The story of the newly opened Primo’s is founded in a brotherhood forged by the flames of restaurant kitchens and cultivated by the unique pressures of the hospitality industry.
Located on Bellevue Way, the restaurant is arriving with an appetite to become a star on the Eastside’s vast horizon of acclaimed dining establishments. Founders Chris Harris and Chuck Wang — along with Tye Ward and the restaurant’s namesake, Juan “Primo” — are longtime friends, co-workers, and now co-owners of the French- and Asian-inspired downtown eatery, whose menu features items like a Sichuan-spiced wagyu beef ragu with soft gnocchi and artfully presented smoked steelhead tartare in savory bite-size waffle cones…