Market stalls & oddities · Pike Pl from Pike St to Virginia St
Pike Place Market
Pike Pl, the arcades and the DownUnder.
Pike Place Market is the multi-level public market above the waterfront, with produce and seafood stalls on the arcade, a daily crafts market, and old bookshops, comic and ephemera dealers in the DownUnder levels below. It suits food shoppers, collectors and anyone hunting Seattle-made gifts, from spices and chocolate cherries to hats and maps.
Market stalls · Old bookshops · Seattle-made gifts
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- ParkingThe Market's own garage (Blue Garage at 1531 Western Ave and 1530 Alaskan Way, Red Garage at 1901 Western Ave) is open 5am–2am, charging $8 per hour up to $36 for 4–10 hours, with a $17 Early Bird (in before 9am, out by 9pm) and a $10 flat rate after 5pm. Westlake and Symphony Link light rail stations are a few blocks away, and many King County Metro routes stop on 3rd Ave at Pike and Pine.
Insider guide
Shopping Pike Place.
The story
Pike Place Market opened on August 17, 1907, and the neon "Public Market Center" clock and sign went up in 1937, with Rachel the bronze piggy bank beneath it since 1986. Shopping covers Pike Pl from Pike St to Virginia St, the Main and North Arcades with produce, seafood and the daily Crafts Market, and the DownUnder levels below. Around the edges are the 1st Ave storefronts between Pike and Pine and Western Ave from Pike St to Virginia St.
Food to Carry Home
DeLaurenti Food & Wine (1435 1st Ave), at the Economy Market entrance since 1946, has more than 200 cheeses, cured meats and 1,800+ wines upstairs; come early Friday or Saturday for its handmade fresh mozzarella. Chukar Cherries, in the Market since 1992, sells dried and chocolate-covered cherries in gift tins. MarketSpice, which began as a Market stall in 1911, sells bulk and packaged teas and spices. indi chocolate sells chocolate, cacao teas and spice rubs, and Tenzing Momo stocks 400+ medicinal herbs, bulk teas and incense.
Books, Comics and Paper
The DownUnder levels hold the bookshops. Golden Age Collectables, founded in 1961 and thought to be the oldest comic shop in the world, sells new and vintage comics and buys them too. Pine Books, formerly Lion Heart Book Store, sells new children's books, poetry and local history; take the ramp by City Fish Company. BLMF Literary Saloon has crowded stacks and an owner who gives each customer a recommendation, and Old Seattle Paperworks, here since 1978, sells postcards, vintage magazines, posters and botanical prints. Lamplight Books in the Sanitary Market Building focuses on literary translations, and Chin Music Press on Level 3 sells its own books.
On 1st Ave, Metsker Maps (1511 1st Ave) stocks world maps, globes, guidebooks and hiking maps, and Left Bank Books Collective, worker-owned since 1973, has more than 10,000 books on radical politics plus fiction, poetry and zines.
Gifts, Hats and Home
Eighth Generation (1406 1st Ave), a Native-owned brand's flagship, sells only Native-designed blankets, art prints, jewelry and socks; it is cashless. Watson Kennedy mixes vintage and new homewares with gifts. Down on Western Ave, Eclipse Hat Shop (1518), started at the Market in 1949, is an authorized Stetson seller that also resizes and reblocks hats. At 1516 Western Ave, Brooke Westlund Studio & Gallery shows abstract and mixed-media paintings, some using Market photographs, and Magpie Mouse Studios makes one-of-a-kind enamel jewelry. Kubode (1529) sells kokedama, plants grown in moss-wrapped root balls, and Ugly Baby (1430) sells waterproof Shower Art: start at the Gum Wall and follow the sidewalk chalk unicorns.
