Luna Cafe

Luna Cafe is a casual cafe and mercantile serving breakfast, lunch, happy hour and dinner, with local coffee, house-made pastries, casual fare, local wine and beer, and craft cocktails. Guests mention the roasted chicken, the Cobb salad and the flat iron steak, and strawberry shortcake is a favorite dessert. The space has a retro, 1970s-inspired feel with a bar, booths and rattan settees.

It sits inside the Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites on Ashland Street near Exit 14 of Interstate 5, so it works well as a stop for travelers as well as locals. Guests can eat on the deck with hill views or under umbrellas on the pet-friendly patio. Grab-n-go picnic and road trip provisions are available, and the cafe is a quieter option away from downtown Ashland parking.