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In 2019, eight new restaurants opened in downtown Ithaca and five restaurants closed. The turnover of resturants is because of high rents, competition and the personal toll of owning a business.

Demands of restaurants lead to closures

By Madison Fernandez, News Editor • December 12, 2019

From pizzerias to Moroccan concepts, Hicham Oulida, Towers Marketplace retail manager at Ithaca College, has owned six restaurants — five of which were in Ithaca — over the past decade. He...

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