breakfast places?

 Ron S. wrote:

 >Rafael F. wrote:
 >>
 >> hello everyone,
 >>
 >> could any body recommend any good breakfast places, eastside or in Seattle?

 >Ponti's near the Fremont bridge on the Queen Anne side of the canal.
 >Especially on a crisp sunny Sunday morning out on the veranda.

 I second this rec.  In fact, I'll go out on a limb and suggest that when
 the kitchen is on -- which it isn't always -- this is the best overall
 breakfast in Seattle.  Not cheap at abnout $20-25 person, but good none
 the less.

 In article , Ron Schoenberg
 Someone wrote:

 >Rafael F. wrote:
 >>
 >> hello everyone,
 >>
 >> could any body recommend any good breakfast places, eastside or in Seattle?
 >
 >

 Now here is a place with an eclectic mix. I am referring to the Athenium,
 inside the market. I always go there for breakfast on the first Saturday in
 December. This coincides with my purchase of my annual 100%holly wreath. A
 real work of art. But I digress. The Athenium at 6AM is not filled with
 tourists. You can get one of the booths that line the back wall.The view of
 Elliott Bay and the Olympics cannot be bettered by any restaurant at ten
 times the price. As for the ambiance. In the back room, the booths are next
 to a long line of barstools that are usually filled to the brim at that
 hour with all sorts of "Seattle Special Souls," quaffing down their
 favorite shot and a beer(they are very peaceful and will not disturb you).
 As for the victuals. I usually start with a Bloody Mary and have either the
 clam hash or the roast beef hash with poached eggs on top. Others may have
 anyone of the unusual items on the bill of fare.(breakfast for two with the
 drinks, coffee and some orange juice runs about $20-25.)

 After we finish, it's off to shopping and browsing in the market. All in
 all, it is my favorite kickoff to the holiday season. I have done it for
 ten years now.

 alan

 The Maltby Cafe.  Just off highway 9 between Woodinville and Snohomish.
 Everything homemade from local ingredients.  Great sausages and enormous
 cinnamon rolls.  Sundays after 8:00 plan on at least a 45 min. wait.  Well
 worth it.

 Someone wrote:

 >Javamaniac wrote:

 >>Wow, nobody has mentioned Mae's on Phinney Ridge yet.

 >Okay, I will.  I have lived on Phinney Ridge Ridge for 6+ years now and,
 >after first moving here I ate at Mae's a couple of times.  It was one of
 >those situations where I went in knowing the food and the place in general
 >were going to be terrific.  After all, people were telling me about it when
 >I told them I was moving to the Ridge, and then there were all the people
 >standing there waiting to get in.  Well, both of my food experiences there
 >were consistent:  they were competent and forgetable.  But IM(NSH)O the
 >place overall was (is?) overrated, overpriced and certainly not worth the
 >wait.

 Well, Like a lot of joints in Seattle, Mae's just isn't that good.

 It may be funky, wacky, cool, or sweet -- like 75% of Fremont -- but it
 isn't that good -- average breakfasts where the chefs try to diguise
 mediocre food by serving lots of it...Who'd ever thunk up such a brilliant
 gimmick ?

 Cows are cute!! Cows are fun!! Cows went out of fashion in the early 90's!!!

 Ohh that oh-so-sassy waitstaff -- Isn't it great how they make us wait 40
 minutes just to endure their indifferent service ?  It's Awesome Dude!

 >And, in a similar vein, I think the same can be said about another Phinney
 >Ridge hangout right down the street that people can't seem to get enough
 >of:  Red Mill Burgers.

 Here I differ.  I don't know of a tastier burger and fry joint in Seattle.
 Note, I'm not making any claim that Red Mill is the "best" -- objectivity
 tends to dissolve completely whenever dull-witted humans like ourselves
 talk about hamburgers -- but it *is* darn tasty. Fries are never, ever
 soggy.  They don't use those stupid wedge cut piece-of-shit french fries.
 The Bacon in the bacon cheeseburger is awesome -- crisp and tasty with
 hints of black pepper. Hell, the mere fact that they offer bacon puts them
 in a class above those pretentious fuck places that pretend to be
 "healthy".  Finally, the grilled onions and peppers generally add more
 than they do detract.

 Sure, I like Dicks once in a while just as I occasionally like to get
 falling-down-drunk on bad gin at the Rendevous, but dayinanddayout I go
 for Red Mill...

 BTW, gues who serves up some of the best Fries I've had in Seattle ?

 Ponti, off the bar menu. (no joke)

 Jeff M. wrote:
 >Well, just to weight the curve, I would list Red Mill and Two Bells as my
 >two favorite burger places in Seattle.  I tend to go to Two Bells when I
 >want a just-plain-burger (with good potatoe salad), and Red Mill when the
 >call of the Blue Cheese Burger (with Creamsicle Shake) becomes too loud for
 >me to ignore.

 Red Mill has my vote for one of the best veggie burgers I've ever eaten
 (the portabello mushroom burger at the 74th Street Ale House is a
 very close second).

 Debbie S. wrote:
 >
 > Jeff M. wrote:
 > >Well, just to weight the curve, I would list Red Mill and Two Bells as my
 > >two favorite burger places in Seattle.  I tend to go to Two Bells when I
 > >want a just-plain-burger (with good potatoe salad), and Red Mill when the
 > >call of the Blue Cheese Burger (with Creamsicle Shake) becomes too loud for
 > >me to ignore.
 >
 > Red Mill has my vote for one of the best veggie burgers I've ever eaten
 > (the portabello mushroom burger at the 74th Street Ale House is a
 > very close second).
 > --
 > Debbie Schwartz      [email removed]      * Killfiling idiots since 1989

 I recently got introduced to Red Mill and loved the carmelized red onion
 on the burger I got there.  I'd be back frequently if it weren't so dang
 far from where I live.

 Daman's in the Overlake area used to serve the best mushroom burger I've
 had.  Plenty of 'shrooms, a quality Swiss cheese - thinly sliced.  Yum!
 But I haven't had food there in years so I'm not sure if that
 recommendation still stands.

 Quality burgers like that make on wonder how the mega-chains stay in
 business.  How can people eat that cardboard stuff?

 Wayne  (who hates the thought of "happy meals")

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 For traditional large "workingman's" breakfast, oops that should be
 "working person's", try LeMieux at 1st & Lander.  Cholesterol intolerant
 persons need not apply.

 Beni