Pistil Books
An indie bookstore that is sadly now mostly online-only, barring a few open events a year.
1415 E Union St
Central District
Central District
Chuck's Hop Shop - Central District
Well-known and well-loved beer shop with something for everyone, from its hops to its food truck, with ice cream on rotation for the kiddos and those with swee…
2001 E Union St
Central District
206-538-0743
Central District
206-538-0743
Grapheme
This letterpress studio offers regular book arts and letterpress classes. On the retail side, they carry select organizational and office products, as well as …
2421 E Union St
Central District
206-207-5596
Central District
206-207-5596
Quick Pack Food Mart
While this little grocery on South Jackson Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way doesn’t offer seating, it “induces a good hang.” We watched neighborhood folks…
2616 S Jackson St
Central District
206-328-2127
Central District
206-328-2127
Molly Moon's Ice Cream
Molly Moon’s offers gourmet handmade ice cream, with special flavors rotating seasonally and an unchanging list of “classics,” including Scout mint, salted car…
1408 34th Ave
Central District
206-324-0753
Central District
206-324-0753
Henry Art Gallery
Here, though this is the oldest public art museum in the state (founded in 1927), you can expect to see new art, or at least art made since around 1960. There …
15th Ave NE and NE 41st St
University District
206-543-2280
University District
206-543-2280
Golden Oldies Records
In business since 1977, this unprepossessing record shop is an invaluable source of tapes, CDs, vinyl, and 8-tracks.
201 NE 45th St
Wallingford
206-547-2260
Wallingford
206-547-2260
Fainting Goat Gelato
People love this family-owned Wallingford gelato place with its rotating roster of flavors like avocado, amaretto, banana cream pie, bilberry, biscotto, and ch…
1903 N 45th St
Wallingford
206-327-9459
Wallingford
206-327-9459
Fat Cat Records
This Wallingford record store, which opened in February of 2018, offers new and used tapes, records, and CDs.
4515 Meridian Ave N
Wallingford
206-547-5799
Wallingford
206-547-5799
Archie McPhee
The famous purveyor of cheap, goofy toys and prankish accessories. As of May 2018, it will be home to a Rubber Chicken Museum.
1300 N 45th St
Wallingford
206-297-0240
Wallingford
206-297-0240
Scarecrow Video
This city's biggest and most culturally significant video store, the nonprofit foundation Scarecrow Video, carries more than 120,000 titles, including many rar…
5030 Roosevelt Way NE
University District
University District
