- lostlakecafe.com
Capitol Hill finally has a place to eat that is open all day and all night. After Basic Plumbing—the windowless, louche gay bathhouse on 10th and Pike—closed its clammy doors, David Meinert (5 Point/Big Mario’s) and Jason Lajeunesse (Neumo’s/Moe Bar/etc.) turned the space into 24-hour diner Lost Lake Cafe & Lounge (with an accidental, but hopefully cleansing, fire occurring during the process). They promise “the stiffest drinks on the Hill” (stiffest-er than the Crescent*?! Lord help us) and “no pretentious deconstructed anything, just real food for real people at great prices.” The atmosphere is retro-Twin-Peaks-y, and we hear that the tuna melt is good, and there is pie.
*UPDATE: Or stiffest-er than C.C. Attle’s, as commenter kittenalarm rightfully asks!?