The Fremont Dock is a sports bar and restaurant on the corner of Woodlawn Park Ave N and N 34th street in the Fremont neighborhood.
He said: There is no dock involved in the Fremont Dock. One might expect that given its name and its actual proximity to Lake Union that a dock may somehow be involved. Don't be mistaken, there is a deck, but it is on the inland side of the road traversing next to Lake Union. We came down to catch the Mariner's game on a Saturday night. The place seemed pretty dead for a sports bar with the hometown team playing a game. The game was on the two big screen TV's that they had, but the sound was off. Instead, we got to listen to great soft rock of the early 90's and a couple in the corner had apparently come down to the Dock to watch CSI: Miami or some rubbish, and their sound was indeed turned up. Going back to the website I have graciously provided in the intro line, you can see that this establishment does indeed profess to be a sports bar, and not a prime-time drama bar. The beer I ordered was brought to me in a frosty glass. As I stated in my review of Kozue, this is the way you should be served a beer at a restaurant. I ordered "The Spanish Burger" although it was really a California burger (a cheeseburger with avocado in addition to the normal burger fixin's.) It was pretty tasty and the fries were also good. They had Heinz ketchup in glass bottles which is also the way to go. If this place were just a restaurant I would have to give it a B+, but since they had so many transgressions when it comes to being a "sports bar" and restaurant they get only a C+.
She said:
Maybe we have to come here for breakfast, since their website says they have the best breakfast in town, I don't know. I definitely won't ever be coming here for dinner again. I ordered the turkey club and a side salad. After the waitress took our order, I watched her go behind the counter, open the fridge, pull out a "salad," put a crapload of dressing on it, and bring it over to me. Lord only knows how long this "salad" had been in that fridge. I put salad in quotes because it was clearly an iceberg lettuce mix out of a bag, put onto a plate, and topped with those gross, salty croutons. Then she poured a ton of dressing all over it to hide the "salad" taste. It was really bad. I didn't eat most of it. My turkey club was alright - not that great. I ordered a Corona light and they didn't have any, so I had to settle for a Corona. The tables were set up in an odd configuration to the TV's. Either one person at each table could have a great view of a TV, and the other person could have no view, or both people would have to turn their necks 90 degrees in order to see. We opted for the 90 degrees table and my neck hurt after about 10 minutes. They had strange music on for a "sports bar" (think Mariah Carey) and the place was nearly empty at 9pm on a Saturday night. C-.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Candles Cafe
Candles is a small cafe located on the corner of Bridge Way N and N 39th St. in the Fremont neighborhood.
He said: The major upside of this place is that it is the closest cafe to our apartment. It is nice and quiet (aside from the Saturday morning reggae being broadcast compliments of KEXP) and off the beaten path, so to speak. The music was appropriate though, as the barista attending to us was in an apparent funk. I finished off the drip pot and told her. She was brewing another one, but completely forgot to switch them out in between cell phone calls to her friends, so Michelle had to politely remind her after about 15 minutes that she was still without coffee. There was a garden, or something, through the back door, which our barista was also attending to, which she obviously couldn't focus on while we were in the cafe, and she seemed a tad bit annoyed with us for that. No matter, I came for a croissant and coffee in a relaxing environment and that's what I got. B.
She said:
Ugh. This is not what I need to deal with before 10am on a Saturday: an obviously hung-over, cranky, barista who would rather be asleep than at her job. As mentioned above, I didn't get my coffee until we had been in the restaurant for at least 15 minutes, and this did not make me happy. I do not like it when I have to remind an employee how to do their job. I got the bagel sandwich and it was tasteless. It supposedly had egg, cheese, tomato, and onion on it, but it was extremely bland and dry. I didn't like it at all. The upside was that we got to sit in an empty cafe and read the paper, and we had an Entertainment book coupon for 50% off our total bill. Once I finally got my coffee, it was good. C.
