The Pearl of Seneca Lake Bed and Breakfast

We appreciate and welcome our guests for our 16th season beginning in March 2020. Time certainly flies as we look back warmly on the last 15 years. It has been quite a ride full of laughs with new and returning friends. We have noted that many reservations have already been made for the coming season, and so we encourage everyone to make their plans early and make their reservations ASAP. Over the winter months, we have caught up on household chores, friends and sle...ep. I have tried new recipes with some of them making the cut and some not quite making it. I only keep the recipes that are really good and not just passable. As a reminder, my recipes are all on our web site: https://www.thepearlofsenecalake.com on the Food and Recipes Page. If you have any questions about the recipes or substitutes, please feel free to give me a call. I would welcome any recipe ideas that I could use at our own B&B breakfast time. It is important to keep in mind that cooking for guests requires finding universally-liked ingredients. Yet, we can be flexible and can make adjustments for dietary restrictions or preferences. There will be many events this year at the wineries and breweries and at Watkins Glen International. The next event on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail is the Pasta and Wine weekend, starting on March 22nd. Watkins Glen International has their opening weekend on April 4-5, and NASCAR returns on August 14-16. The Windmill Farm & Craft Market opens on April 25th, and in addition to all the Saturdays through November, it will be open on Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day and now Black Friday! And then there’s always the Watkins Glen and Havana Glen Parks, the Corning Museum of Glass and the Glenn Curtiss Aviation Museum in Hammondsport. You can check out all the local events on the Attractions Page on our website. One new potato recipe that I recently discovered follows: From the Kitchen of The Pearl of Seneca Lake Breakfast Potatoes I got this recipe from the TV show The Pioneer Woman with Ree Drummond. It is very good, and goes in the oven while the rest of the Breakfast is prepared. Preheat the oven to 425 deg. Toss together and spread on a rimmed pan: 5 lbs red potatoes, roughly chopped/diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 onion chopped 1 green bell pepper, seeded and roughly chopped 1 red bell pepper, seeded and roughly chopped cup olive oil stick butter, melted 1 tsp seasoned salt tsp cayenne pepper Bake for 20-25 minutes, shaking the pan twice. Raise the heat to 500 degrees and bake until crisp and brown. 10-15 minutes Sprinkle with Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper Thanks so much! We hope to see you in 2020! Mary & Peter

We're just beginning our 15th. season welcoming guests at The Pearl of Seneca Lake. It's been a wonderful experience for us - aiming to provide a great and memorable experience for each of our guests. Please take a few minutes and check out our latest to review the facilities and services we provide to make every guest stay a special memory.

We're just getting into our 14th. season, and we've been thinking about how we've grown over the last 13 years, and some interesting stats on our guests and where they've come from over the years. Please check out our latest blog .

In our latest blog, we talk about our wintertime hiatus and the preparations we are making as we look toward the start of our 2018 season. Over the winter months, we have an opportunity to check out new recipes which we will share with you on our Food & Recipes page. You can check out our blog at https://www.thepearlofsenecalake.com/blog/2018/01/2284.

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A bed is just a bed, but a bed & breakfast can be a real experience. To check out that experience at The Pearl of Seneca Lake, visit our newest blog at http://www.thepearlofsenecalake.com/blog.htm.

A beautiful sunrise at The Pearl of Seneca Lake!

Our 13th. season has just gotten under way. Next Saturday, April 22nd., The Pearl of Seneca Lake will be one of the stops for the Penn Yan Arts Center's Tour of Homes. We are honored to be a part of this annual tradition.

Our recent blog discusses the benefits of staying at a legal B & B. You can check it out at http://www.thepearlofsenecalake.com//legal-b-bs-do-the-rig

What First-Timers Can Expect at The Pearl of Seneca Lake Recently I heard some concerns from people who have never stayed in a bed and breakfast before. I can certainly understand, since we had shared the same feelings before staying in our first B & B. I think I can honestly say that as innkeepers, we all strive to make our guests feel at ease and at home. It’s easy to speak of the culture that we maintain at The Pearl of Seneca Lake. We welcome you as friends with our goal ...of achieving a balance of guidance and privacy. We have our own private innkeepers’ area, which frees up the common living area for our guests. Our guests have gathered by the gas fireplace to laugh and talk and watch TV. They also play cards and board games on the kitchen and living room tables. Upon arrival, you will usually be greeted by Peter, who will show you around the kitchen area as well as the common living room. He will explain how our Flavia individual-cup coffee pot works, and show you our bottomless cookie jar. We hope you will feel free to help yourself to the coffee and cookies any time, day or night. You can come for breakfast any time between 8:30 and 10:00. It is best if you inform us of any dietary restrictions when you make the reservation or when you arrive, as this would be a perfect time to let us know of any changes to be made. Peter will take you to your room, and give you a key which operates both doors. You will have an inside door giving you access to the house, and an outside door with access to the lakeside decks. Each room has an individual refrigerator and a microwave (with popcorn). He will point out our firepit (a great gathering place in the evenings) and the stairs leading down to our dock and the lake. The canoe, rowboat, paddles, oars and life jackets will be available on the beach. Each room has a welcoming packet with detailed information on The Pearl, as well as a list of local restaurants, things to do in the area, and local TV stations. Although our water (from the lake) tastes very good, we have included complimentary bottled water and soda in each refrigerator. Staying at a bed and breakfast is an experience, but staying at The Pearl of Seneca Lake is a hidden treasure.

The stunning gorge of Watkins Glen State Park pictured here is just a short ten-minute drive from the Pearl of Seneca Lake.

A correction to our earlier post: The "Wine and Chocolate" weekend on the Seneca Wine Trail is now the "Savory World of Seneca" weekend, featuring foods from many different countries. The corrected dates are February 17-19. We also wanted you to know that have two available rooms that weekend.