The Maple Room Restaurant
The Maple Room is styled after the Pine Room of the original Hancock House of a century ago when visitors and locals alike enjoyed a sumptuous private dinner or formal group occasion with a standard of quality and service we are pleased to bring back today.
The Maple Room Restaurant is open to hotel guests & the general public for breakfast, lunch and dinner (hours vary seasonally). The newly remodeled Maple Room comfortably accommodates 125 people. It is the ideal venue for special events, large parties, business meetings, wedding receptions, reunions, rehearsal dinners, morning after breakfasts and other gatherings and functions where adequate parking, good food, fair prices and on sight accommodations are of prime importance.
Contact our banquet manager for more information. Our staff will be happy to arrange everything from the appetizers onward. Email hancockhouse@hancock.net to get more information on banquet menus and wedding possibilities utilizing The Hancock House Hotel along with our sister properties, French Woods Golf & County Club, and Bass Cabins.
The Maple Room is also ideal for a simple meal. We think you will find our menu offers a wide variety of quality dishes, for even the most discriminating of pallets…and pocketbooks. The Maple Room is open year round.
We hope you enjoy your stay at the Hancock House and trust you will take advantage of the dining experience at The Maple Room Restaurant and Banquet Facility. Look on our Facebook page for the most current menu selections and prices.
Call us at 607-637-7100 for reservations, or daily specials.
Honest Eddie’s Tap Room
Located off the main reception area on the main floor you will find Honest Eddie’s. The name was inspired by, and named in honor of John Edward Murphy, who was born on Friday, October 2, 1891, in Hancock, New York, little more than 100 yards from the front door of The Hancock House.
The doors open at Honest Eddie’s Tap Room at 12 noon every day of the week.
If you need something to help wash down the beer, you can order from a variety of delicious food. Everything from Burgers to Soup is available from The Maple Room kitchen. Current Food Menu available on Facebook. To order online, click here.
About “Honest” Eddie Murphy
Murphy was a teammate of Shoeless Joe Jackson when they played for the infamous Chicago “Black Sox”. It was here, after the 1919 World Series that Eddie would receive the nickname of “Honest” Eddie Murphy.
When 8 of his teammates were accused of fixing the 1919 World Series, Eddie would not be tainted by the scandal and was known from that day on as “Honest” Eddie Murphy.
He played in a total of 3 World Series, an honor most of today’s multimillion dollar ball players can only dream of. Eddie Murphy broke into the big leagues on August 26, 1912. His rookie year was played with Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics posting a batting average of .317. The following year he appeared in his first World Series when the A’s faced the New York Giants. He would later lace up spikes for the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates. When Babe Ruth made his debut as a pitcher the first batter Ruth faced was Eddie Murphy from Hancock, New York. Murphy had much in common with Ruth. Both of their parents were in the “saloon” business. It is only fitting that this “Saloon”, or as Eddie liked to call it, “Beer Garden”, would bare his name a century later. In 1918 Ruth and Murphy had nearly identical batting averages. Ruth finished the season with .300 and Murphy with .297.
Eddie Murphy ended his career with a lifetime batting average of .287. Even Murphy’s batboy, Gabe Paul, would go on to fame as the General Manager of the New York Yankees. Honest Eddie Murphy played 11 years in professional baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates. But he never forgot where he came from, a small room over a tavern in Hancock, New York.
“AN HONEST DRINK AT AN HONEST PRICE”