He said: The major upside of this place is that it is the closest cafe to our apartment. It is nice and quiet (aside from the Saturday morning reggae being broadcast compliments of KEXP) and off the beaten path, so to speak. The music was appropriate though, as the barista attending to us was in an apparent funk. I finished off the drip pot and told her. She was brewing another one, but completely forgot to switch them out in between cell phone calls to her friends, so Michelle had to politely remind her after about 15 minutes that she was still without coffee. There was a garden, or something, through the back door, which our barista was also attending to, which she obviously couldn't focus on while we were in the cafe, and she seemed a tad bit annoyed with us for that. No matter, I came for a croissant and coffee in a relaxing environment and that's what I got. B.
She said:
Ugh. This is not what I need to deal with before 10am on a Saturday: an obviously hung-over, cranky, barista who would rather be asleep than at her job. As mentioned above, I didn't get my coffee until we had been in the restaurant for at least 15 minutes, and this did not make me happy. I do not like it when I have to remind an employee how to do their job. I got the bagel sandwich and it was tasteless. It supposedly had egg, cheese, tomato, and onion on it, but it was extremely bland and dry. I didn't like it at all. The upside was that we got to sit in an empty cafe and read the paper, and we had an Entertainment book coupon for 50% off our total bill. Once I finally got my coffee, it was good. C.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Osaka
Osaka is a Japanese restaurant on the corner of Ravenna Ave NE and NE 65th St in the Ravenna neighborhood.
He said: Quiet place, although we did make it in before the dinner "rush". The waitress was a little awkward, but attentive and nice enough. Miso soup came with the sushi, which was nice, but that's where the compliments stop. The food was a little slow in coming, and mediocre at best. One of the rolls I got was a "65th Ave Roll" which was described as being a tempura California roll. When it came it was drizzled in an apple cinnamon sauce which I'm sure would taste great on ice cream, or cobbler or something, but was pretty vile on a sushi roll. The absolute worst part was that they only had low sodium soy sauce on the table. I think that it makes sense to have that as an option, but every single table in the restaurant had ONLY low sodium. Granted, I did not ask for regular soy sauce, but its pretty ridiculous to assume that the regular soy sauce is the exception and that most people would want to eat the crap soy sauce instead. And the manager, while trying to be polite, kind of rushed us out of the restaurant, even though it was clearly not busy, and only about half full. D+, but only because miso soup came with the rolls at no additional charge.
She said:
I didn't find anything particularly horrible about this place, but I will probably never go back because there wasn't anything particularly good about it either. I ordered tea and got an entire pot of it, which is always nice. We got complimentary miso soup with our meals, but the food was overpriced to begin with so I felt like I "deserved" the free soup. We shared some potstickers for an appetizer and they were tasty. I ate 2.5 sushi rolls and there wasn't anything particularly great about any of them. They were okay, but not at all like some of the amazing sushi we have had in Seattle. I actually didn't feel that great the next day and I hope it didn't have anything to do with the sushi, but you never know. C-.
He said: Quiet place, although we did make it in before the dinner "rush". The waitress was a little awkward, but attentive and nice enough. Miso soup came with the sushi, which was nice, but that's where the compliments stop. The food was a little slow in coming, and mediocre at best. One of the rolls I got was a "65th Ave Roll" which was described as being a tempura California roll. When it came it was drizzled in an apple cinnamon sauce which I'm sure would taste great on ice cream, or cobbler or something, but was pretty vile on a sushi roll. The absolute worst part was that they only had low sodium soy sauce on the table. I think that it makes sense to have that as an option, but every single table in the restaurant had ONLY low sodium. Granted, I did not ask for regular soy sauce, but its pretty ridiculous to assume that the regular soy sauce is the exception and that most people would want to eat the crap soy sauce instead. And the manager, while trying to be polite, kind of rushed us out of the restaurant, even though it was clearly not busy, and only about half full. D+, but only because miso soup came with the rolls at no additional charge.
She said:
I didn't find anything particularly horrible about this place, but I will probably never go back because there wasn't anything particularly good about it either. I ordered tea and got an entire pot of it, which is always nice. We got complimentary miso soup with our meals, but the food was overpriced to begin with so I felt like I "deserved" the free soup. We shared some potstickers for an appetizer and they were tasty. I ate 2.5 sushi rolls and there wasn't anything particularly great about any of them. They were okay, but not at all like some of the amazing sushi we have had in Seattle. I actually didn't feel that great the next day and I hope it didn't have anything to do with the sushi, but you never know. C-.
