"Throwback Thursday" specials will be featured in the cafeterias at Upstate University Hospital this year, as both hospital campuses celebrate their 50th anniversaries.

The downtown hospital opened its doors to patients in the late summer 1964. In September of that year, Community General Hospital was born of the merger of Community and Syracuse General hospitals. In 2011, Upstate acquired Community General.

Twelve-ounce coffee will be 64 cents every Thursday throughout the year. In addition, Thursdays in ...

...February will feature 50-cents off a 12-ounce soup.

...March will feature breakfast muffins for 64 cents.

...April will feature 64-cent kettle chips.

...May will feature 16-ounce fountain beverages for 64 cents.

...June will feature a Hershey ice cream promotion.

...July will feature hot dogs for 64 cents.

...August will feature a Hershey ice cream promotion.

...September will feature 50-cent apples.

...October will feature hot cereal for 64 cents.

...November will feature 12-ounce apple cider for 50 cents.

and

...December will feature 64-cent holiday Chex mix.