I had to leave sometime, and on the morning of my drive back to SEATAC, to come back to the good old EC, I hopped across the street to Doug Fir. It’s a restaurant, lounge, bar, and live music venue, which looks like a total woodsy lodge. Can we say, timber?
It’s kitchy, but I like it. How can you hate on those deer and duck wall hangings? And that phat fireplace? I could totally have drinks here…
Well, I was here for breakfast, and damn early I may say. Actually, I opened up the place. I was physically the only customer in the entire place. I guess people aren’t eating out at 7AM these days. I ordered the french connection, which was croissant french toast. It was 2 croissants, split in half, and made into french toast. Really quite decadent. Served with maple syrup or a fruit compote, and I just went with the syrup. It was incredibly sweet, but just what I needed. Service was good, as I had the server all to myself. I don’t actually think she was a server. I think she worked in the kitchen, but she waited on me anyway. She was incredibly nice. And look at this horribly cheesy bathroom.

And Portland has Plaid Pantry. That’s so pacific northwest of them.

I told you I was going to get my yogurt fix while I was here. I ended up at Pop Culture in the Pearl randomly driving around.
Compared to Skinnidip, this place was ghetto. I got blueberries and mandarin oranges. Come on, mandarin oranges from a can! But their other fresh fruit choices were terrible. It was good, but not as good as Skinnidip. The Skinnidip yogurt itself was just better. This yogurt didn’t taste as fresh. The place was empty when I was there. Perhaps that was a sign.