Willows Inn

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The Willows Inn was an American fine dining restaurant and bed and breakfast inn on Lummi Island, Washington, United States. It operated on and off from 1910 to 2010 as a small regional beach resort and bed and breakfast. Starting in 2010, under chef Blaine Wetzel, who had worked for René Redzepi at Noma, the Willows Inn became known worldwide as a destination restaurant serving purportedly hyperlocal cuisine fished, grown or foraged on or around Lummi Island. It was described in 2011 by The New York Times as one of 10 restaurants worth a plane trip. As Wetzel won awards from the James Beard Foundation and Food & Wine, the Willows Inn's reputation for high-quality local ingredients, Pacific Northwest flavors and meticulous service and presentation grew. In 2021, however, the restaurant's reputation was damaged by allegations published by The New York Times that the restaurant presented non-local ingredients as local to Lummi Island and that Wetzel used derogatory and abusive language and...

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