Greg Atkinson is riding off into the sunset. After a 48-year-career as a chef, food writer, and teacher, the longtime fixture of Seattle’s dining world is retiring, reports the Seattle Times. The bad news? That means that his Bainbridge Island restaurant Marche has closed. The good news is that it’s being replaced by a seafood and oyster spot called Sweetwater Tavern, which should open later this year.
The Times recounted Atkinson’s career, which started in 1977 when he got a cooking gig at his brother’s Irish pub. He spent a long time working on San Juan Island, where difficulty sourcing good produce from the mainland encouraged him to use local