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Welcome to the Gardner House Café and Bed and Breakfast.
The Café is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday. Now offering curbside pickup for all to go orders.
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We recently stayed at this bed and breakfast and were very happy with our choice. The cottage was very quiet and contained everything we could have needed. The owners run a bakery and café on the side so we ate there and the food was very good. Breakfast came with our stay. The owner's father was Joseph Loftus, an astronaut with NASA and he has a micro-museum on the property to show you if you're interested. It was very interesting. The town has several collectible and oddity shops and a very nice couple of walking parks that are peaceful and give you a good chance to stretch your legs. Great stay and we hope to stay there again.
James is a wealth of information on the history of the NASA days of discovery. He grew up around some incredible people, true pioneers in space. And the food is wonderful as well. Will definitely be going back!
Very pleasant stay... had an interesting, octagonal, Victorian bedroom, a full kitchen, and private bath. The owners also run a bakery/restaurant in the same building, and we were able to select from the menu... delicious. Also enjoyed the NASA Space memorabilia displayed in the restaurant.
Very quaint and secluded. Wonderful breakfast and host. Stayed 2 nights with my son while visiting family. Within walking distance to downtown Stayton. Very quiet and peaceful setting. Highly recommend!
My 91 year old Mom and her husband found themselves surrounded by 10 inches of snow in their home in the foothills of the Cascades about 45 minutes east of Stayton Oregon. They are very independently including shopping, meal prep and chopping wood. This time it looked like snow and ice were just going to get worse (it did) and facing power outages they needed to find someplace to wait out the storm. I am not sure how they picked the Gardner House, but they found it and stayed for a week. The food was wonderful and varied and the cafe routinely serves both breakfast and lunch. James and Loni Loftus even made dinner for them when it was too icy for anyone to venture out safely for a meal. I spoke with James a couple of times and he was always helpful and made sure messages were received. Based on Mom's descriptions they couldn't have found better accommodations. Stayton is a lovely town and in better weather The Gardner House would be a great base for exploring Oregon wine country, visiting hot springs such as Breitenbush, taking doing day hikes in Opal Creek or near Detroit Lake and visiting the Oregon Gardens .