Cafe on the Ave
Cafe on the Ave is a coffee shop diner on University Way NE ("The Ave") and 42nd St NE.
He said: We stopped here for breakfast before Michelle had some meeting on the UW campus. I got coffee and a croissant. The coffee was decent, and the croissant was decent. B-.
She said:
It makes no sense to me how the two things Travis got could've both been decent, and yet he gives a score of a B-. Whatever. I didn't even want to post on this place because we literally stopped in for 15 minutes to get some coffee and I had a bagel, toasted, with butter on it. Everything was very good. We've been here before for a quick lunch or dinner and I have never been dissatisfied. It is obviously a very popular hang-out for the college crowd because there are always lots of people sitting around surrounded by books, papers, and laptops. It I went to UW, I would definitely do my homework here. The only thing I find fault with is that some of their items are overpriced. A-.
He said: We stopped here for breakfast before Michelle had some meeting on the UW campus. I got coffee and a croissant. The coffee was decent, and the croissant was decent. B-.
She said:
It makes no sense to me how the two things Travis got could've both been decent, and yet he gives a score of a B-. Whatever. I didn't even want to post on this place because we literally stopped in for 15 minutes to get some coffee and I had a bagel, toasted, with butter on it. Everything was very good. We've been here before for a quick lunch or dinner and I have never been dissatisfied. It is obviously a very popular hang-out for the college crowd because there are always lots of people sitting around surrounded by books, papers, and laptops. It I went to UW, I would definitely do my homework here. The only thing I find fault with is that some of their items are overpriced. A-.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Roxy's Diner
Roxy's Diner is a "dive" restaurant in downtown Fremont at Dayton Ave N and N 36th St.
She said:
We've been here before and we'll come again. Why? Because they have very good food at a very reasonable price. Roxy's is an establishment in Fremont. There is always a line (for breakfast) and you would be hard-pressed to find a Fremont resident who hasn't eaten here.
We went on Mother's Day (without any mothers in tow) and they were featuring a Mother's Day brunch menu. Moms could eat anything off this menu for $5 and they had some kickin' drink deals (think $2 strawberry mimosas). We did not qualify for a $5 breakfast but that was okay. I got an EOB (egg on bagel) sandwich on an asiago cheese bagel with lox. YUM, YUM, YUM! And I got a bowl of fruit. Not so yum. The fruit was okay, but it was clearly cut up the night before or early that morning, put into the bowl, and put into the fridge. By the time it got to me, the entire bottom half of the bowl was filled with the fruit's run-off water. Gross. So I removed all of the fruit from the bowl and "strained" it. Then I put it on my plate. The fruit was extremely cold (from having been refrigerated I assume) and all the flavors had sort of run together. I wasn't pleased.
However, my bagel was scrumptious and the coffee was very tasty. Our service was superb and we were seated right away. This is definitely a place to go if you want a cheap, good breakfast. B+.
He said: I don't know why Michelle called this a "dive" anything. Its just a brunchy kind of diner. It is well painted with huge murals both inside and out, and it catch phrase is "Real east coast on the west coast." To me, eggs don't taste different according to the closest ocean. No matter, they've got decent bacon and decent coffee, which is really what I'm after at 10:30 am on a Sunday. We sat at the bar, which was a little awkward because it had a lip on the edge that prevented having your plate under you while you ate, but sitting at the bar did prevent us from having to wait for a table. Every single person on the wait staff had multiple tattoos and piercings, I think it may have been a requirement to work there. Not my favorite place, but certainly up there on the list. B+.
She said:
We've been here before and we'll come again. Why? Because they have very good food at a very reasonable price. Roxy's is an establishment in Fremont. There is always a line (for breakfast) and you would be hard-pressed to find a Fremont resident who hasn't eaten here.
