LOOK OUT FOR FLYING FISH—AND GREAT SHOPPING
Pike Place Market has several lower levels below the main level, each featuring a wide variety of shops. You’ll find antiques, comic books and collectibles, and quaint family-owned restaurants. Back on the upper street level there are fresh produce stands, craft stalls, and the world-famous fishmongers at Pike Place Fish Market. This is where the employees toss large salmon and other fish to each other, from the ice-covered table over the countertop to another employee, who catches it and prepares it for sale.
Also at Pike Place, coffee lovers can get their caffeine at the very first Starbucks Coffee store, which started there 40 years ago—selling coffee beans and coffee-brewing equipment and accessories.
There’s even an unofficial mascot at Pike Place Market: Rachel, a bronze-cast piggy bank designed by a local artist. Visitors actually fill it with up to $10,000 a year, which is used to support the Market’s social services efforts.
Whether you’re shopping for fresh fish, high-quality coffee, or any of the other unique offerings available, you have a variety of options in hotels near Pike Place Market.
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