Join your fellow alumni and Cornell friends for an evening celebrating the International Spirit of Zinck’s Night! This year we’ll meet at Zum Franziskaner – we hope to see you there! Any Cornellian based in Munich, Bavaria or beyond are welcome to join us!

DATE: Thursday, October 15, 2026
TIME: 18:00
LOCATION: Zum Franziskaner, Residenzstraße 9, 80333 München-Altstadt-Lehel (we have space reserved in ‘Fuchsenstube’)
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, October 12
QUESTIONS: Contact Kamila Votavova at kv269@cornell.edu.

THE HISTORY BEHIND THE INTERNATIONAL SPIRIT OF ZINCK’S NIGHT. HOW IT ALL BEGAN. 

“We’ll all have drinks at Theodore Zinck’s, when I get back next fall!†goes “Give My Regards to Davy,†the timeless Cornell fighting song. But just who exactly is Theodore Zinck? 

Theodore Zinck was an Ithaca saloon owner whose pub, the Hotel Brunswick, was a popular haunt for Cornellians in the 1890s. When he died in 1903, a series of bars on and around Collegetown adopted his name over the years. The last one closed in the 1960s, and Cornellians started commemorating the spirit of Zinck’s Night by gathering at an establishment on a Thursday night, once a year. This tradition of undergraduates coming together to enjoy camaraderie and refreshments has grown into a gathering for Cornellians of all stripes everywhere.