Pike Place Fish
It's the guys who throw the fish in the Pike Place Market—and if you can get through the tourists, they (commendably) sell 100 percent sustainable seafood.
86 Pike Place
Pike Place Market
206-682-7181
Pike Place Market
206-682-7181
Market Grill
Fresh fish, grilled to order and served right into your hungry hands, is not an easy thing to find for cheap downtown. Get yourself to the Market Grill, tucked…
1509 Pike Pl #3
Pike Place Market
(206) 682-2654
Pike Place Market
(206) 682-2654
Mee Sum Pastry
Pike Place Market is a jewel box, and Mee Sum Pastry is my favorite gem. The small take-out-only shop sells cheap Chinese eats: barbecue pork sticks, crab rang…
1526 Pike Pl
Pike Place Market
206-682-6780
Pike Place Market
206-682-6780
Pike Place Chowder
It’s a clam-claim assault, all the plaques and cries of “Nation’s Best!” as you step up to the register at Pike Place Chowder. But then you put a spoonful of p…
1530 Post Alley
Pike Place Market
206-267-2537
Pike Place Market
206-267-2537
Betsutenjin Ramen
A ramen spot popular for its bone broth and green tea mochi waffles, among other things.
954 East Union St
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
Pink Door
The light in the rosy dining room makes everyone look good, but it’s the outdoor deck with its Puget Sound view that draws giant crowds when the weather’s righ…
1919 Post Alley
Pike Place Market
206-443-3241
Pike Place Market
206-443-3241
Country Dough
A meal at Cheng Biao Yang’s tiny sliver of Pike Place Market involves a cascading set of choices. Do you want a crunchy grilled flatbread sandwich? Or the thic…
1916 Pike Place #14
Pike Place Market
206-728-2598
Pike Place Market
206-728-2598
Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar
The place’s motto is “Beer, Wine, and Food for Thought, Est. 1978,” and while the whole place is great, the small bar in the back is the greatest. Oysters on t…
1916 Pike Pl, Ste 16
Pike Place Market
206-448-7721
Pike Place Market
206-448-7721
Cafe 56
Cafe 56 is owned and operated by the folks behind Elliott's Oyster House near the waterfront. It's popular enough among tourists but overall not anything memor…
1201 Alaskan Way, Pier 56
Seattle Waterfront
(206) 623-4340
Seattle Waterfront
(206) 623-4340
Elliott's Oyster House
You can eat oysters on the half shell all year long, and Elliott’s shipshape, brass-railing bar (and lovely Sound-side outdoor deck during summertime) is just …
1201 Alaskan Way, Pier 56
Seattle Waterfront
206-623-4340
Seattle Waterfront
206-623-4340
Ivar's Acres of Clams
Old-timey jaunty-cap-wearer Ivar Haglund lives on as a local legend, and rightfully so—he once staged an octopus prizefight, and when a thousand gallons of syr…
1001 Alaskan Way
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-6852
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-6852
Seatown Market & Fishfry
Tom Douglas's Seatown Seabar & Rotisserie next to Pike Place Market has reopened as Seatown Market & Fishfry, serving clam and bacon chowder, salmon burgers, o…
2010 Western Ave
Pike Place Market
206-436-0390
Pike Place Market
206-436-0390