Hot Truck - Ithaca, NY

Ithaca is known for many things: Home of Cornell. College town. Natural gorges. Reisling. But food? Not so much. At least not while I was studying there. However, for a young, broke student (or not), there is, mercifully, the Poor Man’s Pizza, or PMP. Moored near the Cornell campus, the Hot Truck which serves it is the food equivalent of a life boat for Titanic survivors. All those who can, swim and clammor towards it - and no wonder: The PMP is a delicious (and cheap) concoction of crunchy French bread, a drizzling of garlic and oil, with pizza fixings slapped on top. The sandwich has variations, like the Full Sui (short for ‘Full Suicide’), which has mushrooms, sausage, and pepperoni. There’s also the MBC - essentially a meatball hero. All in all, the Hot Truck’s fare rates as a sentimental favorite.

Reprinted with permission from GearPatrol.com - The Definitive Resource For The Ever-Evolving Man!

Note: Due to the passing of the original Hot Truck owner Robert Petrillose, the Hot Truck is now operated by the Shortstop Deli.

Shortstop Deli / Hot Truck
204 W. Seneca St.
Ithaca, NY