Curtain call for Marche restaurant in Menlo Park

Diners gathered last night – and will do so again tonight – to say farewell to Marche in Menlo Park, the end of the restaurant’s nine-year run. The last two dinners featured a Nantucket Bay Dinner, overseen by fisherman Steve Bender. Chatham oysters, day boat scallops 3 ways, roasted winter flounder, and pistachio cake were served. Pictured: Menlo Park resident Scott Cummings greeting his long time friend, Marche owner Lee Isgure and Lee’s friend Judy from New York

Photo and reporting by Tricia Young, who also did a video interview with Bender and posted it on YouTube.