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Type of Shop
Editors Pick
Read MoreBallard Sunday Market
Stretching for two blocks along Ballard Avenue N.W. in the delightfully picturesque heart of the old Ballard neighborhood, this year-round Sunday market is a destination for locals and market-lovers throughout the city. The stalls sell fresh produce, much of it...
Read MoreElliott Bay Book Company
After decades in Pioneer Square, Seattle’s pre-eminent bookstore moved to a new location on Capitol Hill. This busy bookstore is firmly embedded in the consciousness of every Seattleite who buys books, and it hosts visiting authors and literary events throughout...
Read MoreFran’s Chocolates
Seattle native Fran Bigelow fell in love with chocolates decades ago when her husband took her to her first patisserie in Paris. When she returned to Seattle, she began making the chocolates and particularly the salted caramels that have now...
Read MoreHitchcock
This somewhat unassuming boutique in the Madrona neighborhood sells exquisitely crafted jewelry handmade by 15 different artists, half of whom are local to Seattle. The shop carries a mixture of fine and fashion jewelry, including Hitchcock’s signature druze rings set...
Read MoreLucca Great Finds
This wonderfully browsable gift shop on Ballard Avenue specializes in exclusive European toiletries, including Santa Maria Novella soaps, handmade jewelry and cards, and high-end paper products. But those choice items merely anchor the store’s other great finds, which come from...
Read MorePeter Miller Books
Anyone interested in architecture and design books and supplies will want to visit this long-established and always-enticing bookstore in downtown Seattle. The selection of international titles on all aspects of world architecture and design can keep you browsing for hours,...
Read MorePike Place Market
Seattle’s number one tourist attraction is a world unto itself—a big, sprawling farmer’s market overlooking Elliott Bay and the waterfront where you’ll find market stalls selling gorgeous produce and fish, handmade crafts, specialty foods and spices, baked goods, tourist trinkets,...
Read MoreTotokaelo
If you want to see the hippest of high-end, up-to-the-nanosecond Seattle fashion for men and women, head up to this spacious lifestyle store on Capital Hill between Pike and Prince Street. The décor is minimalist, as in a gallery, and...