We went on Mother's Day (without any mothers in tow) and they were featuring a Mother's Day brunch menu. Moms could eat anything off this menu for $5 and they had some kickin' drink deals (think $2 strawberry mimosas). We did not qualify for a $5 breakfast but that was okay. I got an EOB (egg on bagel) sandwich on an asiago cheese bagel with lox. YUM, YUM, YUM! And I got a bowl of fruit. Not so yum. The fruit was okay, but it was clearly cut up the night before or early that morning, put into the bowl, and put into the fridge. By the time it got to me, the entire bottom half of the bowl was filled with the fruit's run-off water. Gross. So I removed all of the fruit from the bowl and "strained" it. Then I put it on my plate. The fruit was extremely cold (from having been refrigerated I assume) and all the flavors had sort of run together. I wasn't pleased.
However, my bagel was scrumptious and the coffee was very tasty. Our service was superb and we were seated right away. This is definitely a place to go if you want a cheap, good breakfast. B+.
He said: I don't know why Michelle called this a "dive" anything. Its just a brunchy kind of diner. It is well painted with huge murals both inside and out, and it catch phrase is "Real east coast on the west coast." To me, eggs don't taste different according to the closest ocean. No matter, they've got decent bacon and decent coffee, which is really what I'm after at 10:30 am on a Sunday. We sat at the bar, which was a little awkward because it had a lip on the edge that prevented having your plate under you while you ate, but sitting at the bar did prevent us from having to wait for a table. Every single person on the wait staff had multiple tattoos and piercings, I think it may have been a requirement to work there. Not my favorite place, but certainly up there on the list. B+.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Jai Thai
Jai Thai is a (surprise!) Thai restaurant located at the Center of the Universe.
No, really.
Downtown Fremont contains a signpost declaring the center of the universe and locating directions and distances to the troll, Atlantis, the Louvre, Wall Drug, and other points of global interest. Jai Thai is located at the corner, just south of the signpost at the corners of Fremont Place, Fremont Ave N and N 35th Street at the center of the Fremont neighborhood.
He said: This place had a very interesting atmosphere (as does all of downtown Fremont.) There is one table in the corner window which is very low to the ground, and you sit on pillows on the floor to eat. Michelle was pretty thrilled about it, but she also is much more well practiced in yoga, which you had to be to get up and set down to the table. Very quaint though. I didn't really know whether I was supposed to take my shoes off or not, but I was wearing sandals, so I just took them off anyway. The service was great. Our waitress was attentive and seemed to know when to be around and when to bugger off. I got chicken phud thai, which was just OK. We had vegetable spring rolls too. Eh. B-.
She said:
I love sitting on the floor. There is a window seat in Jai Thai (max of four people) where you sit on the floor, eat at a very low-to-the-ground table, and rest your back against these extremely comfy triangular pillows. You have to take a step up to get into this window seat and it is carpeted. We took our shoes off (!) and it was glorious!
We got fresh spring rolls for an appetizer, and I got "pineapple curry with brown rice" for my entree. Very yummy. Everything was really good. My curry had prawns in it and the rice was cooked perfectly. I thought everything was pretty cheap, for Fremont, which has notoriously expensive restaurants (they think that because it is the center of the Universe, they can do whatever they want). My meal was $9. I think that if you are able to snag the "you get to sit on the floor" table, then this place is awesome. If we just had a regular, old table, my review would be quite different. The waitress we had was very good, too. A-.
No, really.
Downtown Fremont contains a signpost declaring the center of the universe and locating directions and distances to the troll, Atlantis, the Louvre, Wall Drug, and other points of global interest. Jai Thai is located at the corner, just south of the signpost at the corners of Fremont Place, Fremont Ave N and N 35th Street at the center of the Fremont neighborhood.
He said: This place had a very interesting atmosphere (as does all of downtown Fremont.) There is one table in the corner window which is very low to the ground, and you sit on pillows on the floor to eat. Michelle was pretty thrilled about it, but she also is much more well practiced in yoga, which you had to be to get up and set down to the table. Very quaint though. I didn't really know whether I was supposed to take my shoes off or not, but I was wearing sandals, so I just took them off anyway. The service was great. Our waitress was attentive and seemed to know when to be around and when to bugger off. I got chicken phud thai, which was just OK. We had vegetable spring rolls too. Eh. B-.
