You can find everything on there from a Reuben sandwich, Caesar salad, and burgers, to sesame encrusted tuna, Yankee pot roast, and fish-n-chips.
Filling a much-needed void in Hamilton, the immensely popular La Iguana is primarily a Mexican restaurant that also has a small tapas menu. You can expect traditional Mexican fare, such as quesadillas, burritos, tacos, and fajitas, as well as more creative dishes such as the Iguana salmon roll – blackened salmon, cheddar and Jack cheese, bacon, guacamole, and chipotle mayo all wrapped up in a soft flour tortilla.
Main Moon is the only Chinese restaurant in the local area. It serves standard Chinese food menu, including buffets on the weekends.
Slices is a Hamilton institution that also doubles as a Colgate student's go-to restaurant in the arly weekend mornings. Slices serves pizza with numerous choices of toppings, mozzarella sticks in orders of six, chicken fingers in orders of four, chicken wings in orders of 12, 24, 36, or 48. Note: Slices come plain only!
Lucky enough to sit on the best piece of property in town on Five Corners, Nichols runs the gamut, from classic bar food to salads, sandwiches, and fish, steak, chicken, and pasta entrée dishes.
Parkside has the biggest and most diverse menu in town. Food options include breakfast served all day, assorted wraps, paninis, salads and design-your-own sandwiches, as well as hot dogs, hamburgers (veggie and regular) and assorted sides such as jalapeno poppers and fries. Parkside is mostly a breakfast and lunch destination and a popular one at that because of its variety.
A popular destination for upperclassmen, Rogers is a deli that serves up assorted sandwiches, all made to order, as well as an exceptionally tasty kobe beef hamburger. There are also various hot offerings such as mac and cheese, meatballs and fried chicken.
Like La Iguana, Rusch's filled a Hamilton void by becoming the only true sports bar and grill in town. It serves pizza, wings, burgers, sandwiches and salads, as well as chicken, seafood and steak entrees.
The Clubhouse overlooks a bucolic golf course, making one almost forget the fact that they serve good food too, such as classic sandwiches (French Dip, steak and cheese, and Reubens include some of their offerings), pasta dishes, and a multitude of salads that the diner can add salmon, shrimp, or chicken too.
Located on Broad Street, Sushi Blues serves mostly sushi and a number of other dishes.