The Willows Inn on Lummi Island

About

The Willows Inn was a restaurant and inn at 2579 West Shore Drive on Lummi Island, Washington. The property dates to about 1910, when Frank and Ruby Taft built it as a summer resort. In the fall of 2010 chef Blaine Wetzel, who had previously cooked at Noma in Copenhagen, began serving fixed tasting menus there based on Pacific Northwest ingredients, and he later became a co-owner alongside Tim and Marcia McEvoy. After 2021 reports of misrepresented ingredient sourcing and workplace abuse, along with wage-theft settlements, it closed permanently in November 2022.