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Across Pike Street are the Bainbridge Island; and ferries refute. To see where the coffee
Corner Market (1912) and skimming across the bay. craze started, visit Starbucks®
Sanitary Market (1910) – two of If the inn seems oddly Pike Place, the first shop in
the several buildings constructed familiar, that may be because the omnipresent chain.
during the market’s first two of its supporting role in the Opened in 1971, at 2000
decades as it prospered, and 1993 movie Sleepless in Seattle. Western Avenue, Starbucks®
so named because horse-drawn Coffee, Tea and Spices moved
carts were not allowed inside. to its Pike Place location in 1976.
Today all three market buildings 3 Post Alley Named after the first mate in
house retail shops, restaurants, Stewart to Virginia Sts between Pike Pl Herman Melville’s Moby Dick,
and cafés. & 1st Ave. Map 3 B1. @ 15, 18. 7 the company’s first logo – a
Pike Place Market will volup tu ous two-tailed mermaid
undergo a major expansion, Post Alley has a decidedly encircled by the original
termed Market Front, in 2017, European ambience. Along this name – still greets visitors
which will add a public plaza brick-paved passageway are at this small store.
and a path to the waterfront. two of the city’s favorite haunts. In the early days, Starbucks®
The Pink Door (1919 Post Alley) did not sell coffee by the cup;
( Pike Place Fish is an Italian trattoria identified the focus was on whole-bean
Pike Place Market (Main Arcade). only by an unmarked pink door. coffee. Occasionally, they
Tel 1 (800) 542-7732. Open 6:30am– Come summer, the restaurant’s offered tasting samples in
6pm Mon–Sat, 7am–5pm Sun. 7 terrace, with its impressive porcelain cups, creating loyal
∑ pikeplacefish.com harbor view, is popular with customers by educating them
locals – and tourists who on the finer points of quality
happily stumble upon the coffee. In 1985, inspired by
elusive restaurant. Across the Italian coffeehouses, Starbucks®
alley, Kell’s Irish Restaurant and served its first caffè latte, made
Pub (1916 Post Alley) pours with espresso and steamed
Guinness and offers live Celtic milk. Today, visitors to the flag-
music in cozy surroundings. ship store can choose from a
Above the shops of long list of coffee drinks,
Post Alley are condo- as can the millions of
miniums and apart- customers around the
ments, many housing world. Indeed, more
The entrance to the Athenian Inn in Pike the market’s some than 80 million cust-
Place Market 500 residents, several omers visit Starbucks®
of whom are low- each week.
2 Athenian Inn income seniors. In 2014, Starbucks®
1517 Pike Pl (Main Arcade). The original Starbucks® introduced the
Map 3 C1. Tel (206) 624-7166. 4 Starbucks® sign, at its first location fascinating, one-of-
@ 15, 18. Open 6:30am–8:30pm Pike Place its-kind Starbucks
Mon–Thu, 6:30am–9:30pm Fri & Sat, Reserve® Roastery & Tasting
9am–4:30pm Sun. 7 1st floor only. 1912 Pike Pl. Map 3 B1. Tel (206) 448- Room (1124 Pike St; 6:30am–
8762. @ 15, 18. Open 6am–7:30pm 11pm daily; http://roastery.
The Athenian Inn has been in Mon–Fri, 6:30am–7:30pm Sat & Sun. starbucks.com). This
operation nearly as long as the 7 ∑ starbucks.com 15,600-sq-ft (1,449-sq-m)
market itself. Opened by three expanse includes roasting
brothers in 1909, it evolved from Seattle is said to be the most facilities, coffee bars, shops,
a bakery and luncheonette to caffeinated city in the US, a a restaurant, and a library,
a tavern and, later, a restau rant. distinction Seattleites don’t spread over two floors.
It was, in 1933, one of the first
restaurants in Seattle to get a
liquor license. Neither flashy nor
fancy, this diner serves old-time
favorites like corned beef hash,
with generous helpings of local
color. However, the best reason
to visit the Athenian Inn is not
for the food but for the view
of Elliott Bay. Nab one of the
wooden booths at the back of
the restaurant and you will see
the Duwamish waterway, with
its impressive container-ship
loading facility; West Seattle; The interior of Starbucks® Pike Place

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