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Name: Pike Place Market
Address: First Ave. and Pike Pl.
City, State: Seattle, Washington USA
What's it like?
Seattle is virtually surrounded by water, so any visit to this growing Pacific Rim metropolis should begin on the waterfront,
within earshot of the gulls and foghorns, among the harbors that have always been its lifeblood.
On Elliott Bay in the area of the Sea Aquarium, the exuberant Pike Place Market has been a Seattle institution since 1907, making it the oldest continuously operating farmer's market in the US.
A tourist trap loved by locals and visitors alike, it sprawls across seven city blocks and fills sixteen
multilevel buildings with 600 vendors speaking dozens of different
languages.
Amazingly, it has remained largely unchanged through much of its colorful life, with wise cracking fish mongers still screaming
"Fish up!" or "Low-flying fish!" before tossing their catch like so many footballs for the amusement of passersby.
The variety of the seafood is astonishing - witness local specialties like just-caught Dungeness crab,
Coho salmon, halibut, diver-caught pink
scallops from the nearby San Juan Islands, spot prawns (Northwest shrimp) and clams and oysters chilling on mountains of shaved ice.
The city that gave the world Starbuck promises a caffeine fix at every turn (the original Starbucks opened in 1971 and is found here in the market)
as well as jewelry, tchotchkes, crusty fresh-baked bread, a meadow's worth of cut flowers and the chance to graze your way around the globe.
Paired with local produce, the bounty of these waters and the city's ever growing Asian population make for a remarkably sophisticated dining scene.
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