Pike Place Market
Century-old public farmers market of open-air stalls, crafts, and food vendors above the waterfront.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Pike Place Market in Seattle traces the farmers' fight against Seattle's produce commission houses, whose price-fixing sent onion prices from ten cents to a dollar a pound by 1907. It follows councilman Thomas Revelle's ordinance letting farmers sell directly from their wagons, and the commission merchants who tried to strangle the plan before it could open. You'll also hear how the market later handed out stalls by lottery, giving a grower with one crate the same shot as one with ten.
This audio guide was created using AI.
Similar places
Ballard Farmers Market
Cobblestone street market of Washington-grown produce, running rain or shine every Sunday since two thousand.
Fremont Sunday Street Market
Weekly open-air bazaar of vintage finds, handmade crafts, and a curbside food court of global bites.
Pike Place Fish Market
Bustling seafood counter where fishmongers hurl whole salmon overhead to cheering crowds.
The Gum Wall
Sticky brick alley wall plastered with millions of gum wads left by decades of theatergoers.
Theo Chocolate
Converted trolley barn housing North America's first organic, fair-trade certified bean-to-bar chocolate factory.
Uwajimaya Seattle
Sprawling Asian supermarket with a fish counter, food court, and imported goods from across the Pacific Rim.