22 Doors’ Exotic Mushroom and Goat Cheese Omelet + requisite beverage pairing.Soak Station of Choice:

22 Doors, 324-6406, 405 15th Ave. E., CAPITOL HILLTime of Entry: noonLevel of Hangover: Low, due to the need for recovering from that nasty crud that’s been going around. Still, brunch needed to soak up a different breed of toxins. Waitstaff’s Level of Hangover: Waitstaff was chipper, but the cooks were feuding, apparently. One sheepish busboy informed us that’s why there was no brunch special on this particular Saturday. Perhaps raw nerves due to too much fun the night before.Prescriptions: Extra friendly staff. And you don’t have to wait. (Seriously.) Brunch on Capitol Hill and you sit immediately. Your hangover loves that. There’s a small, but soak-friendly selection of goodies like buttermilk pancakes, served with real maple syrup, an ‘exotic’ mushroom and goat cheese omelet, complete with chevre and creme fraiche, and the Croque Madame. If your hangover is calling for more of a post-breakfast fix, fear not– 22 Doors also has grilled cheese, a crab melt, BLT, burger or veggie burger, all served with (thank God) salty, greasy fries. My companion, up from PDX, enjoying one “toothsome” bloody mary.Hair of the Dog: 22 Doors has your number on this one– a clever menu item, “The Barbs of Rover,” includes two pancakes, two slices of bacon, two eggs and a mimosa or bloody from the bar. Success of the Soak: The place filled up around 1 p.m. but never got so busy that we felt rushed to leave. Good thing ’cause we needed at least an hour to sip down those bloody marys, for they were giant, spicy and filled with veggies. And the food did the trick too. The Croque Madame, which was served open face on a slice of grainy Essential Baking Co. bread, may have been nontraditional, but it was tasty. And my companion’s omelet, the one with the goat cheese and mushrooms, was full of flavor without being too rich. We stumbled out into the drizzly afternoon with just the right combination of starch, grease and vodka to make the body feel better be it beleaguered by the night before, or the common cold.