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City Cellars
There's no snobbery at City Cellars, just great wines at reasonable prices. In the adjoining storefront, check out Bottleworks Inc (206-633-2437; Suite 3, 1710 N 45th St), which sells mostly imported bottled beer.
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Continental Store
By 'the continent,' they mean Germany; here's where to pick up imported foods, books and knickknacks. There's also a great deli.
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Delaurenti's
DeLaurenti's is a mandatory market stop for the Italian chef or continental food enthusiast. Not only is there a stunning selection of cheese, sausages, hams and pasta, but there's also the largest selection of capers, olive oil and anchovies that you're likely to find this side of Genoa. The wine selection is also quite broad.
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Dilettante Chocolates
If you have a sweet tooth to satisfy, try the confection truffles here. Great selection of desserts, too. You can taste chocolates in the shop, along with good coffee and other snacks, or pick up a box to take home. The European-style chocolates are made in-house.
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Easy Street Records & Café
This place has everything: rock-and-roll, coffee, beer, food and an open, airy place to hang out while enjoying all of the above. Any place where you can shop for new import records, have a beer and then kick back on the couch for a while is bound to attract attention, and you might have to elbow some hipsters out of your way to grab that coveted album - just try not to spill. Also located at Queen Anne, 20 West Mercer St (ph: 691-3279)
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Hau Hau Market
Hau Hau is a modern and bustling Chinese and Vietnamese food market where you can get cheap produce, specialty meats such as pork ears and chicken feet, fireworks, and Asian gifts and knickknacks.
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Jack's Fish Spot
Perhaps the gift that says 'I heart Seattle' the most is a whole salmon or other fresh seafood from the fish markets. All the markets will prepare fish for transportation on the plane ride home, or you can just call and have them take care of the overnight shipping.
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Main & North Arcades
Rachel the Market Pig marks the main entrance to the Main and North Arcades, these are the busiest of the market buildings. You'll find cheese shops, butchers, tiny grocery stalls and almost everything else you need to put together a meal. The end of the North Arcade is dedicated to local artisans and craftspeople. The Main Arcade was built in 1907, the first of Frank Goodwin's market buildings.
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Market Cellar Winery
Located at the southern end of the market, Market Cellar Winery, makes its own wine and sells do-it-yourself home brew kits.
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Olsen's Scandinavian Foods
If you've had a hankering for authentic lefse (Norwegian flatbread), black licorice or Kalle's Kaviar in a squeeze tube - and who hasn't? - this is the place to cure it. Olsen's also stocks Nordic-flavored knickknacks and gift items.
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Pacific Herb & Grocery
A good place to get a sense of Chinatown is along S Weller St. Apart from the many restaurants, there's Pacific Herb & Grocery, where the herbal-medicine specialists can tell you all about the uses of different roots, bones, flowers and teas. The shop next door is a great place to buy tofu at low prices - you can even watch them make it on the premises.
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Pike & Western Wine Shop
A good selection of regional wine and friendly service make this shop at the northern end of Pike Place Market a great place to get introduced to the wines of the Northwest.
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Seattle Cellars
A good source for regional wines, Seattle Cellars can help you find gifts to take back home. Ask about open tastings on Thursday nights and some Saturday afternoons.
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The Souk
Supplies here include Middle Eastern and North African spices and foods. Named after the Arabic word for marketplace, the shop sells everything you'll need to get from cookbook to curry - including cookbooks and curries.
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Uwajimaya
Dried squid? Check. Sheets of seaweed? Check. Dumpling steamers, teapots, chopsticks? Check, check, check. The enormous Uwajimaya, anchoring an eponymous shopping center, has everything needed to prepare Thai, Japanese, Chinese and other Asian foods. You'll find fresh and frozen meat and fish, canned and dried produce, and intriguingly labeled treats of all kinds, as well as cooking tools, spices, cookbooks, toiletries and gift items.
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Wild Salmon Seafood Market
At Wild Salmon Seafood Market - in the Fishermen's Terminal on the south side of the Ballard Bridge - you can buy fresh salmon and shellfish directly from the fisherman who caught it. The market will ship fresh fish at reasonable prices.
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