The best-known breakfast and brunch spot in the city. Reindeer sausage hash, smoked-salmon eggs benedict, blueberry coffee cake, and a strong reliable cup of coffee. Lunch shifts to soups, sandwiches, and the daily quiche. Service is quick once you are seated; the queue out the door before you get in is the cost of the food being this good.
On weekends arrive before nine or expect to wait an hour. Weekday mornings are calmer. Located on the corner of 4th and L, one block from the cruise-passenger drop-off so it pulls a heavy summer tourist crowd alongside the regulars.