Must-see shopping in Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

  • Old Seattle Paperworks

    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…

  • Market Magic

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

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

  • Metsker Maps

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • Truffle Queen

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • Made in Washington

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • DeLaurenti

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • Nordstrom

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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 Fine Home

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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,…

  • Pure Food Fish

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • First & Pike News

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • Tenzing Momo

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • Barnes & Noble

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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,…

  • Sur la Table

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • Left Bank Books

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

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

  • Golden Age Collectables

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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.

  • Pacific Place

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • Westlake Center

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

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

  • Nike

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    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…

  • Macy’s

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    Seattle’s oldest and largest department store, this hard-to-miss classic – formerly Bon-Marché, but renamed Bon-Macy’s in August 2003 when it was bought…

  • Brooks Brothers

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    This location of the popular American chain is one of the better professional men’s clothing options in the area. The salespeople are total pros – they…

  • Souk

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    Supplies here include Middle Eastern and North African spices and foods. Named after the Arabic word for marketplace, the shop sells everything you’ll…

  • Made in Washington

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    A branch of the locally focused gift and craft shop in the Westlake Center. There's another branch in Pike Place Market.

  • North Face

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    For hardcore camping, climbing and hiking clothing and equipment, go to the North Face, downtown toward the waterfront.

  • Fireworks

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    Fireworks sells pretty much everything but…fireworks. You could fill a whole Christmas stocking here with dressing gowns, handbags, wind-up toys and…

  • J Crew

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    This J Crew, located in the Pacific Place mall, has a good selection of casual work wear aimed at those with a more conservative fashion sense. It's…

  • Tiffany & Co

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    Take a moment to gape in the window at Tiffany & Co at Pacific Place, Seattle's fancy boutique mall.

  • Club Monaco

    Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

    Midrange, fashion-forward men's and women's clothing store inside Pacific Place, downtown Seattle’s best boutique mall.