The Phoenix Inn

Very nice place at a good price. Was there for Cooperstown Dreams Tourney, so was at the field most of the time. It was a good place to cool off and catch up with work using their wifi. Took my bike and was able to ride around and into the town of Cooperstown.

I’ve always opted to stay in hotels over B&B’s, because the smaller ones especially feel like staying in someone else’s home and that’s kind of uncomfortable for me. However, many of the available places in Cooperstown were either 1. overpriced, 2. trashy, or 3. both, so when I saw the Phoenix Inn online, and all the great reviews on Unilocal,Tripadvisor, etc., I decided to book it.
I was extremely frazzled the day we checked in, having driven from RI, with a GPS that didn’t think Cooperstown existed, and lack of cell phone reception just added to the anxiety of driving 5 hours through barren parts of states I’d never driven in before. If this place had turned out negative in any way, I think I would’ve cried. Thankfully, it was adorable, pristine, and the innkeeper Vicki and her husband were extremely nice and welcoming. The inn is also really close to «downtown» Cooperstown, and is really easy to get to, which is nice since you can count on your GPS and phone not really working in the area. (Note: there is wifi at the Phoenix Inn, so we could use our phones when we were there, yay!)
There’s a tv for guests in the common room, but no tv’s in the room. Normally, I wouldn’t care about this, but I’ve gotten into a terrible habit of needing to go to sleep with the tv on. We stayed in the Garden room and the bed was amazingly comfortable.
There was only one other room booked at the inn, so instead of cooking a big breakfast, Vicki asked if we wanted her to make us anything and we opted to just eat what she had already put out (Greek yogurt, fruit, and the most amazing homemade blueberry muffins I’ve ever had). When I told her how much I loved the muffins, she put one in a ziploc baggie for me to take as a snack, which was really nice.
This trip kind of proved that, while I’m a small town girl, I will never, ever be a country girl, so, I don’t know if I would make any plans to come back to Cooperstown, but if I did, I would definitely stay here.

I love the Phoenix Inn. Vicki is a wonderful inn keeper. The inn is located just outside of Cooperstown, on CR 33. Hot breakfast every day, always something different. Vicki makes the best egg dishes I’ve had an a B&B yet. There is a fridge that guests can use to keep food. We were there for a week last summer (for baseball) and had the best time!