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The Pegasus Restaurant & Lounge is a throwback to the good old diner days when Flo drawled out "Kiss my grits" and a cup of coffee was less than dollar. The Pegasus is a bit off the beaten path down in the industrial part of Tacoma on East Puyallup Avenue.

Open for every meal every day, Pegasus hooks the Weekly Volcano on its no frills breakfasts. It'¢s down-home, salt of the earth food. Something a grown man could eat and have fuel enough for a full day's work. We're talking steak and eggs, hearty omelets, stacks of steaming flap jacks, slabs of tasty salty grilled ham.

You won't find an espresso machine or 12-grain tangerine muffin here, but after a Pegasus sausage breakfast sandwich that makes McDonald's version cry in a corner in shame, you'll agree the grilled English muffin with a fried egg and a real sausage patty with a plate of crispy hash browns for $4.95 is a superb way to get you going. 

[Pegasus Restaurant & Lounge, 1320 Puyallup Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.5300]