After a move from its iconic Olive Way location, Glo’s is still Seattle's best brunch restaurant. They kept the mid-century modern charm, and though the digs are technically larger, you can still expect long lines on weekends. It’s all worth it for the most restorative diner breakfast you’ll eat all year. Slabs of hash browns are stacked with pristine layers of golden brown crusts and buttery fluff. Scrambles amplified with scallion and garlic make non-runny eggs exciting.

When there’s a tableside cart involved at brunch, interest levels multiply—it’s a scientific fact, we’re pretty sure. And the mimosa cart at this Mexican restaurant on Capitol Hill is a fun addition to the serious breakfast plates you’ll eat here, like crisp rioja-sauced chilaquiles and braised beef with potatoes. Loaded with bottles of chilled bubbles and carafes of passionfruit, orange, guava, and raspberry juices, the cart schtick provides enough party vibes as is appropriate on a Sunday.

By night, this Wallingford bar serves things like fried chicken, brisket, and open-faced sandwiches. By day, you’ll find all of the above, only topped with an egg or alongside a big waffle. That makes Union Saloon a great last-minute option that doesn't feel like an afterthought. Their braised pork cheek on focaccia is only improved by a poached yolk, and if you’re more of a mix-and-match orderer, you can do no wrong with a side of bacon, fried potato, and quite possibly the city’s best biscuit.

Even though the weekend lunch at this stellar Belltown Afro-Latin spot involves egg plates and hashes alongside bubbles cut with juice, we’re here for the midday-exclusive sandwiches. Those include a cubano with citrusy mojo pork, tangy mustard BBQ sauce, and a pressed top crunchier than goat yoga at a farm. But the real draw is their bacalao-battered rockfish sandwich, with shatteringly crackly pieces that jut out of the Ben’s Bread Co. bun while giving way to a swoosh of sofrito tartar.

This funky little bistro on Beacon Hill is the best spot in town for sparkling wine. Their brunch menu is a fantastic accompaniment to all of that carbonated grape juice, even if you only split an order of tempura-battered cream puffs and a round of passionfruit champagne punches. You won’t find three-egg breakfasts or pancake stacks here. Instead, you’ll find braised duck benedict with poached eggs and hoisin butter, griddled garam masala-kicked bread pudding, and roasted cauliflower frittata.

This rickety little ship in the ID solely serves Vietnamese fried chicken rice and waffles—a dynamic duo we’ve replayed in our minds over and over again. The fried cornish hens are super moist and topped with a crackly glazed exterior. On the side, there’s yellow rice, an optional runny egg, chrysanthemum greens, and phở broth. That’d be enough for the brunch of the century, but then they go and add crisp-and-fluffy pandan waffles with salted whipped coconut and a peanut sesame crumble.

This Mexican restaurant is hiding among the generic strip malls in Burien, and luchador masks, balloons, and Bad Bunny songs set the mood. There’s usually a long wait during weekend brunch, particularly since the spot draws large groups and families. Arrive before 11am to minimize a wait, and know that patience pays off for dishes like their excellent dulce de leche pancakes and chilaquiles. Get a lovely sunrise mimosa while you're at it.

If you got less vitamin D this winter than one of those organisms that live near the ocean floor, a brunch on Terra Plata’s rooftop garden should help you feel like a functioning human again. The Spanish-influenced menu is excellent across the board, though be sure to prioritize manchego biscuits with tangy chorizo gravy or tender green chili pork with hominy and feta. If there ever were a brunch worth getting a shoulder sunburn for, it’s this one.

For an easy special occasion brunch, or a daytime date powered by natural wine and herbs de Provence-infused omelettes, Fremont’s Le Coin is the French bistro you should seek out. Covered in a velvety mustard seed polka-dotted hollandaise, their eggs benedict with smoky thick-cut ham and a side of potatoes fried to the ideal shade of Pantone 18-0940 TCX is pretty mandatory. So is a round of mini apple fritters.

