Last spring, I wrote about a bunch of fancy brunches. Now here's a fresh batch for your stomach's consideration this spring. And starting June 7, the Corson Building will also be offering an $18 prix-fixe brunch with "a self-service spread of whole grain salads, homemade yogurt, preserves" and "a selection of hot dishes cooked to order--poached egg with creamed nettles or handmade couscous with accompaniments, for example." This ought to be a good way to experience the Corson—with its grounds and garden, it'll be lovely during the daytime—without completely emptying your wallet. (And on that note, Wednesdays at the Corson are now a la carte, with menu items ranging from $6-$18 and walk-ins welcome, a major change from the all-prix-fixe/reservation-only format, which costs up to $90 per person.)

In new-brunch-article-related news, commenter darlingash has a bone to pick with the included review of Rover's new brunch:

If you're going to rip a place to shreds, you should have the decency to visit them more than once to see if the problems were a fluke. if you CAN'T AFFORD TO, maybe you shouldn't be reviewing it. i know bethany's quite fond of spending the stranger's money to eat at the most expensive places in town, just to trash them, but it's such a disservice to the restaurant owners, chefs and readers.

Usually here at The Stranger, reviewers go to places twice. For these brunch pieces, it was a one-shot deal. Is that fair? Probably not. But while Rover's brunch was only a few weeks into existence when I went, Rover's is one of the most well-reputed, expensive restaurants in town, and everything was wrong: pacing, service, food. (I don't love Rover's atmosphere either, but found it completely tolerable when I had a great dinner there last year.)

While in the abstract, I am fond of spending The Stranger's money at restaurants, in reality, budgets are very limited these days. (I heard a rumor that one of the Seattle monthly magazines only reimbursed a reviewer for one meal at an expensive place they wrote about recently; supposedly, the writer ate a couple more meals on their own dime. I have a call in to that magazine to find out more.)

If an omelet costs $18—and you try it twice because they remake it for you and it's still terrible—is any person, whether civilian or professional, obligated to return to try it again? (They did take it off the bill when version 2 went uneaten; same with the cold crepes. The bill still came to $56 for two people, including two $12 bloody Marys.)

Agree or disagree with darlingash in online comments over here.