Eating in the Market
Pike Place Chowder does chowders and lobster rolls at a counter. Athenian Seafood Restaurant and Bar in the Main Arcade has Puget Sound views and chowder in a bread bowl, and Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar at the north end shucks oysters. Matt's in the Market serves Northwest cooking above the Market clock. On Post Alley, Café Campagne (1600) is a French café for breakfast and The Pink Door (1919) has a patio over Elliott Bay. Le Pichet (1933 1st Ave) is a small French bistro, and Sushi Kashiba serves omakase at a wooden counter.
The directory
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Books7 places
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Independent map shop tracing back to Charles Metsker's 1901 Northwest charts, stocking world maps, globes, guidebooks, hiking and road maps, map art and atlases for kids.
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Worker-owned anarchist bookstore at First and Pike since 1973, with more than 10,000 new and used books on radical politics plus fiction, poetry, periodicals and zines.
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Comic shop founded in 1961 and thought to be the oldest in the world, selling new and vintage comics, manga, games, Funko and Star Wars collectibles; it also buys comics.
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Renovated lower-level bookstore, formerly Lion Heart Book Store, selling new children's books, poetry, philosophy and local history; a bookshop has filled this spot since 1961.
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Used bookshop in the Market's lower levels with crowded, chaotic stacks of fiction and nonfiction on odd subjects; the owner gives personal recommendations to each customer.
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Used bookstore in the Sanitary Market Building focused on literary translations, with popular fiction, nonfiction, classics and vintage children's books on the shelves too.
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Independent Seattle publisher's shop on Market Level 3, selling its own books and visual and tactile works, often by first-time authors, such as the Travel Cats series.
Food & drink4 places
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Italian and specialty grocery at the Economy Market entrance since 1946, with 200+ cheeses, cured meats, 1,800+ wines upstairs, microbrews and a café counter for sandwiches and espresso.
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Washington cherry-orchard company in the Market since 1992, selling naturally dried and chocolate-covered cherries, nuts and sauces with no preservatives; a common stop for gift tins.
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Tea and spice shop that began as a small stall in Pike Place Market in 1911 and still keeps its retail store here, selling bulk and prepackaged teas and spices.
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Cacao shop at the north end of Western Ave selling chocolate and other cacao-based goods: cacao teas, spice rubs, mixology kits and cocoa-butter body care.
Gifts2 places
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Shop behind the Market known for waterproof Shower Art that hangs on a suction cup, plus shirts, pins, magnets, craft kits and stickers from independent artists.
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Native-owned brand's flagship across 1st Ave from the Market, selling only Native-designed goods: wool and cotton blankets, art prints, jewelry, home goods, socks and bags. Cashless.
Home2 places
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Plant shop on Western Ave specializing in kokedama, Japanese-style plants grown in moss-wrapped root balls instead of pots.
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Gift and home shop on Pine St at the Market mixing vintage and new homewares, furniture and stylish gifts; a second Watson Kennedy store is on First Avenue.
Specialty1 place
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Herb shop in the Economy Atrium billing itself as the West Coast's oldest, with 400+ medicinal herbs, 100 oils and fragrances, bulk teas, incense, Tibetan statuary and tarot readings.
Vintage1 place
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Paper-ephemera dealer in the DownUnder since 1978, with postcards, vintage magazines, posters, newspapers, maps and botanical and anatomical prints, under the same owners since 1976.
Fashion1 place
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Hat shop started at the Market in 1949 and run by milliner Sharon Hagerty, an authorized Stetson seller, with fedoras, custom felt and straw hats, vintage hats, resizing and reblocking.
Galleries1 place
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Artist's studio and gallery on Western Ave showing Brooke Westlund's abstract and mixed-media paintings, some using Market photographs, plus guest artists and art classes.
Jewelry1 place
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Western Ave studio making handmade, one-of-a-kind enamel jewelry, which also runs private enamel jewelry workshops for small groups.
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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 →- Pike Place ChowderSeafood, Chowder · Counter-service chowder shop in Post Alley with New England clam, smoked salmon, seared scallop and halibut chowders, seafood bisque and Maine-style lobster rolls.