She said:
I love sitting on the floor. There is a window seat in Jai Thai (max of four people) where you sit on the floor, eat at a very low-to-the-ground table, and rest your back against these extremely comfy triangular pillows. You have to take a step up to get into this window seat and it is carpeted. We took our shoes off (!) and it was glorious!
We got fresh spring rolls for an appetizer, and I got "pineapple curry with brown rice" for my entree. Very yummy. Everything was really good. My curry had prawns in it and the rice was cooked perfectly. I thought everything was pretty cheap, for Fremont, which has notoriously expensive restaurants (they think that because it is the center of the Universe, they can do whatever they want). My meal was $9. I think that if you are able to snag the "you get to sit on the floor" table, then this place is awesome. If we just had a regular, old table, my review would be quite different. The waitress we had was very good, too. A-.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Cloud City Coffee
Cloud City Coffee is a coffee bar and bakery on the corner of Roosevelt Ave NE and NE 88th street.
He said: It looks as though this used to be a small mechanics shop; plenty of parking and large garage doors which I can only assume are opened in times of better weather. This is probably fantastic in the summer time, but still offers a very bright inside even on cloudy days like today: a pleasant change from the moodily lit coffee bars that dot the urban landscape in Seattle all too frequently. 1$ drip (all you can sip) is a major plus, complimented by a good variety of drip coffees to choose from and decent joe to boot. I got a cinnamon roll which looked delicious and was, although it was very different from the normal confectionery sugar mound loosely held together by bits of refined flour. Their cinnamon roll was very cakey and had a cream cheese frosting that was unexpected but went well with the cakiness of the roll and the medium blend of coffee I had chosen. Uncomfortable counter seats are the only thing actually "wrong" with this place, but perhaps that's by design so that folks taking advantage of the free wi-fi don't get too comfortable. B+.
She said:
We went here because we had a coupon in the Entertainment book (thank you mom and dad!). I really enjoyed my morning because of this restaurant. Cool people, cool hang-out, very good food, and great coffee. I had a breakfast burrito - tasty. I saw their bagels and I want to try one next time. The coffee was $1. Amazing. They don't care how long you stay or how much coffee you drink. Everyone brought their dogs with them. There were lots of kids, too.
The menu had a lot of options for a place where you order at the counter. They had random coffee mugs (recycled from garage sales I'm sure) for you to use and the staff was on the ball. The only downfall was that the chairs were really uncomfortable. They had two couches, but they were occupied. A-.
He said: It looks as though this used to be a small mechanics shop; plenty of parking and large garage doors which I can only assume are opened in times of better weather. This is probably fantastic in the summer time, but still offers a very bright inside even on cloudy days like today: a pleasant change from the moodily lit coffee bars that dot the urban landscape in Seattle all too frequently. 1$ drip (all you can sip) is a major plus, complimented by a good variety of drip coffees to choose from and decent joe to boot. I got a cinnamon roll which looked delicious and was, although it was very different from the normal confectionery sugar mound loosely held together by bits of refined flour. Their cinnamon roll was very cakey and had a cream cheese frosting that was unexpected but went well with the cakiness of the roll and the medium blend of coffee I had chosen. Uncomfortable counter seats are the only thing actually "wrong" with this place, but perhaps that's by design so that folks taking advantage of the free wi-fi don't get too comfortable. B+.
She said:
We went here because we had a coupon in the Entertainment book (thank you mom and dad!). I really enjoyed my morning because of this restaurant. Cool people, cool hang-out, very good food, and great coffee. I had a breakfast burrito - tasty. I saw their bagels and I want to try one next time. The coffee was $1. Amazing. They don't care how long you stay or how much coffee you drink. Everyone brought their dogs with them. There were lots of kids, too.
The menu had a lot of options for a place where you order at the counter. They had random coffee mugs (recycled from garage sales I'm sure) for you to use and the staff was on the ball. The only downfall was that the chairs were really uncomfortable. They had two couches, but they were occupied. A-.
Kozue
Kozue is in the Wallingford Neighborhood on N 45th Street between Densmore Ave N and Woodlawn Ave N. (Also conveniently within walking distance from our apartment.)
