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Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - Outdoor patio

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York

Author Mary Chong
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Located on the banks of the Oatka Creek in the Village of Le Roy in Genesee County in a stone building approximately 200 years old lies the charming Farmers Creekside Restaurant and Inn.

The original building was destroyed by fire, and for the past ten years, it’s been rebuilt from the ground up by owner Bill Farmer. The interior is gorgeous, and Bill has spared no expense in the custom decor and finishings — restoring what he could, replicating as much as possible to stay true to the history of the architecture.

The outdoor patio, however, is where you want to be in the evening, with a lovely view of Oatka Creek, various office buildings, the ducks/geese and the little gatehouse that controls the flow of the water. The cool nightly breezes make for quite the relaxing evening.

Live music plays on the patio on the weekends and along with an extensive wine selection chosen by their in-house sommelier. Farmers Creekside also carries between 25-30 local Upstate NY craft beers with 18 on tap as well as a tavern menu and a dinner menu that changes with the season.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - Dining indoors

Dining at Farmer’s Creekside Tavern and Inn

Originally from Rochester NY Executive Chef Sean Wolf trained in Chicago. The entire Farmer’s Creekside menu is locally sourced regionally within New York whenever possible.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - Pnocchi

The restaurant has a zero waste program with unique twists such as Pnocchi, a gnocchi shaped pretzel made from leftover handmade bread. The pretzel gnocchi comes with a beer cheese dip. Potato skins are covered with layers of cheese, bacon, and sour cream and turned into a “nacho’s”.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York. Real Potato Nachos. #restaurant #tavern #inn #potato #nachos #food #travel #NewYork #LeRoy

For lunch, we dined on the Pnocchi as mentioned earlier, Potato Skin nachos, Lobster Roll, and Beef on Weck — delicious, with tender beef on a salty kummelweck buttery grilled bun. Beef on Weck is a typical menu offering in this part of New York State, and I highly recommend you give this sandwich a try at least once in your life.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York. Beef on Weck Sandwich is "the" thing to eat when in the Upstate New York area | #LeRoy #NewYork #travel #restraurant #inn #tavern #sandwich #food
Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York. Lobster Roll Sandwich | #lobster #Genesee #LeRoy #NewYork #travel #restraurant #inn #tavern #sandwich #food

For dinner, we dined on the local cheese plate featuring camembert from Old Chatham, baby gouda from Unica, blue cheese from Ithaca with toast points, olives, candied walnuts and roasted beets — delicious.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - Cheese Plate

The New York Strip steak with potato puree and sauteed veggies
– the steak, cooked perfectly, was massive at 10 oz and the potato puree was smooth and silky, but the vegetables were a big disappointment in my opinion.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York. New York Strip Steak

Farmers Creekside Inn

There are three guest rooms upstairs all with access to a private deck with views of the Oatka Creek.

I stayed in the Ballard Suite 2
— beautifully decorated and appointed with comfortable furnishings and high-end linens.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - Ballard Suite 2

Suite amenities include:

  • Air Conditioning
  • Iron/ironing board
  • TV
  • A walk in shower with rain shower head and hand-held shower wand
  • USB charging plugs in the clock radio
  • 2 bottles of complimentary water

Complimentary continental breakfast of yoghurt, granola, pastries, fruit, juice, coffee and tea served in the morning at 9:00 am in the hallway for dining outside on the patio or in the comfort of your room.

I had a very comfortable stay, however, keep in mind, you are staying on the top floor of a tavern so the music and noise from the outdoor patio can go late in the evening. Also, at times there was noise heard from the dining room such as the moving of tables and banging of chairs.

I had the chance to tour a few of the other rooms; to follow are a few photos of the other suites.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York. Woodward Suite 1

Woodward Suite 1

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - Randolph Suite

Randolph Suite 3

A few oddities to point out. I found my room had an odour in the afternoon and it smelled musty like wet wood. At first, I thought the scent was coming from the exhaust of the kitchen next to the patio outside my room. But when we were sitting outside on the terrace, there was very little odour there. I really couldn’t figure it out!

I think it may have been the heat of the sun shining on the wood in the room or perhaps on the canvas headboard, but the smell did go away once the sun went down.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - Woodward Suite Bath
Woodward Suite Bath

A few other issues:

  • No step stool to climb into the high bed or to pull down the blinds on the window
  • No instructions to use the tv/satellite system
  • No telephone, refrigerator, or safe in the room
  • No staff on site after the restaurant closes. We were provided with a phone number to contact in case we needed anything.
  • If you wish to check out before 9 am there is no one at the front desk as the restaurant isn’t open yet. You simply leave your keycard behind in the room. The main door to the units locks automatically behind you.
  • The inn operates separately from the tavern. As a result, if you’d like ice, you need to bring your ice bucket from the room down to the hostess station to get it filled. The same thing goes for coffee or tea; there is no coffee station available to you. You need to go down to the restaurant order/pay for your beverage and bring it back upstairs with you.

There are no other accommodations on the Main Street of LeRoy especially to the comfort and elegance such as this.

What Else is there to do in Le Roy New York?

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - The Divine Tree

Shop at The Divine Tree

With an assortment of olive oils, sauces, dips, giftware, fashion, and jewellery, The Divine Tree is located next to Farmers Creekside.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - The Art of Mandy

Get creative at The Art of Mandy

We had a blast as we painted our very own masterpiece and memento of our visit to the city at the Art of Mandy. Mandy, an art graduate and teacher, guides students both young and old in using acrylic paint on canvas in her studio across the street from the inn.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York. Jello Museum Exhibit

Get jiggly at the Jello Gallery Museum

Eaten by children around the world Jello is was invented and produced by the Genesee Pure Food Co. in Le Roy New York, so it’s fitting that there is a Jello Museum devoted to this jiggly dessert in town. It’s not overly large but worthy of a visit for the quirkiness of it all.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York. LeRoy House Museum

While you are here, make sure you tour the Le Roy House Museum on the same property to learn more about the area.

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn Le Roy New York - D&R Depot Restaurant

Dine with the locals at D&R Depot Restaurant

For small-town charm, good eats and local flavour in Le Roy the place to go for a meal is D&R Depot Restaurant. Located in a railroad depot, we had a lovely, very filling, very affordable, made from scratch breakfast. We enjoyed an excellent meal with great service. Make sure you save room for grilled cinnamon rolls – I could write an entire review about these yummy fresh made daily pastries!

An overstay at Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn in Le Roy New York featuring their various suites, lunch and dinner in Genesee County. #travel #NewYork #upstate #inn #tavern #restaurant

Farmers Creekside Tavern and Inn
One Main St, Le Roy, NY 14482, USA

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Travel Assistance provided by Visit Genessee NY and Farmers Creekside Tavern & Inn all opinions are entirely my own.

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