The Willows Bed And Breakfast

Specialties

Our home is a circa 1765 farmhouse in the heart of the beautiful and historic Hudson River Valley. The owner is A Culinary Institute of America graduate. Breakfast will include house made items such as home cured/​smoked bacon and sausage. The pork is from a farm 2 ½ miles away. Also featuring farm fresh eggs from a farm 1 ½ miles away. We also feature house churned butter and cheeses. Our breads are made from grain which we have ground ourselves. Seasonal vegetables from our garden as well as antique apple and pear varieties. We even have honey from our beehives!

History

Established in 1996.

We opened our doors in 1996. The home is the second oldest house in town (Pleasant Valley). It was a private residence throughout most of it’s history although it did spend some time as a room house in the 1950’s. It was a 125 acre dairy farm until the late 1940’s. Now it sits on one acre with a nice sized garden and small fruit orchard.

Meet the Business Owner

Lee F.

Business Owner

Your hosts are Lisa and Lee Fraitag. Lisa is a professional French horn player and music teacher. She performs with the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra and the Greater Newburgh Symphony. Lee worked for many years at IBM before retiring. He then attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. Upon graduation in 1995, Lisa and Lee bought the home on Travis Road which was the Travis family dairy Farm for most of the 20^th century. We were lucky as the house didn’t have plumbing, electricity, or central heat until the 1960’s. When we purchased the house in 1995 it had been updated and we have continued to take care of this simple but wonderful old home. We began welcoming guests to the Willows Bed & Breakfast in June of 1996 and have had a blast doing so since.