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So you're planning a trip to Skaneateles. Maybe it's your first time, maybe you're looking for a different kind of stay this time around. We're excited about what we're doing here - addressing some unspoken challenges of modern travel and creating one more option for overnight visitors to the Finger Lakes. We're something different - seven renovated units at the eastern gateway to the Finger Lakes where you can stay thoughtfully - smart, sophisticated, affordable. After runni

Hi! So if you've found this page, you're curious like a cat. We hope that doesn't come back to haunt you; for now, you're in luck because we're prepared to share a little more about our origin story. We're Seth and Lynn, and we're the innkeepers of the Gate. In 2021, Lynn convinced me (Seth) to buy an unusual investment property in Skaneateles, my hometown. In 2023, we opened it as The Gate. The years in between involved a lot of basement work, some light electrocution, and t

A few months ago I got into what I can only describe as a surprisingly heated debate about french fries. I had just had what I'm pretty sure was a transcendent fry experience at Moro's and was marveling to a friend days later. My friend, unexpectedly, was a Gilda's loyalist. We did not reach consensus, but we are still friends. Then this weekend someone else told me, with complete conviction, that Doug's has the best fries in town — especially with a little malt vinegar. Whil