Best of the City The Insider's Guide to Pike Place Market 85 farmers. 240 stalls, shops and restaurants. At least a dozen languages spoken. 10 million visitors per year. Welcome to Pike Place, destination for visitors and locals alike—and for very good reason. By Seattle Met Staff . In This Feature: Pike Place Market's New MarketFront Has Arrived The glassy, expanded wing officially opens this afternoon. 06/29/2017 By Rosin Saez Best Pike Place Market Dining: Quick and Casual Looking for a snack? Here’s where locals grab lunch. Or eclairs. Or biscuit sandwiches. 06/26/2017 By Seattle Met Staff Best Pike Place Market Dining: Proper Sit-Down Meals The town’s grand master of sushi and one of the most atmospheric dining rooms in town are both hidden within the maze of the Market. 06/27/2017 By Seattle Met Staff Best Pike Place Market Drinking From made-right-here beer to seriously excellent cocktails. 06/27/2017 By Seattle Met Staff Explainer: Pike Place Market's New MarketFront Wing Seattle's iconic emporium gains a many-angled annex. 05/15/2017 By Allecia Vermillion A Pike Place Market Shopping Crawl Yes, locals do buy stuff here. 08/20/2015 By Allecia Vermillion Spectacular Views and Seafood Abound at Tankard and Tun Pike Brewing's new market restaurant opened this week just above its beer-filled pub. 07/07/2017 By Rosin Saez The Remodeled Pink Door Open Again for Business Did absence make the heart grow fonder or what? 05/08/2017 By Kathryn Robinson The Best Places to Shop In the Market, According to Chefsteps Grant Crilly of culinary website Chefsteps shows us around his favorite Pike Place spots. 07/01/2014 By Allecia Vermillion The Cult of Ellenos Is Real How Seattle came to freak out about this (admittedly mind-blowing) Greek yogurt. 08/18/2016 By Allecia Vermillion Meet the Ghosts That Haunt the Market Mercedes Yaeger, owner of Market Ghost Tours, introduces Pike Place’s most distinguished ghouls. 06/03/2011 By James Ross Gardner Pike and Western Wine Shop Celebrates 40 Years Owner Michael Teer on the iconic corner store and the industry that helped it grow. 08/20/2015 By Aoife Reilly The Day Pike Place Market Almost Died (Again) How Victor Steinbrueck and his family saved Pike Place Market from demolition (twice). 05/20/2011 By James Ross Gardner Louie Gong Is an Original A Pike Place designer reclaims appropriated native art—and inspires his community to do the same. 02/20/2017 By Rosin Saez