Jan 19, 2015 | Blogs, Press
My friend told me how wonderful their dinner was at the Willows Inn, I was 100% sure that one day I would make it there. Then, their chef, Blaine Wetzel, won the James Beard award for Rising Star Chef in 2014; I knew I was 150% sure I was going to the Willows Inn very...
Jan 16, 2015 | Blogs, Press
Rachel + Daniel: Married at the Willows Inn, Lummi Island – In Photos.
Jan 15, 2015 | Blogs, Press
Standing on the dock waiting for the ferry to Lummi Island, we can’t see a thing. The fog is so thick and heavy we can barely make out the edge of the dock itself. But distant voices and an engine murmur can be heard, so we know the ferry is coming.
Dec 13, 2014 | Blogs, Press
Dinner at Willows Inn, Lummi Island on December 13, 2013 – In Photos.
Nov 24, 2014 | Blogs, Press
If Bellingham, Washington is all you would expect of a small, blue-collar city, busy, chaotic, dense, nearby Lummi Island is everything the opposite, sleepy, calm, sparse. After a 15-minute ferry crossing, stepping off into another world rehydrated the senses. The...
Nov 5, 2014 | Blogs, Press
In 2010, the cash-strapped owner of the Willows Inn on Lummi Island, Washington, placed an ad on Craigslist for a head chef. Blaine Wetzel, who was raised in nearby Olympia and had spent the last two years cooking (and, of course, foraging) at Noma in Copenhagen, was...