Cosmos Pizza and Grill, at 143 Marshall Street, Syracuse, New York, offers a full menu of breakfast, lunch, and dinner items, table or counter service, pick-up or delivery. It is exactly what one wants from a diner in a college town. Opening at 7:AM and closing at 2:AM, Cosmos is one of the few places where Syracuse University students and townies comfortably rub elbows.
The menu is extensive, ranging from diner staples to unique offerings like the Cosmos Special pizza - sausage, mushroom, green pepper, and onion or the Cosmos Corned Beef Reuben - corned beef and bacon with Russian dressing and cole slaw. There are a number of items for vegetarians as well, though nothing particularly outstanding. All of the food is priced for the student on a budget.
Cosmos also serves as an alternative to the local coffee shop, with free refills on the 70 cent cup of coffee. Most of the restaurant accomodates cigarette smoking, and the waitstaff
are happy to leave customers to their own thoughts. There's even a stack of newspapers by the front door if you forgot your book.