SEQUIM — Customers have pointed out to restaurant owner Eric Thomson that tedesco in Italian means someone from Germany.

But there is nothing German about Tedesco’s Italian Fresh, the restaurant in downtown Sequim that Thomson owns with his wife Tina. It’s Italian all the way, named in honor of Eric’s mother, who died in 2008. It was her family name, and she had a passion for food that she passed down to her son.

“She was a good cook and loved to experiment with different foods and flavors,” said Eric, who was raised in Northern California. “She made a really good ragu. I still have her cookbooks and recipes.”

Ragu is a sauce typically made with ground meat, onions, tomato puree and red wine.

Located at 210 W. Washington St. in Sequim, Tedesco’s seats 80 or so inside. During the summer

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