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Cinnamon Mornings and Savory Nights
Whether you're hosting a formal get-together or need a quick brunch idea, this book will spark your imagination and your appetite.
Innkeeper's Story
presenting
Celebrating 20 years as innkeepers
from Magnolia Plantation Inn
Owners, Joe and Cindy met on a blind date when they were 16 years old. Cindy was from Cleveland, Ohio visiting family in Joe’s home town of Vero Beach, Florida. They had an on and off relationship for 6 years and Cindy married when Joe was in his Junior year at the University of Florida studying for a degree in Civil Engineering. After playing around in the corporate world for 15 years, they moved back to Gainesville and opened Gainesville’s first Bed and Breakfast Inn. This year they are celebrating their 34th wedding anniversary and their 20th year as innkeepers.
In 1990 Cindy and Joe purchased the Baird Mansion, or at least what was the Baird Mansion. Hippies and college students had inhabited it for 30 years. It was more like Animal House than a Victorian mansion. It was love at first site when Joe first saw the house but Cindy was a little apprehensive. The house was filled with debris, 20 mattresses, 7 couches, 30 banana trees, dog poop in the central hallway and other outstanding features. Of course, all this was left in the house for Cindy and Joe to deal with after the closing.
Cindy and Joe restored the 1885 French Second Empire Victorian Mansion to Magnolia Plantation and opened the Inn on May 3, 1991. Since then the inn has received many honors including: "Best Bed and Breakfast in Florida" by Florida Living Magazine and "Most Romantic Bed and Breakfast in Florida" by Most Romantic Escapes in Florida guidebook. The Inn and Cindy's recipes have been featured in a variety of guidebooks and cookbooks. Articles have appeared in such publications as Southern Living, Victorian Decorating Ideas, Florida Living and The Orlando Sentinel
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Magnolia Plantation
Innkeeper(s):Joe & Cindy Montalto
Address:
309 SE 7th St
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: 352-375-6653
Toll Free: 800-201-2379
Fax: 352-338-0303
Email: Email Inn
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