Twenty of Seattle’s Newer Breakfast Spots
The options just keep coming.
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Sep 07, 2011 at 08:58AM
6 Comments
Readers, you’ll be happy to know brunch—the preferred repast of many an Emerald citizen—is booming. Still.
You can credit the surge to a relatively new way of thinking among restaurateurs: rare is the restaurant that opens without some sort of morning menu. If it isn’t in place from the get-go toques are quick to implement one, as Revel, Luc, and Golden Beetle demonstrated.
More neighborhood institutions are brunching. To wit, two weeks ago Cafe Lago rolled out Saturday-Sunday wood-fired offerings, taking a cue from the Harvest Vine and Spring Hill, which just buoyed its existing morning program with a more casual “brunch bar” offshoot. So are breweries and burger joints, like the coming-soon Red Mill Totem House.
Which brings us to this list of brunch and breakfast joints. Plotted are newcomers and dinner houses to recently add a breakfast bill. More will surface soon—Little Water Cantina, Lecosho, even the roving Where Ya At Matt have hinted that —but meantime here’s where to start the day.
Did we leave out one or three? Let us know!
Surprised you forgot Sarafina. We shared a dish with fennel braised pork, poached eggs and crispy hashbrowns that was to die for. Also loved the homemade sausage and caprese – best I’ve had at home or anywhere.
Le Grand Bistro at Carillon Point in Kirkland also offers weekend brunch, Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 am to 3 pm. www.bistrolegrand.com
Hi Ted, thanks for chiming in. Le Grand Bistro is indeed included in the list.
No Meander’s Kitchen?? For shame! Not that I want any more people in line in front of me……
Marianne,
Serafina is lovely, but it is not new and it has been serving the morning meal for some time.
Introduced to meander’s a few weeks ago. Wonderful food with a great “diner” ambiance!