Jun 15, 2015 | Blogs, Press
Photos of Chef Blaine Wetzel of Willows Inn – Lummi Island, WA
May 25, 2015 | Blogs, Press
Dinner at Willows Inn was incredible. It started with some snacks on the deck before moving into the restaurant for the main part of the meal. Everyone from the kitchen brought out dishes which gave us a great opportunity to discuss the food and ask questions about...
May 19, 2015 | Blogs, Press
It’s been one heck of a year for Blaine Wetzel, the chef of Lummi Island’s Willows Inn, and it’s only May—the acclaimed restaurant is just barely getting into its busy season. Since the beginning of the year, an idea of his was turned into a worldwide restaurant event...
May 7, 2015 | Blogs, Press
The first time I heard from the Willows Inn was 4 years ago, in 2011. I read an article in New York Times listing “10 restaurants worth a plane ride” and among them… lucky us here in Washington state, was this restaurant I had never heard of before: Willows Inn on...
May 4, 2015 | Blogs, Press
Blaine Wetzel has had a traumatic year with his partner’s accident in Paraguay (fiancé Raquel Ruiz Diaz was hit by a drunk driver in early March and critically injured), but bright news from the James Beard Foundation tonight. Wetzel just took home the...
Mar 20, 2015 | Blogs, Press
The San Juan Islands and their neighbors in Washington State’s Salish Sea are a place out of time. Shane Mitchell boards the ferry to find the artists, chefs, and urban refugees who live within this archipelago, at a speed of their own choosing. ‘Great day for a...