Hungrygrrl

It’s been a long time. Too long.  I had a baby. My life turned upside down. Now my criteria for restaurants consists of:

1. Loud
2. Highchairs
3. No wait

Okay really we just don’t get out much. The evenings are hard. Trying to keep our child from melting down amidst many people we don’t know is really not that fun.

But brunch…brunch works for us. Especially when we can find one of those places that serve brunch until mid-afternoon, where we can slide into a cozy booth and sip a mimosa while our child tosses cheerios onto the floor.

Peace amidst the chaos.

I was hoping St. Clouds would be that place. We stopped by this past Saturday, walking through a plant-filled courtyard, to see two superman capes hanging by the door. I felt myself relax.

The waiter was a jovial man with a long beard who picked up a baby from another table and carried him around the dining table, as he asked the patrons if they needed more water. Cora smiled at him. It was all good.

They make comfort food at St. Cloud’s, tilting towards mexican. The specialty of the day was cochinita pibil, which I wanted but somehow eschewed in favor of fish tacos. I imagined grilled whitefish, but was pleasantly surprised by the crispy chunks of fish that arrived, piled with a medley of grilled corn, cotija, fresh salsa, and greens. We sipped coffee out of fiestaware mugs and admired the light, while cora threw crispy chunks of fish on the floor.

Blissful.

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St. Clouds

Madrona
1131 34th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
www.stclouds.com

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