Must see shopping in Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

If you like decorating your home with old magazine covers from Life, Time and Rolling Stone, or have a penchant for art-deco tourist posters from the…

Selling fake dog poop, stink bombs, water-squirting rings and magic tricks, this Pike Place Market magic shop is heaven for aspiring magicians, pranksters…

In its high-profile location on 1st Ave, this 65-year-old map shop sells all kinds of useful things for the traveler, from maps and guidebooks to various…

If you're struggling to work out which fine Pike Place Market artisanal product to take home with you, here's some friendly advice: proceed directly to…

If you’re looking for something authentically Northwest, head to Made in Washington. One of several locations around the city, this one in Pike Place…

A Pike Place Market veteran, this Italian grocery store/deli has been run by the same family since 1946. Not needing to roll with the times, it offers a…

Born and fostered in Seattle by a Klondike gold-rush profiteer, this upscale department store occupies a giant space in the former Frederick and Nelson…

Watson Kennedy is one of those delightful homewares stores where you feel that you could spend hours smelling soaps and picking out frivolous, but fun,…

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…

Who said magazines are dead? You can read all about it at this Pike Place Market newsstand peddling Jazz Times, Surfer Journal, Cigar Aficionado, Spanish…

Doing a good impersonation of one of the magic shops in Diagon Alley from the Harry Potter books, Tenzing Momo is an old-school natural apothecary with…

Since the demise of Borders in 2011 and the relocation of Elliott Bay Book Company to Capitol Hill, Barnes & Noble remains downtown's main book emporium,…

It’s hard to miss this gigantic cookware store. It’s a chain, but a good one, and it started here in Seattle. The rich supply of cookware, books, gear and…

This collective of more than 40 years displays zines in español, revolutionary pamphlets, essays by Chomsky and an inherent suspicion of authority. You're…

A haven for geeks, kids and, especially, geeky kids, this shop has comics and comic-book–inspired toys, novelty items (hopping nuns etc), costumes and…

Nordstrom Rack offers closeouts and returns from its parent store across the street. It's a favorite among those with chichi taste and a limited budget.

Seattle’s best-quality boutique mall feels a bit like the lobby of an upscale hotel – it’s cylindrical, and the total lack of that hectic shopping-mall…

This landmark shop on Pier 54 has been around since 1899 – ancient history by Seattle standards. It has changed quite a bit since then and now mostly…

This ‘boutique mall’ – also the starting point for the monorail – has an assortment of stores. There are some well-established chains like Nordstrom Rack,…

The huge Nike store has its roots in the Northwest – it was founded by Phil Knight in Eugene, OR. The store sells all kinds of Nike clothing, shoes and…