Pike Place

Pike Place Perseverance
Despite the pandemic, Pike Place has a history of perseverance
This story is featured in the January issue of Seattle magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. The Pike Place Market weathered an exodus of farmers due to the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II and an attempt at demolition 50 years ago, so it should come as no surprise that…

Meet Seattle Busker Annie Burt
Seattle mag editorial assistant Patrick Hutchison and local musician Matt Badger, of Ravenna Woods, team up to explore Seattle’s street music scene, recording the stories and songs that help compose our city’s soundtrack. The third in a five-part series: The din emanating from Pike Place Market’s cobblestone corridor is a less than ideal space for…

Meet Seattle Busker Jim Page
Seattle mag editorial assistant Patrick Hutchison and local musician Matt Badger, of Ravenna Woods, team up to explore Seattle’s street music scene, recording the stories and songs that help compose our city’s soundtrack. The second in a five-part series: Humble strummer Jim Page’s expansive repertoire of songs reflects a lifetime of political and social activism,…

Meet Seattle Busker Gregory Paul
Seattle mag editorial assistant Patrick Hutchison and local musician Matt Badger, of Ravenna Woods, team up to explore Seattle’s street music scene, recording the stories and songs that help compose our city’s soundtrack. The first in a five-part series: When Gregory Paul moved to Seattle from upstate New York, he wasn’t sure what the future…

Cheap Eats: il Corvo
Serious pastas and meats tucked away on the Pike Place Market Hill Climb.
Mike Easton is an inspiration: The former Lecosho chef is cooking what he loves, making his own hours (Il Corvo’s only open weekdays at lunchtime) and running his own show. At tiny il Corvo, which lives inside the already diminutive Procopio Gelateria on the Pike Place Market Hill Climb, Easton prepares his pastas by hand…
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