San Fermo
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Dining: Home Cooking in Ballard
San Fermo strives for comfort Italian style.
Named for a 16th-century monastery 50 miles west of Venice, San Fermo in Ballard is probably the first new restaurant in a long time that wants to make its name in rustic, homey Italian food. Instead of focusing on the current trend of modern, interpretive Italian dishes, co-owners Tim Baker (Percys & Co.), Scott Shapiro…