A Tale of Two Markets - Part One - The Pike Place Market

When I was in the coffee roasting cafe business we opened a shop in the new Covent Garden Market in London Ontario. One of the markets used as an example of the type of market  the city wanted this new market to be was the Pike Place Market in Seattle.

The market is housed in several buildings 

So, despite the fact that our time in Seattle was short, we did take an afternoon to visit this market. Unfortunately it was Easter Day so many of the business were closed and it was hard to understand what the London folks were so excited about. The seafood vendors all were closed but this one looked interesting:

The cheese shop was very busy, as were the cheese makers:

The vats were huge. 

There appeared to be only one vegetable vendor:

I expected a larger display and more veggie vendors

The bagels looked like they were made "Montreal-style". Yum

And there were many tulips for sale:

Beautiful!

But the highlight of the visit was a cafe latte at the original Starbucks. They were really busy and there was no way I could get a photo that would show you what it was like so I "borrowed" this one from their website:

The store is quite unique and in no way resembles the Starbucks we see in most locations. You can read all about it on the Starbucks website.

While an historic landmark in Seattle, this is not the original store. It actually opened first in another location and moved to this spot 5 years later.  A smart move!

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