Local boy makes good - Chris Pratt

Yes, that Chris Pratt - from The Bellingham Herald:

Chris Pratt's mural graces wall of Granite Falls restaurant
A mural in Barbara Petrakopoulos' restaurant has her juggling phone calls, pizzas and crowds of new customers asking for her by name.

It all started last week when the Internet erupted with the news that Hollywood hero Chris Pratt — star of the blockbusters "Jurassic World" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" — had painted a mural on the wall of his friend's parents' restaurant more than a decade ago, years before millions of fans knew his name.

One such fan spotted the mural while dining at Omega Pizza and Pasta, a family-owned Greek and Italian restaurant at the corner of South Granite Avenue and East Stanley Street in Granite Falls. The fan shared his discovery of the artwork, signed "Chris Pratt," on the social media website imgur. Pratt, 36, confirmed its authenticity on Twitter on Aug. 4.

"Haha! Yes!" he tweeted. "Find my mural at Omega Pizza and Pasta in Granite Falls, WA. Barb will take good care of you."

A bit more:

She and her husband, Kostas, own the restaurant and look forward to celebrating 20 years of business in February. Pratt has been friends with their son, Alex, 36, since the two were kids.

The whole Petrakopoulos family is proud of Pratt, she said, including Alex, his parents and their extended family in Greece and Germany.

"He's a good gentleman, a good friend, a good father, a good husband," Petrakopoulos said. "And he is a good actor now. He has blossomed."

She's always excited to see him when he's in town and has time to stop by with his wife, Anna Faris, another Hollywood star from Snohomish County, and their young son. Pratt grew up in Lake Stevens; Faris in Edmonds.

Granite Falls is about an hour south of here due East of Everett, WA on the Mountain Loop Highway - some gorgeous country. City of Granite Falls

Here is the mural (Photo by Kevin Clark/The Herald): 

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