Canlis’s former executive sous chef will open his own restaurant in what was once the Tilth space. Johnny Courtney and his wife, Sarah, are planning a new spot called Atoma in the converted Wallingford craftsman at 1411 N 45th Street that housed Maria Hines’s groundbreaking organic restaurant for 14 years.
The couple has lived and worked in locales from Melbourne to Baja California. Those experiences will inform Johnny Courtney’s menu, along with elements magpied from his parents’ Southern heritage, his own upbringing in New Mexico (where his mom was also a cook), and a stint in Denver. Not to mention lessons learned in Seattle’s finest-dining
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