- Emmett Watson's Oyster BarSeafood, Oyster bar · Casual oyster bar at the north end of the Market, just past the original Starbucks, shucking oysters alongside creamy clam chowder, fish tacos and shrimp cocktail.
- Athenian Seafood Restaurant and BarSeafood, American · Old-school seafood counter and bar in the Main Arcade with Puget Sound views and house-made clam chowder in a cup or sourdough bread bowl.
- The Pink DoorItalian · Unsigned Italian-American restaurant on Post Alley with lasagna, pappardelle bolognese, live entertainment and a patio over Elliott Bay.$$$$
- Matt's in the MarketPacific Northwest · Second-floor dining room above the Market clock with seasonal Northwest cooking, a fried catfish sandwich and potato chips with hot bacon dip.
- Café CampagneFrench · French café on Post Alley known for breakfast quiche with crab, comté and caramelized onion, oeufs en meurette and brioche French toast.
- Le PichetFrench bistro · Small bistro on 1st Ave at the edge of the Market, serving charcuterie, cured pork, frites and a slow-roasted chicken.
- Sushi KashibaJapanese, Sushi · Edomae-style sushi counter from Shiro Kashiba, with omakase at the wooden counter built on Pacific Northwest seafood.$$$$
Top hotels nearby
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Inn at the Market
Boutique hotel inside Pike Place Market with rooms facing the Market, the city or Elliott Bay, and a rooftop deck looking over Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains.
86 Pine St · - Hotel
Thompson Seattle
158-room, 12-story hotel by Olson Kundig with floor-to-ceiling windows, mid-century rooms, Conversation restaurant for Puget Sound seafood and Nest, a rooftop bar.
110 Stewart St · - Hotel
Palihotel Seattle
96-room retro, eclectic hotel with custom furniture and rain showers, beside the Market.
107 Pine St · - Hotel
Four Seasons Hotel Seattle
147-room hotel over Elliott Bay with floor-to-ceiling bay-view rooms, a rooftop infinity pool and Goldfinch Tavern.
99 Union St · - Hotel
The Edgewater
223-room hotel built over Elliott Bay for the 1962 World's Fair, with a gas fireplace in every room and Six Seven restaurant. The Beatles stayed in 1964 and were photographed fishing from a window; their room is kept as the Beatles Suite.
2411 Alaskan Way · - Hotel
Hotel 1000
120-room hotel with woodsy, Pacific Rim decor, ceiling-fill baths, a spa and All Water Seafood and Oyster Bar, between Pike Place and Pioneer Square.
1000 1st Ave · - Hotel
The Alexis Royal Sonesta Hotel Seattle
121-room boutique hotel with suites themed around Seattle's arts community and the Bookstore Bar & Café, close to the waterfront, the Market and Pioneer Square.
1007 1st Ave ·
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Getting here
Parking and transit.
Most of the Market runs 10am–5pm, with produce and seafood from 7am, farm tables 9am–4pm, the Crafts Market 11am–4pm and merchant buildings open daily 9am–7pm; it closes only on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Through the winter, Pike Place itself is closed to most cars Friday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm, under a city pilot. The Market's garage (1531 Western Ave and 1901 Western Ave) charges $8 an hour, with a $17 Early Bird if you drive in before 9am and a $10 flat rate after 5pm. Eclipse is closed Monday, and Metsker Maps stays open to 8pm on Friday and Saturday. Pine Books, BLMF, Kubode, Ugly Baby and indi chocolate don't post hours, so call ahead.
- PParkingThe Market's own garage (Blue Garage at 1531 Western Ave and 1530 Alaskan Way, Red Garage at 1901 Western Ave) is open 5am–2am, charging $8 per hour up to $36 for 4–10 hours, with a $17 Early Bird (in before 9am, out by 9pm) and a $10 flat rate after 5pm. Westlake and Symphony Link light rail stations are a few blocks away, and many King County Metro routes stop on 3rd Ave at Pike and Pine.
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