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The Starbucks Reserve Roastery (or simply the Seattle Roastery) is a Starbucks location in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, [1] the operation is part of the company's Starbucks Reserve program. The location has been described as Starbuck's "flagship Reserve Roastery", and workers at the site ...
The Pike Place Starbucks store, also known as the Original Starbucks, is the first Starbucks store, established in 1971 at Pike Place Market, in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington, United States. The store's exterior in February 2014. The doors to the first Starbucks store opened on March 30, 1971.
Starbucks now owns the Seattle's Best Coffee (SBC) brand, which traces its history back to Stewart Brothers' Coffee, which arrived in the Market several months before Starbucks was founded. [77] On March 8, 2011, the store was the site of a NASDAQ opening bell ringing as Starbucks kicked off its 40th anniversary. [78]
Waterfront Park and the Alaskan Way Viaduct, in 2008. As of 2020, the main route along the Central Waterfront is Alaskan Way.Alaskan Way follows the route of the earlier railway line and one-time Railroad Avenue along the "Ram's Horn" from just north of S. Holgate Street in the Industrial District to Broad Street at the north end of the Central Waterfront.
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]
By 1960, the Central Waterfront was beginning to take on its current recreational character, [2] as shipping moved primarily to the container port in the Industrial District south of Downtown. [ 3 ] In 1968, King County voters approved a Forward Thrust bond issue to acquire the land for the park, which was matched by federal money and augmented ...
The Tacoma sections opened in October 1962 from the Puyallup River to the Kent–Des Moines Road (now SR 516) in Midway, [92] and in October 1964 in downtown Tacoma. [93] Construction of the Seattle section began in 1958 with work on the Ship Canal Bridge, which was opened to traffic on December 18, 1962. [94]
Starbucks is Seattle's largest coffee retailer. It was founded in 1971 in Pike Place Market as a roaster, but only later became an espresso bar. In 1984 ownership of the company changed and Howard Schultz led a massive international expansion of the company. [ 13 ]