BEFORE: Our first stop after checking out of our Portland hotel on our way to Seattle will be breakfast at, get this, a waffle stand called Flavour Spot on North Lombard. Tacos have been something of a food theme coming up the coast, and the descriptions I’ve read of these FS waffles suggest that here might be the perfect breakfast taco… we’ll see.
AFTER: We came, we ordered, we ate. This original Flavor Spot (they recently opened a second) sits in the corner of a video store parking lot. You would most assuredly miss it if you weren’t looking specifically for it and had some idea that it might not look like your typical breakfast ‘spot.’
We arrived at 9:45 a.m. and got in the back of the line that included a woman with two young charges, several couples, and a group of twenty-something guys with serious tattoo art. Less than $15 bought breakfast for four: a $2 plain butter and powdered sugar number for Megan, a $3.50 Nut Fluffer for Peter (peanut butter and mallow fluff), a $3.50 S’more Waffle for Brendan (more mallow fluff and Nutella), and a $4 Sausage and Maple waffle for me. Each came folded and wrapped like a taco.
The single picnic table next to the stand would be less inviting in the rain, but for a memorable start to the day this would have to rank fairly high on the list. I would suggest trying on of the savory and sweet combinations on the menu like the Sausage Maple or the Ham and Cheese (with Black Forest ham and smoked Gouda). Or you can blow the doors off your sugar quota for the day and order the waffle filled with lemon curd and whipped cream.
