Steve Ells

The restaurants' architecture is designed to reflect its approach to food, by which simple materials are elevated to something better through great technique.
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Clean and Simple
The restaurants' architecture is designed to reflect its approach to food, where, according to Ells, simple materials are elevated to something better through great technique.

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