OAD – Top 100+ U.S. Restaurants 2017
Rank Name Chef Cuisine Location 1 The Willows Inn Blaine Wetzel Progressive American Lummi Island, WA 2 Saison Joshua Skenes Progressive American San Francisco, CA 3 Blue Hill at Stone Barns Dan Barber Progressive American Pocantico Hills, NY 4 Alinea Grant Achatz...
Seattle Times – The Willows Inn scores the No. 1 spot on a national best-restaurants list
The Willows Inn on lovely Lummi Island — a couple hours’ drive and a very short, very picturesque ferry ride north of Seattle — was named one of Eater’s Best Restaurants in America in December. And chef Blaine Wetzel won the James Beard Award for Best Chef Northwest...
AAA Announces Four Diamond Restaurants for 2017
Each year, AAA reviews 31,000 Diamond Rated restaurants. Of these, only 665 earned AAA’s four-diamond rating for 2017—less than 3 percent. Restaurants at this level are committed to distinctive fine dining, including creative preparations, skillfully served, often...
James Beard Foundation – Meet the 2017 Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists
Here they are! Below are the semifinalists for the 2017 Restaurant and Chef Awards. Read on for semifinalists in all categories, from Outstanding Restaurant to Rising Star Chef of the Year. We’ll announce the final Restaurant and Chef Award nominees, as well as...