This small neighborhood cafe in Ballard has drawn long lines in the past for its simple food, lovingly crafted. Some items on the current menu include salmon toast, buttermilk-fried chicken sandwich, eggs benedict, and shakshuka skillet.

Morsel has rightly earned its popularity in the U District thanks to its from-scratch biscuits. The concise menu keeps to the greatest hits: biscuit and gravy, a handful of sweet and savory biscuit sandwiches, and coffee from Everett’s Velton’s Coffee roaster.

Magnificent fluffy biscuits cradle outlandish ingredient combinations at this offshoot of the popular food truck in Frelard. Must-try options include the Che, with eggs, bacon, cheese, ham, pickles, apple butter, and sweet onion mustard. There are also grits dishes, served — naturally — with a fluffly biscuit on the side, plus mimosas.

Established in 1987, Glo’s is one of Capitol Hill’s most iconic breakfast destinations. You can’t go wrong with any of its eggs benedict variations, biscuits and vegetarian mushroom gravy, or stacks of buttermilk pancakes.

Andrew Rubinstein has been baking his popular bagels around town for years. He opened a South Lake Union location in 2019, and added a spot on Capitol Hill this year. Head to any location for a choice of 13 bagel flavors and various combinations of smears, bagel sandwiches, and duckfat matzo ball soup.

There’s a not-so-secret diner inside the city’s iconic record shop that serves up music-inspired breakfast and lunch items. Check out the Notorious B&G, biscuits, eggs, and sausage gravy with hash browns; or the Dolly Parton Stack, a combo with pancakes, bacon, and eggs.

This Columbia City classic is famous for its French toast. It also offers plenty more comfort fare like pancakes, omelettes, and biscuits and gravy. Geraldine’s has a covered outdoor patio and is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day.

Portage Bay Cafe has four locations: South Lake Union, Rosevelt, Ballard, and 65th. Here the emphasis is on ingredients that are seasonal, sustainably-sourced, and organic where possible, with plenty of options for vegetarians. Don’t pass up its breakfast bar — a bar loaded with fruit, whipped cream, organic maple syrup and other options — to dress up your french toast or pancake stacks.

This retro-themed diner just on the other side of the West Seattle Bridge has breakfast all day. Its piles, scrambles, and omelettes are hearty. French toast, waffles, and pancakes are also winners, and it’s never too early for a Luna Park milkshake, one of the best in the city. There’s also plenty of vegan and gluten-free options.