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Camp 18 Restaurant
Box 195,
Elsie Route
Telephone:
503-755-1818
or 1-800-874-1810 This lovely restaurant/ logging museum is definitely worth a visit. In fact, you cannot even comprehend the magnitude and the grandeur inside of this massive log cabin. A must-see place to stop, shop, eat, and see all the nostalgic logging machinery. So don't pass by - make sure you stop and eat here. The grounds and restaurant are filled with historical logging artifacts, both inside and out. Camp 18 got it's name in the 1920's when logging operators numbered all their camps. This one is located at mile post 18 on Highway 26. The owner, Gordon Smith, is dedicated to preserving the history of Oregon's early logging days, and he has done a great job! You can also wander the grounds of this restaurant and view the old steam logging equipment. The first thing you will notice is when you are go inside are the massive hand-carved sculptures on the front door. The doors weigh 500 pounds each. Once inside you see the hostess desk that is made out of a large hollowed-out stump. On the walls are massive lumbering saws and old photographs of lumberjacks at work. The chandeliers are made entirely out of deer and elk antlers! The dining room is huge. The large 85-foot-long ridge pole is the largest known ridge pole in the United States. This log runs along the inside of the peak of the roof and weighs approximately 25 tons. It is surrounded by cedar and fir beams The dining tables are made of foot-thick wood planks.
This is not fine dining, but good old logger-style food. The prices are reasonable and food is good. Because of the incredible ambience of this restaurant, I rated it higher than I would have based just on the food. My husband and I stopped here on our way to the coast for breakfast. The portions are called logger-size because they are really HUGE servings!
The cinnamon rolls are extremely huge, covering most of a normal-size dinner plate. This cinnamon roll is definitely big enough to feed three people.
My husband ordered waffles and I order a ham and cheese omelet.
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