Hitchcock spent 10 years exalting local ingredients on Bainbridge Island. In 2020, pandemic survival forces turned it into a burger shop. Now owner Brendan McGill is retooling his flagship restaurant for an enduring future: Soon, the dining room on Winslow Way will become a destination seafood restaurant called Seabird.
After years of working within constraints, says McGill, “this is us taking the gloves off.”
McGill and executive chef Grant Rico envision unapologetically precise dishes like dungeness crab chawanmushi and an uni-topped play on french toast. Raw oysters, spot prawns, geoduck, or even green sea urchin might show up on the table, and the chef’s long-running interest
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