Our Owners
Heather Earnhardt and Zac Young believe the rich history of the Tokeland Hotel and Restaurant offers an intimate and cozy environment where guests feel connected to the magic of an earlier, gracious period and lifestyle. Southern hospitality, exceptional food and comfortable lodgings are just part of the late 19th century ambiance.
Along with their five children, they now call Tokeland their full-time home. They keep a large flock of chickens, geese, peacocks and guinea hens, pups named Gus and Goose and Ollie, a litter of cats, Biscuit the rabbit, three pet pigs named Fanny, Fern and Francis, pygmy goats Percy, Cookie & Marjie, and a big wild garden. You can check out the action on their dedicated Instagram page - Little Goose Farms!
Our Books
THE WANDERING GOOSE: A Modern Fable of How Love Goes
Story by Heather L. Earnhardt
Illustrations by Frida Clements
A bug's life is suddenly changed when a wandering goose finds his way to her garden. They become close friends, exploring and playing in the lush garden, exchanging poems, hopes, and dreams, and eventually confessions of love. When goose begins to feel his instinct to wander, Bug's life changes again, but she comes to learn that she is surrounded by enduring love, even in loss.
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Big Food Big Love
Heather L. Earnhardt
When Heather Earnhardt opened her tiny, magical café, The Wandering Goose, in Seattle, she infused a little Southern comfort into the heart of a city that’s skies are often gray. Her specialty is biscuits, slathered with butter and homemade jam, piled high with fried chicken and bread-and-butter pickles, or country ham and an over-easy egg. In Big Food Big Love, this “red-dirt girl” shares stories from her childhood in the South and 130 recipes that contain a satisfying mix of nostalgic and traditional Southern favorites. Served up with a side of Southern charm, this is genuinely good and unfussy food that’s meant to be eaten with family and friends.
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Our Makers
Jeffro Uitto - Driftwood Art
Robin & John Gumaelius - Sculpture
Baker / Potter - Restaurant Ceramics
Michaele Miller - Murals & Room Paintings
John & Tracy Haaland - Leather Menu Covers
Mathew Smith & Mandi Swauger - Furniture & Antiques
Frida Clements - menu and The Wandering Goose illustrations
Our Farms + Fishes
Our Press
2024 Seattle Met: The Best Restaurants in Washington State
2024 Only In Your State: Stay Overnight In The Oldest Hotel Right Here In Washington At Tokeland Hotel
2023 The Travel: 9 Historic Hotels In Washington You Should Book
2023 Seattle Met: A Road Trip though Washington State’s Forgotten Coast
2023 24/7 Wall St: The Oldest Hotel In Every State
2023 She Buys Travel: An Olympic Peninsula Itinerary that Delivers Wonder At Every Turn
2023 1889 Magazine: Westport: Wet, Wise and Worthy
2023 Travel Awaits: 6 Charming Small Towns Not To Miss In Southwest Washington State
2023 Seattle Refined: Embrace the stillness (and amazing food) at the historic Tokeland Hotel
2023 Seattle Met: The Best Restaurants in Washington State
2022 Seattle Met: Washington’s Best Hotels
2022 Seattle Times: Highs and lows: 4 ideas to frame your holiday travel around WA
2022 Meridian Lifestyle: Road Trip to the Coast
2022 The Seattle Times: If your favorite restaurant closed, look to its cookbook - and these Charlie Brown Cookies from The Wandering Goose
2022 Salt Lake Magazine: Road Trip: Washington
2022 Washington State: Visitors’ Guide 2022
2021 Pacific County EDC: Tokeland Hotel & Wandering Goose Restaurant Profile
2021 Seattle Times: Fancy Indian food, a hot new vegan place and 25 other new restaurants opening in Seattle
2021 Kessi World: My favorite unique Pacific Northwest hotels - a winter list of places to stay
2021 Times News Express: 17 Places to Try Fried Chicken in Seattle
2021 Times New Express: This Week in Seattle Food
2021 Seattle Met: The Wandering Goose Flies South
2021 Curiocity: The Wandering Goose has officially reopened on Washington's Olympic Coast
2021 Curiocity: Washington's oldest hotel is the perfect cozy fall & winter getaway spot
2021 Seattle P-I: Where to eat in Seattle instead of Willows Inn
2021 Travel Awaits: 5 Quintessential Pacific Northwest Lodges In Washington State
2020 Kessi World: Tokeland Hotel - spiritual oasis of the Washington Coast
2020 King5: 7 Must-Visit Destinations on the Washington Coast
2020 GraysHarborTalk: Where to Eat in Grays Harbor: The Tokeland Hotel
2020 Seattle Magazine: Cooking In Quarantine: Bored of Your Cooking? We Asked Local Chefs to Share Some of Their Favorite Recipes
2020 Coastal Currents: Renowned Chef Brings Southern Cooking To Tokeland
2020 425Magazine: Happening Hotels
2019 Confetti Travel Cafe: Washington’s Oldest Hotel Is For Today’s Travelers
2019 Seattle Magazine: 5 Nearby Travel Destinations For Exceptional Dining And Water Views
2019 IndyVenture: The Tokeland Hotel
2019 Chinook Observer: Annual County Award Ceremony Honors Impactful Businesses, Nonprofits
2019 MyNorthwest: Ghost Cat, Tombstones, and Other Reasons To Visit Tokeland Hotel
2019 Only In Your State: Washingtons’s Oldest Hotel, The Tokeland Hotel, Has A New Restaurant And You Should Go
2019 The Daily World: ‘Tokefest’ Planned at Tokeland Hotel
2019 The Daily World: Tokeland’s First Crawfish Festival A Hit
2018 The Daily World: Seattle Couple Has Big Plans for Tokeland Hotel
2018 Seattle Met: Next Up for Wandering Goose’s Heather Earnhardt: A Hotel and Restaurant on Willapa Bay
2018 Seattle Times: The Pacific Northwest Foodie Gift Guide: 14 Last-Minute, All-Local Presents
2018 Seattle Times: Best-Ever Clam Chowder Recipe From A Favorite Seattle Chef
2018 Seattle Times: What Happens When An Excellent Seattle Chef Takes Over Washington State’s Oldest Lodgings?