<p>The cleanest hotels are the Radisson and Hotel Utica in Utica. During freshman move in weekend we paid $108 AAA rate for a King bed with breakfast buffet for two at the Radisson plus $6for parking. Very nice buffet! I think the Hotel Utica was $98 for the same weekend. In New Hartford there is a Ramada Inn and a Holiday Inn; don’t know anything about these, but many people stay there. Also there is an on campus hotel like rooms in the Bristol Center, 315-859-4194. I want to say these rooms were about $80 when I checked last October.</p>
<p>If you check on the Hamilton site you will see a list of hotels and B&B near the area.
<a href=“http://www.hamilton.edu/admission/visiting/accommodations.html[/url]”>http://www.hamilton.edu/admission/visiting/accommodations.html</a></p>
<p>Colgate also has a list: <a href=“http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=515&pgID=1430[/url]”>http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=515&pgID=1430</a>
I hear the Colgate Inn is lovely!</p>
<p>Restaurants by Colgate: <a href=“http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=514&pgID=1420[/url]”>http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=514&pgID=1420</a>
If you like cheap mexican, my daughter loves Chilly Willy’s!</p>
<p>Restaurants by Hamilton:
<a href=“http://www.hamilton.edu/admission/visiting/restaurants.html[/url]”>http://www.hamilton.edu/admission/visiting/restaurants.html</a></p>
<p>During our trip during move in we were always eating on the run so we went with the known restaurants: Outback, Applebee’s, Panera Bread, and one nice night at O’Connor’s Alexander Hamilton Pub on the square in Clinton.</p>
<p>Remember, that Hamilton College is in Clinton, NY, but Colgate College is in Hamilton, NY when looking at locations.</p>
<p>I am happy to answer any questions, but realize my daughter is only a freshman and we are southerns also!</p>