A good indicator that a place is willing to liquor you up bright and early with a smile? Breakfast happy hour. The 5 Point has one that starts at 6 am M-F offering dirt cheap breakfast plates in addition to well drinks for $3.50 and domestic drafts for $2.

Sitting in the middle of fancy cocktail row on Ballard Ave., the Smoke Shop easily holds its ground as the stalwart booze parlor you crawl into when you want to drink anonymously. And, they start serving booze before the sun comes up. One reader put it best: "6:00 am with strong drinks. 'Nuff said."

Breakfast is served all-day starting at 10 am, and so are their 22 beers on tap.

Blue collar through and through, Hudson starts serving cocktails at 7 am to ease its troops into the workforce. You can't always send a boy in to do a man's job.

Lowell's has a long-standing reputation as a drinking respite in the heart of Pike Place Market. They stop serving rather early, but what's important here is that they start serving early, too — 7 am. One of their "eye openers" is the Ruby Cinnamon Sunrise with tequila, grapefruit, housemade blackberry syrup, and cinnamon.

What makes this a natural pick is the fact that if you arrive at 7 am to start drinking, you just might find a bar compadre that's still there from the night before.

There's an entire menu of lunch cocktails starting at 11 am including a nice little ditty called Death in the Afternoon made with absinthe and champagne.

Breakfast starts at 8 am on weekdays and includes a morning cocktail list with 12 drinks for $8.50. As the menu states, "Daytime Drinking Has Never Been So Dignified, Fun and Guilt-Free."