She said:
I have no idea why we have never been to this place before. It is in our neighborhood, we've past it a million times, and we love sushi. For some reason, when we were trying to figure out where to go and eat, I remembered it. I looked on their website and saw that we would be there during "happy hour," and decided we should try it.
This place was amazing. Great service, a happy hour menu which featured $2.99 appetizers and really cheap beer, and very good sushi. Travis got a happy hour beer, we shared an appetizer and 6 huge rolls of sushi, and we shared 2 scoops of green tea ice cream for dessert. Our total bill was $44. SO SWEET!
We ordered calamari for the appetizer. It was the (now) infamous "van de Kamp's - esque" calamari fish sticks, which they deep-fried tempura style. Now, I didn't particularly like them, although the sauce they came with was quite good. But, they were $2.99. (When we got the same thing at this "Italian" restaurant in the San Juan Islands they were about $8 and they were gross.) I can't really complain about something that was so cheap. Plus, that was the only negative in this place. Our sushi was very good - and there was A LOT of it. I wouldn't say it was the best sushi I've ever had, but it was good and very decently priced.
I was intrigued by the green tea ice cream so I convinced Travis to try it. It was so interesting. I almost think that they made it themselves. It was honestly the perfect flavor to have after you've eaten sushi. It was not sweet at all. It tasted like green tea, frozen, and creamy. Imagine how gross it would be to have death by chocolate ice cream after eating a ton of sushi. This dessert perfectly complimented your post-sushi palette. I'm so glad we tried it.
And the bill came with Andes chocolates. A+.
He said:
Looks pretty blah from the outside and inside, but there's a terraced deck which looks like it could be nice. They had sizes on their beer, which was all right. I ordered a large Sapporo. It was brought to me in a large bottle with a frosted glass, and that was really all right. We ordered calamari, which was not all right, but turned out to be OK anyway. The sushi was brought fast and absolutely delicious. The waitress explained what was what which is always a plus. Michelle let me try some of her green tea ice cream, which was not very good by ice cream standards but was actually the perfect compliment to the end of a delicious sushi dinner. And there were Andes mints with the bill. A-.
For all you restaurants out there aspiring to please your customers, take note: no one will leave unhappy with an Andes mint melting in their mouth.
She said:
I have no idea why we have never been to this place before. It is in our neighborhood, we've past it a million times, and we love sushi. For some reason, when we were trying to figure out where to go and eat, I remembered it. I looked on their website and saw that we would be there during "happy hour," and decided we should try it.
This place was amazing. Great service, a happy hour menu which featured $2.99 appetizers and really cheap beer, and very good sushi. Travis got a happy hour beer, we shared an appetizer and 6 huge rolls of sushi, and we shared 2 scoops of green tea ice cream for dessert. Our total bill was $44. SO SWEET!
We ordered calamari for the appetizer. It was the (now) infamous "van de Kamp's - esque" calamari fish sticks, which they deep-fried tempura style. Now, I didn't particularly like them, although the sauce they came with was quite good. But, they were $2.99. (When we got the same thing at this "Italian" restaurant in the San Juan Islands they were about $8 and they were gross.) I can't really complain about something that was so cheap. Plus, that was the only negative in this place. Our sushi was very good - and there was A LOT of it. I wouldn't say it was the best sushi I've ever had, but it was good and very decently priced.
I was intrigued by the green tea ice cream so I convinced Travis to try it. It was so interesting. I almost think that they made it themselves. It was honestly the perfect flavor to have after you've eaten sushi. It was not sweet at all. It tasted like green tea, frozen, and creamy. Imagine how gross it would be to have death by chocolate ice cream after eating a ton of sushi. This dessert perfectly complimented your post-sushi palette. I'm so glad we tried it.
And the bill came with Andes chocolates. A+.
He said:
Looks pretty blah from the outside and inside, but there's a terraced deck which looks like it could be nice. They had sizes on their beer, which was all right. I ordered a large Sapporo. It was brought to me in a large bottle with a frosted glass, and that was really all right. We ordered calamari, which was not all right, but turned out to be OK anyway. The sushi was brought fast and absolutely delicious. The waitress explained what was what which is always a plus. Michelle let me try some of her green tea ice cream, which was not very good by ice cream standards but was actually the perfect compliment to the end of a delicious sushi dinner. And there were Andes mints with the bill. A-.
