We are in Seattle, we are keeping a travel blog, so it is a must to have a post on the Pike Place Market. Established in 1907, the market is charming in a Dickensian sort of way,but is very shabby with run down infrastructure (I got an electric shock from the wiring in a change room). The market has just started modernisation and rennovation, so I'm glad to have to have seen it in its original state.
Probably the most famous stall at the market is the self styled World Famous Pike Place Fish Market. These guys have a great stock of banter and repartee and are known for throwing customer orders across the counters (it's too far to walk round they say.) This piscatorial performance gathers crowds of spectators; and notoriety; the stall has appeared in several films and on televsion (Sleepless in Seattle and Frasier among them.)Can't get to the market? No problem. The World Famous Fishists (they named themselves as they thought it would be good marketing);have their own Fish Web Cam...
Stalls at the market contain all the usual suspects; ,fruit, veggies, meat, more fish, flowers, restaurants, craft, brick a brack, antiques etc, but there are also several vendors who are unique to the market:
- Chukar Cherries (yum, those Chocolate covered Bing Cherries)
- Market Magic - (old,old magic store wonderful vintage posters)
- Specialist chilli sellers
- Giant Shoe Museum - (at Old Seattle Paperworks)
- Dentist
- Pike Pub Brewery (specialist beers brewed in site including the Kilt Lifter)
- De Laurenti - (delli with a huge range of cheeses)
The original Starbucks is also at the market. But there are far better places to get coffee in Seattle.
Chukar cherries
Chilli vendor - don't try to get served here unless you are under 30 and female.
Pub brewrySO just what is a rotary grocery?
One of the many vintage posters at Market Magic
Meanwhile, at the Giant Shoe Museum, they have the "Greatest Shoe on Earth." (Groan.)
And the dentist
Another self explanatory one...
A specialist bookseller
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