Info about the Pike Place Market Tour from Savor Seattle's Website:
Seattle Food Tours
All of our food and cultural tours focus on tasting F.L.O.S.S. (fresh, local, organic, seasonal, and sustainable) foods and beverages.
Each tour offers a large variety of tastings, while visiting 6-10 different specialty food shops, artisans, and neighborhood restaurants. Although the tours differ in geography, duration, and food themes, they all highlight the vibrant stories of the people and places that make Seattle one of the greatest culinary and cultural centers of the world. For most guests, the amount of food served on the tours is enough to be considered a meal.
Please call us if you have any questions regarding food on the tours!
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Small & Intimate
Our tours are limited to 12-16 guests.
You’re safe!
All tour guides are First Aid & CPR certified.
Our Tours include:
- All food and beverage tastings
- 10-15% VIP card good for discounts at all of our partners
- Audio equipment rental
- Seasonal recipes
Please remember:
- There is no overlap of samples tasted and places visited across our tours
- Vegetarian and non-alcoholic substitutions are available
- Wear comfortable shoes and clothing
- Seating opportunities can be limited
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Seattle’s original food and cultural tour of Pike Place Market! Become a market insider on this behind-the-scenes adventure to experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of this historic 100+ year old landmark. Meet the Market’s lively characters and hear their memorable stories. See fish fly, cheese being made, and the original Starbucks store.
Our tour guides are past and present members of the Pike Place Market community. These intimate friendships with Market merchants ensure you will always receive special treatment. From Iron Chef winner Tom Douglas, to world famous fish throwers, come meet our Market family!
Why choose Savor Seattle Food Tours?
- Exclusive partnerships with the 9 most famous Market merchants including:
fish throwin’ Pike Place Fish, Beecher’s Cheese, and Piroshky Piroshky. - The #1 ranked attraction on Yelp (5-star average, 660+ reviews) and TripAdvisor (5-star average, 1,800+ reviews).
- Receive a 10-15% off discount card valid at 40+ Seattle restaurants and attractions
Background plate w/ utensils ref photos (map of market tour with roll-over buttons will be on the plate):
Maps of the tour and satellite photos of the market:
Morning Tour
Afternoon Tour
Screen Shots of the Market from the Maps app on my iPad:
(arial view videos of Pike Place)
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Over the course of two hours, we tried:◦ Cinnamon-topped doughnuts from the Daily Dozen Donut Company◦ Apples and pears from Frank’s Quality Produce◦ Grilled pork loin sandwiches from Pear Delicatessen and Shoppe◦ Dungeness crab cakes from Etta’s Seafood Restaurant◦ Macaroni and cheese from Beecher’s Handmade Cheese◦ Seafood bisque from Pike Place Chowder◦ Smoked salmon from the Pike Place Fish Market
Our 2-hour tasting tour
consisted of hefty samples of:
◦ Daily
Dozen Doughnuts – fresh, warm mini doughnuts that melt in your mouth
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MarketSpice
– a hot cup of their house-blend tea
Pike Place Fish – 2 different kinds of
smoked salmon and 1 salmon jerky
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Frank’s
Quality Produce – fresh seasonal fruit
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Pike
Place Chowder – pipin’ hot cup of chowder
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Chukar
Cherries – delicious chocolate covered, dried cherries
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Beecher’s
Handmade Cheese – homemade mac and cheese
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Piroshky-Piroshky
– two kinds of piroshkies
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Etta’s
Seafood Restaurant – a delectable crabcake
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At
each stop, we got to meet the storekeepers and learn about the history of the
shop. (One lucky guy in our group even got to catch a fish at PPF!) As we
walked through the open-air market, Caroline pointed out various points of
interest like Rachel the Pig and the Japanese-American mural watching over the
marketplace, which may have normally gone unnoticed in the throngs of people.
Savor Seattle tour guides hold up a pink umbrella throughout the tour to help the tourists keep track of them in the crowded market. The pink umbrella is Savor Seattle's logo.
Savor Seattle pink umbrella pics:
Tour Start Location- Market Theater:
The Market Theater Gum Wall is a local landmark in downtown Seattle, in Post Alley under Pike Place Market. Similar to Bubblegum Alley in San Luis Obispo, California, the Market Theater Gum Wall is a brick alleyway wall now covered in used chewing gum. Parts of the wall are covered several inches thick, 15 feet high for 50 feet.[1]
The wall is by the box office for the Market Theater, and the tradition began around 1993 when patrons of Unexpected Productions' Seattle Theatresports stuck gum to the wall and placed coins in the gum blobs.[2] Theater workers scraped the gum away twice, but eventually gave up[1] after market officials deemed the gum wall a tourist attraction around 1999.[2] Some people create small works of art out of gum.[3]
It was named one of the top 5 germiest tourist attractions in 2009, second to the Blarney Stone.[1][4][5] It is the location of the start of a ghost tour,[6][7]and it is a popular site with wedding photographers.[2]
Daily Dozen Doughnut Shop
A mini cinnamon sugar doughnut
MarketSpice:
Pike Place Fish Co:
Ah, but this place made salmon delicious. While on the tour we were given samples of their original smoked salmon, lemon pepper smoked salmon, and salmon jerky. I didn’t care for the jerky, but the smoked salmon was so tasty.https://notebookworthy.wordpress.com/tag/food-tour/
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smoked salmon samples
Frank's Quality Produce:
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BB Ranch
If you love lamb, then BB Ranch will teach you all you need to know about finding the best cuts and how to butcher it yourself.
Tour the meat locker. Learn about how they experiment with what they feed their livestock- recently they've experimented with feeding their pigs marijuana,
Chukar Cherries:
Piroshky Piroshky:
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Beecher's Handmade Cheese:
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Pear Delicatessen & Shoppe:
The deli man and the woman whose family owns this delicatessen are fondly known as the perfect ‘pear’. (Cue the aw’s!) The deli man’s name is Brian Jones and he worked at many famous restaurants all over the world. He finally settled in Seattle and joined the family business. Together they renamed the deli to its current name to show that it has entered a new stage.
Not only does this pair have a cute love story, but the pair also serves delicious sandwiches! We all sampled the ham sourdough sandwich with glazed onions and greens. I’m glad to say that this deli had much better sourdough.
Pike Place Chowder:
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Etta's Seafood:
Writing an introduction for this one is hard. I could talk about the award winning chef Tom Douglas who established this and other popular restaurants (Dahlia Restaurant, Dahila Bakery, Lola, Serious Pie, Cuoco, etc.) each with their own specialty.
Market Points of Interest:
Rachel the Pig- Market Mascot and Giant Piggy Bank!
The (in)famous Gum Wall of the Market Theater
Public Market Sign
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