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1830 Stagecoach Tavern in Elbridge, New York, Now an Irish Pub
203 N Main St, Elbridge, NY 13060
Research updated May 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Standard pub and restaurant pricing.
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Limited Access
Early-19th-century building with stairs to upper floors.
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Est. 1830 · Stagecoach-era central-New-York tavern · Continuous hospitality use since 1830 · Listed on the Haunted History Trail of New York State
The Wayside Irish Pub building at 203 N. Main Street in Elbridge, New York, has hosted travelers since at least 1830. According to the Auburn Citizen and Haunted History Trail of New York State, the property was originally built by Squire Munro as the Munro Hotel and Tavern, serving the stagecoach lines that ran between Jordan and Skaneateles in central New York. The site remained a tavern through several ownership changes over the following 137 years.
In 1967, Frederick Weber purchased and renovated the building, reopening it as Weber's Wayside Inn (the spelling Webber's also appears in some sources). The establishment has also operated, in earlier or later eras, under the names The Elbridge Inn and Smart's Wayside Inn. The current operators, who use the name Wayside Irish Pub, embrace the building's documented haunted reputation and have hosted paranormal-themed dinners and investigations in cooperation with regional groups, as covered by CNY Central and the Eagle News Online.
Sources
The Wayside Irish Pub's folklore is one of the most thoroughly documented in central New York. According to coverage in the Auburn Citizen, CNY Central, and the Eagle News Online, ghostly activity has been reported in the building since the 1800s and has continued through the Weber and Wayside-pub eras. The most-cited figure is Sara, a young woman described as appearing in a long gown on the stairs; tradition holds that she died by suicide on the third floor in the building's earlier days. Sara is depicted in folklore as quiet and non-threatening.
Secondary figures named in the building's tradition include Harry, a friendly male presence; Squire Munro himself, the property's original 1830 owner; a stagecoach-era traveler who is said to have died inside the building; a Revolutionary War soldier; and unspecified shadow figures most often reported in the basement. Visitors and staff have, over decades, described pokes and gentle touches on the arm or shoulder, cold spots, occasional hair-pulling sensations, drifting orbs of light, and full-bodied apparitions in daylight.
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Media Appearances
Eat at the Wayside Irish Pub, the current operation in the former Webber's Wayside Inn / Munro Tavern building, on Main Street in Elbridge. The upstairs is the area most associated with the long-running Sara folklore.
The current operators have hosted paranormal-themed dinners and investigations in cooperation with regional groups. Check the pub's events calendar for current schedules.
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