“A monument to the fitness craze of the 1980s and 1990s is going to be renovated into a monument of the current nationwide brewery trend.

The City Health Club building at 402 West Green Street in downtown Ithaca is slated to be redeveloped into a brewpub, named Personal Best Brewing, with construction finishing sometime in the next year or two if all approvals are acquired. The development of the bar is being led by Michael and Anthony Cesari, and operated by Anthony. Several redevelopment plans for the building were discussed before finally settling upon a bar. Michael Cesari, who’s originally from Elmira, has been working on this for some time and sees a great deal of long-term potential for the site….”

Edwin J. Viera, “From health to hops: Former City Health Club site to become new brewpub,” November 13, 2018