Eggslut cracks open in Seattle’s Capitol Hill—Is the name too much or just some scrambled fun?

Eggslut, an international breakfast restaurant chain with locations stretching as far as London and Tokyo, has found a new home—Seattle.

Its newest location will be at 1531 Melrose Avenue in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, replacing Homegrown Sandwiches.

Eggslut is known for its assortment of egg-themed breakfast sandwiches, served on a toasted brioche bun, and sides including truffle hashbrowns.

Is Eggslut’s name too much for you?

“I know it sounds ridiculous, but I feel like I would need a shower after I go eat at Eggslut,” Ursula Reutin, co-host of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio, said. “I feel horrible even saying it. I just don’t get into businesses that try to have these trendy names and a name that, in my opinion, denigrates women…and you know that I do have a foul mouth.”

“Even though the menu sounds great, everything sounds great, I’m telling you that it’s great, you would still not go somewhere based on a name?” Gee Scott, co-host of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio, asked in response.

“OK family, hey boys, do you want to go to the Eggslut? No, I really don’t,” Ursula said.

Ursula also shared that she wouldn’t eat at other controversially-named places, like Pike Place Market’s Biscuit B**** or Las Vegas’ Heart Attack Grill.

According to Eggslut, the restaurant’s controversial name refers to the popular phrase, which started among foodies in the mid-2000s, that describes people who serve every dish topped by an egg.

“The question is, does the name matter? To some people, it does. I’m one of them,” Ursula said.

“When your sons come back in town after they’ve been out of town, what burger establishment is their favorite?” Gee asked Ursula.

“You want me to say Dick’s, but Dick’s is a person’s name, shorthand for Richard. So nice try, Gee,” Ursula responded. “That is a name. That is a nickname for Richard.”

“They didn’t call it Richard’s,” Gee said.

Listen to the full conversation here:

Listen to Gee and Ursula on “The Gee and Ursula Show” weekday mornings from 9 am to 12 pm on KIRO Newsradio.