Sunday brunch by the park in Georgetown

Do I need to actually say how good The Corson Building (Georgetown) is? Do you actually need reassurance that Matt Dillon's friendly and relaxed slow-food haven is worth a visit, and many more after that? How's this: brunch is only $23 per person, plus libations (e.g., "Bomb-Ass Bloody Mary").

















↑Plain and whole wheat-with-nuts baguettes, butter and brie; French press coffee. From the sideboard: plums & blueberries with yogurt; baby turnips and potatoes.

↓Fried egg (thank you, chickens) with Pecorino, pickled peppers, pumpkin seeds, and broccoli

Reservations not required, but a good idea.

Not supposed to be sliders

Six Arms (Pike/Pine) is one of my favorite brew pubs, and has been for a long time. I've been going there since ACT moved to 7th and Union, which means it's been more than ten years.

In the last four years life has taken me away from that part of town -- Dad Watson, the McMenamin's outpost in Fremont, is my usual place to enjoy the chain's Hammerhead, nitro stout and Ruby beers -- so upon a recent visit to Six Arms I was shocked at the burgers.

Still fresh tasting, the natural beef patty still amazingly grease-free, the bun still bakery fresh. But it looked like it had been accidentally exposed, briefly, to a shrinking process. Maybe the one from Fantastic Voyage (Fox, 1966).

Everything was proportionally smaller, maybe three fifths the size of a customary hamburger. Worse, I was still hungry after. And they skimped on the fries, much less than Dad Watson or McMenamin's on Roy Street.

My philosophy is, if you can see the plate through the pile of fries there aren't enough.

2.5 out of 5 stars.