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The Willows Inn, a nationally acclaimed restaurant on Lummi Island in Washington that has been accused of underpaying its employees, has agreed to pay

Willows Inn [Official Photo] The Willows Inn — Lummi Island’s nationally renowned fine dining establishment — has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit for alleged wage theft. In the lawsuit, filed in 2017, former employees accused Willows Inn head chef/co-owner Blaine Wetzel and management for “failing to pay minimum wage for all work performed, overtime wages, and to provide or pay for rest and meal breaks under Washington law.” A settlement was agreed upon by both parties in October 2020. The lawsuit — which the Seattle Timesfirst reported — is related to a...

Restaurant to pay $600K to settle suit over wage theft Sign In March 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Person paying waiter for restaurant billFlashpop/Getty Images SEATTLE (AP) — The Willows Inn, a nationally acclaimed restaurant on Lummi Island that has been accused of underpaying its employees, has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit over wage theft accusations. As part of the preliminary settlement, management at The Willows Inn has not admitted to any wrongdoing, The Seattle Times reported. The two employees who filed the lawsuit are bound by a non-disclosure agreement f...

Littlefoot [Official Photo] Theodore Rex — Justin Yu’s highly acclaimed restaurant in the warehouse district — is taking a temporary hiatus. From now until February 12, the restaurant will be closed in preparation a three month pop-up called Littlefoot by Theodore Rex chef de cuisine Kaitlin Steets. Littlefoot, named after the character in “The Land Before Time,” who comes of age during a world crisis, represents chef Kaitlin Steets’s solo debut and own coming of age of sorts. “I’ve worked with Justin for six years, so it’s foggy between who’s who,” Steets tells Eater. �...

New French pop-up steps in for acclaimed downtown Houston restaurant Courtesy of Littlefoot Courtesy of Littlefoot Theodore Rex will be closed until May, chef-owner Justin Yu announced. In its place, Yu is turning over his downtown restaurant to chef de cuisine Kaitlin Steets, who will operate a restaurant pop-up in the space. Dubbed Littlefoot, Steets will serve two, five-course tasting menus: a degustation menu of Texas vegetables, meat, and fish and an all-vegetable menu. The pop-up will begin service February 13 and run through the end of April, at which point Theodore Rex will resume ...