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Pike Place Fish Market is an open-air fish market at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, United States, located at the corner of Pike Street and Pike Place. Founded in 1930, it is known for its tradition of fishmongers throwing the fish purchased by customers prior to wrapping it. [ 1 ]
The market was created in 1907 when city councilman Thomas P. Revelle took advantage of the precedent of an 1896 Seattle city ordinance that allowed the city to designate tracts of land as public markets [12] and designated a portion of the area of Western Avenue above the Elliott Bay tideflats off Pike Street and First Avenue. [13]
The first Washington Hotel (1891–1906, center, background) sits atop the small, steep Denny Hill, regraded in 1906–1907. This is taken from somewhere near Railroad Avenue, the present-day Alaskan Way. This 1905 Sanborn map, dating from just before the founding of the Market (and before Pike Place was built), shows the heart of today's ...
List of restaurants in Pike Place Market Name Lifespan Food type Image Athenian Seafood Restaurant and Bar: 1909–present Seafood Bavarian Meats: 1961–2020 German Beecher's Handmade Cheese: 2003–present Biscuit Bitch: Cajun, Southern Cafe Campagne: French The Confectional: Copacabana Restaurant: Bolivian Country Dough: 2015–2021 Chinese ...
The fish market and seafood bar Jack's Fish Spot operates in Pike Place Market's Sanitary Market building, [1] in the Central Waterfront district of Seattle. The business has stocked dungeness crab, manila clams, flounder, [2] mussels, [3] sockeye and king salmon, and oysters. [4]
Athenian Seafood Restaurant and Bar, or simply The Athenian, [1] is a seafood restaurant in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington. The business was established in 1909, [2] and became one of Seattle's first to acquire a beer license in 1933. The Athenian appeared in Sleepless in Seattle. [1]
The standard New England chowder is satisfying, but for a truly Northwest experience, best to go for the smoked salmon and seafood bisque." [10] In a 2021 list of 26 "iconic Seattle bites", the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said, "The New England clam chowder at Pike Place Chowder has been named the No. 1 dish among Yelpers across the country."
Overlook Walk is a bridge over Alaskan Way in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. Completed in 2024, the bridge serves as a pedestrian path to connect the Central Waterfront district and Pike Place Market. [1] Construction on the project began in June 2022. [2] [3] [4]