Pike & Western Wine Shop
Seattle, WA 98101-1013
Phone: (206) 441-1307
- Cross Street:
- Stewart Street
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 9:30am-6:30pm, Sat 9:30am-6:30am, Sun 12pm-5pm
Editorial Review for Pike & Western Wine Shop – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
A Pike Place Market fixture since 1975, the shop offers some good deals along with advice. "We're an old fashioned hands-on wine shop," says owner Michael Teer "and we're here to help people. We cook a lot, we drink what we sell and we have no opinions but our own." And they give them to you, in hand-written notes pinned to cases of wine. They provide the answer to the proverbial mystery question: "What shall I serve with dinner?"
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User Reviews for Pike & Western Wine Shop
12/19/2002 Posted by chuckdoan
I think, without question, the best wine shop is Champion Wine Cellars on Denny. They really know the wines they sell and have been in the business a long time. The selection is very broad which is a big plus. Their recommendations are savy and will always include alternatives based on price or origin or whatever might be appropriate. A big plus is they have free parking (in back). They usually have wines open for tasting too.
12/18/2002 Posted by sjpatrick
Seattle's best wine shop? Not by a long shot. It's a nice little shop and I LOVE Michael's wordy little POP signage (except for those times when he wanders off into some prosey digression) but the selection is waaay too limited to be "Best" in any way. His stock, while fairly well chosen, indicates a couple of aggresive biases toward overpriced Washington boutique wineries and eccentric French stuff. Asking questions is kinda dicey, too. His salespeople tend to smirk at requests for anything not annointed by Pike & Western. I can think of half a dozen shops that offer twice the selection, better sales help, and FAR better prices.
Pros: location, "serious" wine shop, nice layout
Cons: condescending, OVERPRICED, limited selection
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