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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

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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

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