The shop at 1912 Pike Place keeps the original brown mermaid logo and sells beans out of sacks. It is small, there is usually a line down the pavement, and there is nowhere to sit.
We will happily stop. We will also tell you that the coffee is identical to the branch two streets away, and that the twenty minutes might be better spent in the Market's lower levels.
What our drivers would tell you
- Queue is shortest before 8am and after 6pm.
- It is inside the Market stop — it does not need its own slot in the day.
This store since1976
Company founded1971
Time we allow20 min
SeatingNone
Where it is
Nearby, and often on the same day
What else fits around The first Starbucks.
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0h 15mKerry Park
The view on every Seattle postcard — a 15-minute stop, and worth it.
1h 15mSpace Needle
Built for a World's Fair in 400 days, and never taken down.
1h 15mChihuly Garden and Glass
Dale Chihuly's glass, indoors and out, at the foot of the Needle.
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