I always thought Lost Dog was the first "cool" place in Binghamton... there's plenty of good stuff now, but Lost Dog still holds up. My friends always rave about the Rigatoni a la Vodka, and it's true that it's really good, but everything I've tried has been equally delicious. I'm not usually someone to go for salads at restaurants but oddly enough the salad dressings here really stand out to me. Their menu isn't overly "adventurous" but it's not just standard bar food and it has character. The desserts are interesting too! Also I love that they make French cream sodas, one of my favourite drinks. I think the style of the decoration would be best described as funky, but it's not one of those places that has too much going on, and the vibe is great. They have a sidewalk patio too, but I often seem to have some sort of trouble with it. Sometimes it's not open when you expect it to be on a nice day, and I feel like they give kind of a condescending response when we ask if we can sit outside. One time they sat us outside at one of the tables with no umbrellas (some of the picnic tables had umbrellas, some didn't), and we asked if we could move to an empty umbrella table because it was sunny, but they said we couldn't because only a certain section of the patio was open. Then we asked if we or they could move the umbrella to our table, also no. I know they have a system to follow but I don't understand how it would have been that much trouble to move us to a table not very far away from the last open table. In this situation I also felt like the waiter acted exasperated with us when we tried to ask politely and just wanted to keep the sun off. Otherwise I've never had issues with the staff and they're mostly friendly while they're serving us, they just seem to get weird about the patio for some reason. When the patio is "closed", you can order takeout and eat it at one of their tables, though.