Gator’s Tavern

Gator’s Tavern is a Cortland dive bar that serves lunch and dinner and likes to call itself five-star. The menu leans on pizza, wings, burgers and sandwiches, the kind of food that pairs well with a cold drink and a game on the TV.

The tavern is locally famous for its Irish Italian Festival, held each February, when the bar turns a cold month into a party. The rest of the year it is a kick-your-feet-up, let-your-hair-down kind of place in Cortland, the county seat of Cortland County.

What to Know

• Pizza, wings, burgers and sandwiches anchor the menu, served for lunch and dinner.
• The Irish Italian Festival is held every February and is what the bar is best known for.
• It is a good place to catch a game in a relaxed, no-pretense setting.
• Experience Cortland, the area tourism group, features the tavern.