So for my birthday I wanted something that i would not normally go to, and since I would be with people I am happy to go to somewhere that I consider a bit more special than normal. Beth’s Cafe was it. I had seen it on the Seattle episode of Man v Food. A few years ago during my first ever trip to Seattle I ate at the Crab Pot down town for a decent serving of PNW fish & chips. Then in my first month here I visited location #2 being Red Mill burger up in Phinney Ridge. But #3 was somewhere I wanted to visit, but didn’t really feel right taking up space in an always packed location on my own. So I kept it for a special occasion. My birthday was it!
Beth’s cafe was used as the challenge location in the episode as they have a unique product on location. A 12 egg omlette. Now there was no way in hell I was going to go for a 12 egg omlette, served with toast and unlimited hash browns. Not even gonna try! Even their standard omlettes are 6 eggs. Again not even gonna try. But there was still some good looking food on their menu. So with my birthday falling on a Sunday morning, what better way than a Sunday early brunch/late breakfast (930 cant really be brunch, but its late enough to be close, but early enough to beat the rush) to celebrate my birthday.
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Beth’s looks like a bit of a dive bar kind of old school diner feel to it. Mismatched table where, random pieces of crayon artwork all over the walls (which i helped contribute) to (see pic below) but thats what I kind of like really. An old school diner feel, somewhere I can relax and read a book/newspaper while i eat & drink my morning coffee (i did just this for a little bit while I waited for my friends). The coffee was good to! Caffe Vita coffee blend and plenty of it. I don’t think there was ever a time my cup went empty.
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I went with “the sampler” which was a Biscuit (aka scone) with Sausage Gravy, 2 eggs, toast, hash browns and i grabbed a side of bacon cause dammit if its my birthday, I want BACON! It was good, sausage gravy was creamy yet not overly so, biscuit was light and fluffy, plenty of hash (didnt need a 2nd plate since I was so stuffed by the time i finished all of that) and the eggs were damn good. All up this was a good breakfast. Now my side of bacon cost me almost an extra $5 but next time i reckon i’ll drop the biscuits and gravy if im in a bacon mood and just go straight bacon and eggs (maybe some extra hash) or go straight biscuits and gravy if im craving it. Either way.. awesome breakfast and most of the items were under $12! Which for a good quality seattle breakfast is DAMN good! I’d come back for the coffee alone at times!
My trifecta is now complete. Now to get myself to Salumi to work through the Anthony Bourdain locations.