Cottage

Let me first say that I stop in here, on average, 6 days a week for breakfast. It took the staff about a month to figure out how I liked my breakfast. Exactly the same thing every day. Three of the five got the drift in a couple of weeks. A couple of the others are slower learners. Three months later, they still are working on it. This is your typical neighborhood restaurant in a suburb of Seattle. Not the executive crowd or the dot.com crowd. A lot of contractors and senior citizens. Most are locals that come in from once a day to a couple of times a month. There is a large smoking area. But they have a HUGE smoke eater overhead that WORKS! That impressed me so much! I have asthma and I can be in the smoking room and still breathe! It's maintained regularly. They also have a back room for the coffee groups or parties or whatever. The owner is a lady by the name of Melissa. Nice, friendly, a long time waitress who decided to own ... more

Let me first say that I stop in here, on average, 6 days a week for breakfast. It took the staff about a month to figure out how I liked my breakfast. Exactly the same thing every day. Three of the five got the drift in a couple of weeks. A couple of the others are slower learners. Three months later, they still are working on it. This is your typical neighborhood restaurant in a suburb of Seattle. Not the executive crowd or the dot.com crowd. A lot of contractors and senior citizens. Most are locals that come in from once a day to a couple of times a month. There is a large smoking area. But they have a HUGE smoke eater overhead that WORKS! That impressed me so much! I have asthma and I can be in the smoking room and still breathe! It's maintained regularly. They also have a back room for the coffee groups or parties or whatever. The owner is a lady by the name of Melissa. Nice, friendly, a long time waitress who decided to own her own place. She is in process of improving the place this summer (2000). Old fashioned service and new technology with old time cooks. It's interesting....
The food is average American. Nothing outstanding, but it's familiar and comfortable. Once the waitresses get to know you, it's like ordering at home (kinda).
They take credit cards. Open from 7AM to 10 PM. Main section is smoking. Handicapped accessible. less