This counter-service operation serves everything from avocado toast and griddled pastrami egg sandwiches to shakshuka and apple butter oat pancakes with hazelnut dukkah. As for drinks, they range from fresh-pressed green juice to one of the best espresso martinis in town. It’s all done in a bright and airy space complete with a covered patio, high-end pantry staples for sale, and a surplus of calming sky-blue paint. If all of that makes this place sound popular, that's because it is.

If you find yourself craving savory things while everyone else is knee-deep in a stack of pancakes, head to El Moose. This Mexican restaurant in Ballard serves great food all day, but their brunch is the star of the show. Order the alambres, a hot plate of shredded beef, spicy chorizo, and grilled poblano peppers and onions, topped with slices of cheese that melt on contact. Add a fried egg on top to appease the brunch gods, and swaddle it all inside tortillas.

Brunch can be a way to enjoy something you might not have every morning, like crusty herb-loaded fried chicken on top of thin waffles slathered in Hennessy-infused butter. That’s why we love Fat’s. There’s something about the way that their sweet syrup swirls with bits of fallen breading and a bracing cognac bite that just improves a Saturday or Sunday. Reserve the sad bowlful of stale cereal for Monday through Friday.

This Fremont diner’s Dreamgirls Drag Brunch is probably the most difficult Seattle drag show to get into. You'll need to book well over a month in advance, but the hassle is worth it. There's the Xanadu-meets-Jurassic-Park patio, exemplary Jell-O shots, excellent caramel macchiato french toast, one of Seattle’s best burgers, and strawberry watermelon margaritas served in disco balls. Oh yeah, and the queens: Irene The Alien and Arietty are mainstays along with special guests that rotate.

This buzzing Alki offshoot to Harry’s Fine Foods fits many brunch needs—bring a large group for mimosas and cocktails, sit at the bar with giant cornmeal pancakes all to yourself, or camp outside for a beachside view. The excellent entrees feature bright, farm-fresh vegetables, and the biscuits are wonderfully flaky (get a few so you don’t have to share). A warning that on nice days, wait times are super long.

We all have personal demons. Like being forced to get along with a difficult boss, jump squats, or what Wordle opener to use. If gluten is yours, brunch can be tough, so keep Bounty Kitchen on your shortlist. It’s a casual all-day cafe that serves excellent gluten-free pancakes with cinnamon butter and fruit compote, as well as egg and vegetable hashes. Order some standout avocado toast or the braised beef bowl if wheat, barley, rye, and related species are your friends.

If you’re meeting out of town guests somewhere Downtown before diving headfirst into the Pike Place chaos, Cafe Campagne’s a great place to start. It’s a French classic that has stood the test of time, and is perfect for a special occasion or solo brunch at the bar—both scenarios that could benefit from an order of quiche Lorraine and a bottle of bubbles. To be clear, don’t come here without getting quiche.

North Star Diner & Shanghai Room is the coolest diner in the city. It has gold glittery booth cushions as well as an entire wall dedicated to framed portraits of real astronauts. Most importantly, their breakfast food—particularly the terrific buttermilk pancakes—are some of the best in Seattle. Pair your biscuits and gravy or scrambled egg chimichanga with a Pimm’s cup or Irish coffee, and in the warmer months, trade your view of several dozen space-suited cadets for fresh air on their patio.

This Rainier Beach cafe has the kind of warm energy where you might spark up a conversation with someone reading a Roxanne Gay novel, and suddenly you’re trading family banana bread recipes. Not to mention that the dining room is bursting with great vegetarian and vegan food. There are savory biscuits topped with thick thyme gravy that screams “November.” The vegetable hash is a hodgepodge of whatever’s in season finished off with a drizzle of vibrant herb-infused oil.

If you feel like ordering Mickey Mouse pancakes and egg foo young for breakfast, Young's comes in handy. This White Center diner serves American classics alongside a full lineup of Chinese and Thai dishes. There’s powdered sugar-topped french toast and omelettes with hash browns. But then there’s also Mongolian beef and crab rangoons. The best thing is hidden in fine print on the menu—the “loco moco style” option on the hamburger steak entree.