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Just a block off the Burke-Gilman Trail along Lake Union, this tiny Mexican-ish café puts out enormous and excellent breakfast sandwiches and burritos—perfect for eating messily in nearby Gas Works Park. The coffee is good, but the fresh, colorful juices are even better.
Familiar brunch dishes and pastries take on new personalities as this all-day café weaves them with Japanese ingredients. Chashu pork flavors the biscuits and gravy, teriyaki-glazed bacon, and a sandwich filled with tamago-style omelette. At the pastry case in front, scones are laced with ginger and scallions, and the icebox pie uses sudachi citrus. This is comfort food that has traveled back and forth across the Pacific, reflecting restaurateur Yasuaki Saito's childhood with one parent each from northern Japan and the southern U.S. The minimal decor and bare walls help to further highlight the colorful food and eclectic selection of serving dishes, which give the impression of all having been selected at the world's cutest thrift shop.
