Glo's

It's funny, here I've been meaning to update the blog with some new breakfast spots, and what do I end up doing? I go back to America (Seattle, to be exact) and end up finding some tasty breakfast there instead! Every time that Cam and I have ended up in the city, we've walked past Glo's. We've never stopped to try it, though, since we're either in a hurry or we're with our friend, Alice who doesn't want to wait. This weekend though, Cam, myself, Sarah and Crystal were set on going to Glo's, and we dragged Alice along with us.

Glo's, found on East Olive Way, just off of East Summit Avenue (1621 East Olive Way) is a centre-piece and hot-spot for the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. Glo first opened it in the mid-to-late eighties and has been going hard ever since. I can draw a lot of parallels between Glo's and Bon's, from the history to the current business itself. The two big differences, for me at least is the size of Glo's compared to Bon's (about 10 tables compared to the 20 or so at Bon's) and prices ($8.95 for a basic breakfast compared to $2.95). I never let such things deter me from trying out a place, though! So, on this fine Sunday morning, myself and The Team arrived at Glo's at about 10:45am and put our names on the list. We were then faced with about a 45 minute wait for a table, but that wasn't a problem since we were waiting for Alice to show up. There was ample seating outside for people to wait, and there was coffee available to be sipped on while you waited. The wait actually seemed shorter than 45 minutes, which was a plus due to my ever-lingering hangover from Cha-Cha the night before. We stepped into the diner and found it to be about the size of bachelor's pad, packed full of hungry guests. We were immediately brought water and menus and offered coffees ($2 each, free refills) as well. Considering the number of negative reviews that I've read about Glo's concerning the service, I was expecting a lot worse. But, once again, the reviews have been proven wrong, in my experience at least. The coffee was delicious, and the menu appeared to offer a lot more tastiness. I was torn between an eggs benny and one of the omelettes. C'mon, 4 egg omelettes?! Yes please! So yes, when the server (who was a pleasant guy, about our age) came to take our orders I decided upon the Spanish omelette, which reminded me of the one that I had in Chicago, in terms of ingredients. Meanwhile, Sarah went with a ham & cheese omelette, Cam chose the Classic Scramble, Alice a California Benny and Crystal a veggie frittata. With our orders in, we began the 20 minute or so wait for our food. We were brought several refills of both water and coffee during that time, and that made the wait all the better. After the wait, we were brought our food (sorry, Alice blocked the picture of her benny!):
Two words: Hell yes. As you can see, the portions were -very- ample, and looks were not deceiving. It was all extremely tasty, even the shredded hash browns. The guacamole and salsa was fresh-made, and was so flavourful! The toast, and the fresh preserves that were available were utterly amazing too. It was all very filling. Only Cam managed to finish his entire breakfast, along with Sarah's and Alice's leftovers. I got mostly through mine, though I had to leave some of the hash browns behind. All in all, I have to give Glo's a solid 3.5 Bacons. For the price, (about $12 for each of us) we got exactly what we expected. They weren't messing around, that's for sure. As for the whole wait/service thing, whatever! It was well worth the wait.


Stay sharp, kids
Jesse