Books & vintage · Broadway E from E Pike St to E Roy St
Capitol Hill
Broadway, Pike and Pine.
Capitol Hill is Seattle's dense, walkable shopping hill, with Broadway E, the Pike/Pine corridor and Melrose Market holding independent bookstores, vintage and consignment shops and design-minded boutiques. It suits book browsers, vintage hunters and shoppers who like to mix small shops with a few national brands.
Books · Vintage · Melrose Market
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- Broadway E from E Pike St to E Roy StBooks & vintage
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- Getting here
- ParkingMetered street parking lines Broadway E, and there is a paid lot near the Chase bank and QFC on Broadway. Link light rail's Capitol Hill Station is a short walk away; Sound Transit puts it about 0.4 miles from the Pike Street shops.
Insider guide
Shopping Capitol Hill.
The story
Capitol Hill's shops fall into three pockets. Broadway E runs from E Pike St to E Roy St. The Pike/Pine corridor covers E Pike and E Pine streets from Melrose Ave to 12th Ave. The third is Melrose Market on Melrose Ave and nearby 10th Ave, home to Glasswing and Elliott Bay Book Company. Twice Sold Tales and Pretty Parlor are on side streets, Harvard Ave and Summit Ave E, so plan a loop rather than a straight line.
Books
Elliott Bay Book Company (1521 10th Ave), founded in 1973, has more than 150,000 titles on cedar shelves across several levels, a Little Oddfellows café inside and author readings almost every week; check its events calendar before you go. Twice Sold Tales started as a book cart in 1987 and sells a large, fast-changing used stock from Shakespeare to science fiction, plus rare and collectible titles. It has six live-in bookstore cats. Charlie's Queer Books, whose current shop is in Fremont, plans a second store just west of 12th and E Pike in November 2026, with an event space, coffee and a wine bar.
Clothes, Vintage and Resale
Glasswing in Melrose Market mixes men's, women's and unisex clothing and shoes with jewelry, apothecary goods, ceramics, furniture and live plants, and runs quarterly workshops. Sway and Cake, at 12th and Pike since 2019, sells women's clothing and jewelry from emerging and established designers plus its own Seattle-designed label. On E Pine, Taylor Stitch carries the San Francisco brand's menswear and, from time to time, vintage pieces from its archive, and Warby Parker books eye exams online.
For secondhand, Pretty Parlor, open since 2001, sells vintage and retro-style clothing and runs a bridal boutique of vintage wedding dresses and reproduction gowns. Throwbacks NW is all Seattle sports: '90s Sonics tees, Seahawks hats and buttons, jerseys, snap jackets and mostly unworn vintage snapbacks. Crossroads Trading buys, sells and trades name-brand clothing and accessories, so bring clothes to sell.
The Plant Store sells affordable houseplants, including baby-sized ones, plus terrariums and moss gardens, and runs gardening workshops. Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream, just south of Cal Anderson Park, churns everything on site.
Eating Between Shops
Cafe Suliman, a Middle Eastern wine bar, is inside Melrose Market with Glasswing. On the corridor, Meet Korean BBQ does tabletop barbecue with wagyu and kurobuta pork, and Tamari Bar is best known for sashimi. Farther east, Spinasse (1531 14th Ave) makes handmade Piedmontese pastas, Artusi next door (1535 14th Ave) is an aperitivo bar with small Italian plates, and Maripili Tapas Bar (1117 12th Ave) serves Galician tapas and paella. On Broadway, Annapurna Cafe does momo, and Taneda Sushi In Kaiseki is a nine-seat omakase counter.
The directory
11 shops, all in one place.
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Vintage3 places
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Vintage and retro-style clothing shop open since 2001, with secondhand vintage, local designers and a bridal boutique of vintage and reproduction wedding gowns.
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Vintage sports apparel shop focused on Seattle teams: '90s Sonics tees, Seahawks hats and buttons, jerseys, snap jackets and mostly unworn vintage snapbacks.
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Buy-sell-trade resale store on Broadway with secondhand name-brand clothing and accessories; it has served Capitol Hill for more than a decade.
Books2 places
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Independent bookstore founded in 1973, now on 10th Ave, with more than 150,000 titles on cedar shelves across several levels, a Little Oddfellows café and frequent author events.
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Used bookstore on Harvard Ave with a large, fast-changing stock from Shakespeare to science fiction, plus rare and collectible titles; started as a book cart in 1987.
Boutiques2 places
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Melrose Market shop with men's, women's and unisex clothing and shoes, jewelry, apothecary goods, ceramics, furniture and live plants; it runs quarterly workshops.
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Women's boutique at the corner of 12th and Pike since 2019, selling clothing, accessories and jewelry from emerging and established designers plus its own Seattle-designed label.
Menswear1 place
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San Francisco menswear brand's Seattle store on E Pine, carrying its seasonal collections and core staples and, from time to time, rare vintage pieces from the company archive.
Specialty1 place
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Eyewear store on E Pine between Melrose and Bellevue avenues selling the brand's glasses and sunglasses, with eye exams for glasses and contacts bookable online.
Home1 place
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Houseplant shop on Pine St at the foot of Capitol Hill with affordable plants, including baby-sized ones, plus terrariums, moss gardens and gardening workshops.
Food & drink1 place
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Ice cream shop open since 2009 just south of Cal Anderson Park; everything is churned on site in one of the company's largest kitchens, which also supplies its other walk-up windows.
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Typical hours
Most shops keep the hours below.
Hours vary by individual store. Always check with specific retailers.
Eat, drink, stay
Between shops, close by.
Top restaurants nearby
All of Eat →- SpinasseItalian (Piedmontese) · Piedmontese trattoria on 14th Ave known for its handmade pastas.
- ArtusiItalian · Spinasse's next-door sibling, an aperitivo bar with snack-sized Italian plates and meatballs.
- Cafe SulimanMiddle Eastern · Middle Eastern wine bar inside Melrose Market.
- Meet Korean BBQKorean barbecue · Tabletop Korean barbecue on E Pike St with premium cuts such as wagyu, prime Angus and kurobuta pork.
- Tamari BarJapanese · Japanese bar on E Pine St, best known for its sashimi.
- Taneda Sushi In KaisekiJapanese, Omakase · Nine-seat omakase counter on Broadway serving sushi in a kaiseki-style progression.
- Annapurna CafeNepalese, Indian · Broadway spot for Himalayan momo and Indian classics.
- Maripili Tapas BarSpanish · Galician-style tapas bar on 12th Ave with paella.
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Getting here
Parking and transit.
Metered parking lines Broadway E, and there is a paid lot near the Chase bank and QFC on Broadway. Link light rail's Capitol Hill Station is about 0.4 miles from the Pike Street shops. Shops generally open around 11am. Glasswing is open daily 11am–6pm, Taylor Stitch daily 11am–7pm and Crossroads daily 11am–8pm, and Molly Moon's runs to 10pm, 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Elliott Bay, Twice Sold Tales, Pretty Parlor, Sway and Cake, Throwbacks NW and The Plant Store don't post hours, so call ahead. Several longtime shops closed in 2026, including Wall of Sound, Ada's Technical Books, Haunted Burrow Books and Glossier's 10th Ave store, so double-check older guides.
- PParkingMetered street parking lines Broadway E, and there is a paid lot near the Chase bank and QFC on Broadway. Link light rail's Capitol Hill Station is a short walk away; Sound Transit puts it about 0.4 miles from the Pike Street shops.
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