Seattle Baseball Memorabilia Shops?

[JoeyFarino]

Originally Posted by icollectDCsports

Is the shop in the market hard to find?

No its very easy. Youll most likely start from the top of the market where they sell all the food and stuff. Go downstairs and youll walk into a bunch of stores. Its right across from the magic shop

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by JoeyFarino

No its very easy. Youll most likely start from the top of the market where they sell all the food and stuff. Go downstairs and youll walk into a bunch of stores. Its right across from the magic shop

Cool. Thanks

[drcy]

The Pike Street Market includes an indoor mall. You can enter it at several points at the market and on that block of First Avenue. There will be big signs and you can ask. Pike Street Market is on the side of a hill, so there are different levels. Most pictures (as below) show the top outdoor level with the famous clock sign. Duly note that the mall is very old fashioned (circa 1900) with hardwood floors, and I assume is in its original circa 1900 design. We're not talking a modern suburban mall.

[MooseDog]

If you like paper ephemera don't miss out on Fairlook Antiques, 81 S Washington St, Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 622-5130

It's in the Pioneer Square area and you can get a free shuttle, I think from Pikes to the Square.

Ask the proprietor to point you to what you are looking for. It's one of those places that can be overwhelming but the dude knows where everything is.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by drcy

The Pike Street Market includes an indoor mall. You can enter it at several points at the market and on that block of First Avenue. There will be big signs and you can ask. Pike Street Market is on the side of a hill, so there are different levels. Most pictures (as below) show the top outdoor level with the famous clock sign. Duly note that the mall is very old fashioned (circa 1900) with hardwood floors, and I assume is in its original circa 1900 design. We're not talking a modern suburban mall.

If you are looking at a great tour of Pikes Street Market's history and awesome tastes of some of its best food, I would highly recommend Seattle Bites Food Tours.
Tell the owner Mark that Scott Garner recommended them.
I've been through the tour twice & it is terrific!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

If you are looking at a great tour of Pikes Street Market's history and awesome tastes of some of its best food, I would highly recommend Seattle Bites Food Tours.
Tell the owner Mark that Scott Garner recommended them.
I've been through the tour twice & it is terrific!

Regarding food, hit the Filipino restaurant near the creamery across the street from the pic David posted - easily my favorite in the market area. Get anything she recommends and you'll be happy.

Regarding that card shop, oddly enough I have never seen it and I bought all my food at Pike Market for 5-6 years. I think I must have made 2-3 tours of the lower levels (where the card shop is) when visitors were in town, but I never lingered - not into the trinket stuff, which is where this is located.

And regarding the question about my place, it is NOT brick and mortar. I am still planning to open a brick and mortar vintage baseball store/coffee shop, in an old house where I live upstairs or in the back. I have checked out a few places across the U.S. but not yet able to convince my girlfriend to leave the Pac NW. When you are as unlikeable and disrespected as me (on the internet, but that's the only part of the world that counts), you have to stick with a keeper when you find her!

If you are short of time, throw all these suggestions out to the window and go to a Mariners game - best ML stadium ever IMO.

[drcy]

No free buses in downtown Seattle anymore. They ended that a couple of years ago.

However, it's a short walk between Pike Street Market and Pioneer Square. Maybe four or five blocks. The walk might be shorter than the wait for the bus.

[Scott Garner]

Seattle is easily one of the best walking cities in the US