Peso's Kitchen and Lounge

Peso's Kitchen and Lounge is hopping at night, so it's hardly the sort of place you'd associate with being up and at 'em before noon. But el desayuno at Peso's, served seven days a week from 9 a.m. on, is surprisingly good, thanks to one key ingredient: habanero sauce—hot as the crowd at closing time. From biscuits and habanero sausage gravy ($7.75) to habanero sausage Benedict ($8.95), the stuff is everywhere, wiping the Patron from the night before off your breath. If you can make it in between 9 and 11 a.m., all menu items are $6 in observance of Peso's "breakfast happy hour." Come to think of it, you could practically live at this place if you could weather a steady aural diet of Jack Johnson, Maroon 5, Train, and Dido and still stomach Habanero Everything. Tall order, but do try. 605 Queen Anne Ave. N., 206-283-9353. LOWER QUEEN ANNE/UPTOWN