Rocco, owner of his namesake restaurant! Great guy, great personality and with the help of his faithful employees, runs a terrific little restaurant with big flavors and great attitude!
AmericanPressTravelNews-July 5th,-Bob & Barb “On The Road Again” now back home in TN. and writing up our experiences around Lake Erie, New York. We left the Waterhouse Inn B&B our host location in Fredonia, NY for some dinner. Little did we know we would enjoy this little place with such big flavors and personalities. We kicked off our meal with Calamari, lots of super tasty, squid. Everything on their menu looked very tasty. We talked to a few regulars coming in, and leaving the restaurant and they all told us they were lucky to have this one, just off main street-they loved it! We saw and tasted why!!! Rocco’a is located at 44 Orchard St. Fredonia, NY 14063 716-679-0044
Terrific Calamari appetizer! Done just right and with a specially created sauce, this was not the usual fry and die seafood melange.This diamond -cut sirloin was excellent all the way around! Just like we like it, too!This very interesting lemon & herb soaked veal scaloppine bedded on linguine al dente’ was a true treat!
This egg dish was baked and was the best egg dish we had on our trip to New York!To us, a porch means more than just sitting outside. Its a social area where you can visit on the street with passersby’s Welcoming all who wished to rest their weary bones-The Edward Waterhouse Inn.Detail of our stairway to our vintage decor suite room!The way it used to be. Big homes, bigger families, big charm and now today, a fine Inn!The Peterson’s in relax mode! But not for long when you own and operate an spectacularly run Inn!A delightful sitting room, comfy and beautifully appointed!Detail of a unique bronze statue on the bottom bannister pole!Enjoying me coffee, thank you!Fresh sweet fruit always a welcome starter to a fine breakfast!Three little stacks of the most delightful European style , light and delicious pancakes. They were really something great!
www.americanpresstravelnews.com – July 3rd, Bob & Barb writing from home at our Goose Holler Farm/Ranch–This home was built in 1853 by Francis Smith Edwards. The property passes through several hands before it was sold to John A. Waterhouse in 1885. He transformed the home from a square Italian villa, into the current Queen Anne style by 1888. John Waterhouse’s wife took on a mortgage and opened the home as a Sanitarium, offering cures for those suffering from alcoholism, tobacco or drug addiction. They sold the home in 1898 to the Steam’s family. The Steams sold the home to the Fredonia Teachers College for student housing. It changed hands again until Jeff Peterson, and Maggie Bryan Peterson purchased the home approximately 14 years ago. They restored the home to it’s original beautiful condition turning it into an Inn. Jeffrey Peterson co-owner with Maggie Bryun Peterson said that “We didn’t so much take possession of the house, in a way, it took possession of us.” The house is really built-14-inches of solid brick, a turret room, porches all the way around most of the first floor, delightful sitting rooms and a library room, very large dining area and the rooms were commodious and well appointed in a modern touch that blended with the antiques and early furniture. The breakfast meals were amazing!
First of all, I/we love real coffee that tastes and smells like it. The Inn had it covered! All the morning dishes were tasty and exceptionally well conceived and prepared. Jeff Peterson is a perfectionist and it showed in everything he did. Turning down the beds, creating the meals with Maggie-we were mightily impressed. Nothing was taken for granted. We were in the town of Fredonia and the streets were laced with great stores and several restaurants. Our walk was punctuated by meeting a few of the locals who were all friendly and wanting to tell us tourists all about their lovely town, just up the road from Lake Erie! Go: www.EdwardsWaterhouseInn.com This terrific B&B is located at 71 Central Ave. Fredonia, N.Y. 14063 Give a call to (716) 672-6751 or (716) 485-3388
