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[Helene]

Francia Russell and Kent Stowell's chef son Ethan is about to open his fourth Seattle restaurant in Ballard, Staple & Fancy Mercantile.  

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“I learned that a small place that’s full is more satisfying for everyone than a larger place that’s not,” he said last week, a few days from opening his fifth restaurant, Staple & Fancy Mercantile, in the heart of the Ballard Avenue club strip.

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The food is described as "homey 21st-century haute".

I think it's time to visit my old neighborhood...