For all you restaurants out there aspiring to please your customers, take note: no one will leave unhappy with an Andes mint melting in their mouth.
The Portage Bay Cafe
The Portage Bay Café is a busy breakfast place on the western edge of the U-district specializing in organic foods and fair trade items. Located at Roosevelt Ave NE and NE 42nd street.
She said: We have been here 3 or 4 times in the past. Because we always have two people eating, we are always seated in the main, front section of the restaurant. Apparently there is a secret back room for large parties (every time I'm waiting for my table, I witness the larger parties being escorted back to this room), but I have never seen it.
There is always a wait at this place because it is SO GOOD. We thought that since we got there at 8:30am (and we're usually not there until at least 10am) there wouldn't be a wait. Wrong. Anyway, I love everything about this restaurant. I love the fact that they use all organic and fair trade foods. I love their coffee. I love their "breakfast bar," even though I have never used it. *The breakfast bar is a toppings bar for your french toast or pancakes. They have enormous bowls of every kind of fruit imaginable, whipped cream, butter, syrup, etc. It is a major draw for those who like french toast and pancakes for breakfast.*
I ordered a Chicken-Sausage scramble (because I like eggs for breakfast, not pancakes/french toast) and substituted out the potatoes for fresh fruit. It was delicious. Yummy in my tummy. Their coffee mugs are enormous and I think I drank about 24 oz. of their fantastic coffee. This is probably my favorite place to have breakfast in Seattle. The only "negative" is the wait (which they obviously have no control over and which they handle quite beautifully - their host does a great job). A.
He said: Neat place. There's a crew boat hung from the ceiling, ohmage to the fact that they are close to the water and the university's boathouse. The wait is always long, partially because its the only breakfast place in a several block radius which also contains several hotels, chock full of people visiting the university from out of town for one reason or another, and partially because this place is really good. I did take advantage of the breakfast bar, and had two fat pancakes covered in fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and fresh made whip cream. The coffee is good and the mugs are oversize (the best way to improve on good coffee is to have more of it.) This place also has great pepper-bacon. A little bit pricier than some of the other breakfast places we frequent, but still well worth it. A.
She said: We have been here 3 or 4 times in the past. Because we always have two people eating, we are always seated in the main, front section of the restaurant. Apparently there is a secret back room for large parties (every time I'm waiting for my table, I witness the larger parties being escorted back to this room), but I have never seen it.
There is always a wait at this place because it is SO GOOD. We thought that since we got there at 8:30am (and we're usually not there until at least 10am) there wouldn't be a wait. Wrong. Anyway, I love everything about this restaurant. I love the fact that they use all organic and fair trade foods. I love their coffee. I love their "breakfast bar," even though I have never used it. *The breakfast bar is a toppings bar for your french toast or pancakes. They have enormous bowls of every kind of fruit imaginable, whipped cream, butter, syrup, etc. It is a major draw for those who like french toast and pancakes for breakfast.*
I ordered a Chicken-Sausage scramble (because I like eggs for breakfast, not pancakes/french toast) and substituted out the potatoes for fresh fruit. It was delicious. Yummy in my tummy. Their coffee mugs are enormous and I think I drank about 24 oz. of their fantastic coffee. This is probably my favorite place to have breakfast in Seattle. The only "negative" is the wait (which they obviously have no control over and which they handle quite beautifully - their host does a great job). A.
He said: Neat place. There's a crew boat hung from the ceiling, ohmage to the fact that they are close to the water and the university's boathouse. The wait is always long, partially because its the only breakfast place in a several block radius which also contains several hotels, chock full of people visiting the university from out of town for one reason or another, and partially because this place is really good. I did take advantage of the breakfast bar, and had two fat pancakes covered in fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and fresh made whip cream. The coffee is good and the mugs are oversize (the best way to improve on good coffee is to have more of it.) This place also has great pepper-bacon. A little bit pricier than some of the other breakfast places we frequent, but still well worth it. A.
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