Six years ago, Bluehour alumni John Pickett and Doug Weiler took over the former Fenrir space to open Willow, their pop-up-turned-restaurant serving a six-course tasting menu. Weiler and Pickett pitched Willow as a true “Cascadian” restaurant, highlighting hyper-local Pacific Northwestern ingredients in an oft-changing tasting menu. Last week, the restaurant quietly closed for good, according to the restaurant’s recorded voicemail message and a small sign posted in the window of the restaurant’s front door. The note, dated March 9, notes that the restaurant “has permanently closed its doors to the public,” with no specific explanation for the closure.
Willow opened in Southeast Portland in the spring of 2016, starting
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