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I love the variety of the flavors, and I’m tempted to come back every day to try a new one :)
I like the atmosphere of the Wallingford Center, and parking is easy, but when I’m craving a cupcake I’ll probably stick to Cupcake Royale. Their cupcakes are more light and buttery than here.

I suppose the restaurant is sort of dingy looking, but it is one of the best places to get real mexican food in north Seattle. To me, it looks like every other dingy mexican restaurant I’ve ever seen, so it doesn’t bother me at all. This place makes mexican food like I’m used to eating in California – cheap, and full of good stuff. The guacamole is awesome. The burritos are giant. I usually eat one for three or four meals. The enchiladas and the quesadillas are also good.

Standard mall kind of pizza I guess, but it was cold and unappealling by the time I got it back to my office (about 3 blocks walk).

I wasn’t expecting a high quality selection of sushi, but it was fairly expensive for the quality of food that you get. The sushi was falling apart and warm, and there were about 10 kinds of rolls and 10 kinds of nigiri. The seafood consisted of shrimp cocktail and crab legs. The tempura was pretty good, as was the teriyaki. There was a section of chinese and korean food that I didn’t try.

It was pretty busy for a Friday night, but it was easy to get a table for two. Service was slow (drinks, clearing plates) but every table was full so it could have just been that they were short-handed. Lots of parking since its in Northgate Mall (near JC Penny).

I’m not sure if the same dishes are offered at lunch, but you probably get a better deal at only 16.99/person vs 26.99 a person for dinner.

We went at about 9:30 am on a Saturday, and waited about 20 minutes for a table for two. Not too bad, but when were leaving the line was incredibly huge and looked more like an hour wait.

I liked the variety of dishes on the menu, and I really appreciate how they “sourced” the various ingredients. The toppings bar had a ton of beautiful fresh fruit and nuts for putting on your pancakes, oatmeal, or toast. The raspberries were crazy delicious.

There’s a parking lot next to the cafe, or there seemed to be plenty of street parking. I think I like the benedict at Wild Mountain better, but I will definitely come here again to try some french toast or maybe an omelette.