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8 guides · updated weekly

Shopping guides.

Deep dives into SEA's neighborhoods, occasions and obsessions: where to go, what to buy, and where to eat after. Written by locals, checked against the shops themselves.

Newest · Gift Guide

Seattle Food Gifts That Ship: Chowder, Salmon and More

Seven Seattle foods that ship nationwide through Goldbelly: Pike Place Chowder, Pike Place Fish Market salmon, Honest Biscuits and Trophy Cupcakes.

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Seasonal Guide

Seattle Mall Holiday Hours 2026: Black Friday & Christmas

Seattle Premium Outlets and Tacoma Mall are closed Thanksgiving. The outlets open at 5am on Black Friday; Tacoma Mall at 6am. Alderwood and U Village haven't posted yet. All hours from each mall's own site.

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Gift Guide

Seattle Gifts 2026: Pike Place to U Village

18 Seattle gifts from Eighth Generation, the Seattle Art Museum Shop, The Handmade Showroom, glassybaby and more, each price checked on the shop's own site, from $6.50 up.

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Visitor Guide

Ballard Shopping Walk: Ballard Avenue, NW Market Street and the Sunday Market

A walk through Ballard's shops: the boutiques, jewelers and curiosity shop on the cobbled stretch of Ballard Ave NW, then records and books on NW Market St, with the Sunday farmers market and where to park.

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Style Guide

Shopping Near Seattle University: Capitol Hill, Broadway and Downtown

A guide to shopping around Seattle U: the Redhawk Shop online and at campus pop-ups, budget groceries and the Sunday farmers market, Capitol Hill's bookstores and resale shops, and the streetcar and light rail to downtown.

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Style Guide

Shopping Near Seattle Pacific University: Fremont, Ballard and the Campus Bookstore

A guide to shopping around SPU: the bookstore on West Bertona, groceries at PCC in Fremont and Fred Meyer in Ballard, Fremont's vintage, books and Sunday market, Ballard's record shops, and the buses that connect them.

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Style Guide

Shopping Near the University of Washington: The Ave, the U District and University Village

A guide to shopping around UW: University Book Store on The Ave and in the HUB, groceries in the U District and at University Village, the shops and dessert stops of U Village, and Link light rail from two campus stations.

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Hotel Guide

Seattle Hotels Near the Best Shopping

17 Seattle hotels sorted by the shopping attached or closest, from Pike Place Market and Downtown Seattle to Bellevue Square & The Bravern, with the 3 MICHELIN Key hotels marked.

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