Walla Walla's Whitehouse Crawford Restaurant Closes

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reports that Whitehouse-Crawford, one of the city's signature eating establishments has been forced to go out of business, because of lost revenue due to the COVID 19.
The restaurant was opened in May of 2000, and grew along with the Walla Walla's explosion as a winery destination, another thing that may be in peril. 

The restaurant was located in an old planing mill that had been destined for demolition.  Last fall, Deb and I along with some friends and my brother and sister in law, were able to eat their for the first time.

Perhaps, local residents who wished Walla Walla would return to the so-called pre-winery days, will get their wish. 

Walla Walla VI--Dinner At Whitehouse Crawford

I had been dying to try the Whitehouse Crawford Restaurant in downtown Walla Walla.  We finally went for the first time last Sunday.
 It is a dinner only upscale restaurant in a restored former sawmill.   Whitehouse Crawford was tied to a lumber yard across the street and the Tum A Lum Lumber yard on West Main.  The Walla Walla based company once had 50 lumber yards across the Northwest, including Bellevue and Renton.  Today, there are three remaining yards, all in Oregon.
Our next door neighbors on Palouse Street were part of the Crawford family, heirs to the founders of the company.
Back to the restaurant, Deb and I joined Marjie and Rick, along with my brother and his wife and had a wonderful dinner.