Pioneer Square Guide

by Anna Roth - Citysearch Contributor - 5,667 Reviews - 48 Lists

Updated: June 13, 2007

A fusion of art, history and nightlife amidst the oldest part of the city combine to produce this popular destination.

On this page:The Basics, Attractions, Restaurants, Nightlife, Shopping.

The Basics

Attractions

  1. 1 Waterfall Garden
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    219 Second Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

    Take a picnic to this lush, two-tiered, open-air room, no larger than a Starbuck's coffee shop, filled with a gushing waterfall.

  2. 2 Klondike Gold Rush Museum
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    117 S Main St, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

  3. 3 4 Star Rating: Recommended Bill Speidel's Underground Tour
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    608 First Ave, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

    Take this tour beneath Seattle's streets to discover the real dirt on the city's often unclean past.

Restaurants

  1. 4 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Armandino's Salumi
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    309 Third Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

  2. 5 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Il Terrazzo Carmine
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    411 First Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

  3. 6 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended Mediterranean Mix
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    205 First Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

    Equally busy at midnight and noon, this perennially open Pioneer Square falafel stand does a brisk business from foot traffic.

  4. 7 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Caffe Umbria Retail
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    320 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

  5. 8 4 Star Rating: Recommended Bakeman's Restaurant
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    122 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

  6. 9 4 Star Rating: Recommended Grand Central Bakery
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    214 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

Nightlife

  1. 10 4 Star Rating: Recommended Trinity Night Club
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    111 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

    This lavish multilevel club offers three varied spaces with in-house and touring DJs to match every mood.

  2. 11 4 Star Rating: Recommended New Orleans Restaurant
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    114 First Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

    A bit of Bourbon Street on First Avenue, this Cajun restaurant offers live jazz, blues and zydeco most nights of the week.

  3. 12 4 Star Rating: Recommended Central
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    207 First Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

  4. 13 3.5 Star Rating: Average Elysian Fields
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    542 First Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

    The local favorite Elysian Brewery moves into Pioneer Square with a brewpub within spitting distance of the stadiums.

  5. 14 3 Star Rating: Average The Last Supper Club
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    124 S Washington St, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

Shopping

  1. 15 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended Elliott Bay Book Co
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    101 S Main St, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

  2. 16 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Bud's Jazz Records
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    102 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

    Boogie-woogie to the Seattle blues at the city's largest all-jazz music store.

  3. 17 Violette
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    212 1st Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

    Seattle's tastes take on a French boutique, set in Pioneer Square with an art gallery facade and vintage-inspired clothing designs.

  4. 18 Seattle Mystery Bookshop
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    117 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

  5. 19 3.5 Star Rating: Average Laguna Pottery
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    116 S Washington St, Seattle, WA 98104 (map)