PORT ANGELES — After 40 years as one of the city’s premier restaurants, the Bushwhacker will close its doors at the end of September.

An announcement of the closure was posted on the restaurant’s reader board this week, where employees often put up community announcements and encouragement for local sports teams.

The owners, Robert Grattan, and his sister, Sadie Grattan, were not available for comment.

“For sale” signs were posted at the restaurant, 1527 E. First St., last month, but restaurant employees told patrons that only the building was being sold.

The restaurant celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015.

According to the Bushwhacker website, Robert “Bob” Grattan graduated from the University of Montana School of Education in 1976 and moved to Port Angeles to manage the Bushwhacker a year after its opening.

He later operated the restaurant with his wife, Julie; the couple divorced several years ago.

The restaurant’s specialties are fresh seafood or prime rib dinner, line-caught local salmon, fresh crab and halibut.

Bushwhacker is open from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 4 p.m. through 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

A Sunday brunch was closed Sept. 8.

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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arice@peninsuladailynews.com.