Top O' the Morning

39 ways to rise and shine and start the day right at the best breakfast spots in town!

Edited by Kathryn RobinsonWith contribution from Wilson Diehl, Stefan Durham, James Ross Gardner, Carolyn McConnell, Steve Wiecking, and Naomi Zeitlin

The Power Breakfast

The Georgian

There’s no more elegant place to be at 7am than the Georgian, off the opulent lobby of the Fairmont Hotel, when morning light pours through the Palladian windows. Whether in business suits or tourist togs, everyone looks just a little more European in here.
CLAIM TO FAME This is the place to bring out-of-town clients, who will regard the smoked salmon Benedict and the Starbucks coffee as edible souvenirs.
BEST-KEPT SECRET Every morning chef Gavin Stephenson blends a new juice of the day, like orange and passion fruit or melon and lime.
POURING Starbucks drip, Illy espresso
BREAKFAST IS SERVED Mon—Fri 6:30—11am; Sat & Sun brunch 7am—noon
The Georgian, Fairmont Olympic Hotel, 411 University St, Downtown, 206-621-7889; www.fairmont.com/seattle

Library Bistro and Bar

When hitting up VCs for startup funds or strategizing a corporate lawsuit, the high banquettes for two in the warm, book-lined library-bistro are about as private and clubby as it gets. Unobtrusive servers arrive promptly then leave you alone to negotiate the terms of the deal over your steel-cut oatmeal with brown sugar and currants.
CLAIM TO FAME Have-it-your-way omelets with lesser-seen options like roasted chicken, chévre, and spinach.
BEST-KEPT SECRET Booth 16, at the end next to the French doors to the terrace. Très privé.
POURING Caffé Vita Sumatra Mandheling organic blend drip and espresso
BREAKFAST IS SERVED Mon—Fri 7—10am; Sat & Sun brunch 7:30am—2pm
Library Bistro and Bar, 92 Madison St, Downtown, 206-624-3646; www.librarybistro.com

o/8 Seafood Grill

It’s smack in the heart of Bellevue, a valet will take care of your car, and the big booths and two-tops mean it gives good meeting. If there’s a handier place on the Eastside for a business breakfast, we don’t know it.
CLAIM TO FAME They know you don’t have time to waste, so they give you fast food in two forms: a breakfast buffet complete with scrambled eggs, breakfast meats, home-baked scones, and fruit; or (the better plan) your choice of various Continental options like oatmeal, bagel, croissant, and fruit. Guaranteed on your table within eight minutes.
BEST-KEPT SECRET A window-lined private room in back divides into sections for meetings of 12 to 110.
POURING Torrefazione Italia drip and espresso
BREAKFAST IS SERVED Mon—Fri 6:30—11am; Sat & Sun breakfast 6:30—9:30am; Sat & Sun brunch 9:30am—2pm
o/8 Seafood Grill, 900 Bellevue Way, Bellevue, 425-637-0808; www.08seafoodgrill.com