Say bonjour to Le Pichet, just up from Pike Place Market, a cute and very French bistro with pâtés, cheeses, wine, chocolat and a refined Parisian feel. Dinner features delicacies such as Niçoise chickpea crepes and Basque seafood stew. The specialty is a roast chicken (for two $45) – just know that there's an hour's wait when you order one.


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1. Victor Steinbrueck Park

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When you’ve had enough of Pike Place Market and its crowds, wander out the end of the North Arcade and cross Western Ave to Victor Steinbrueck Park, a…

2. Corner & Sanitary Market Buildings

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Across Pike Place from the Main Arcade are the 1912 Corner & Sanitary Market Buildings, so named because they were the first of the market buildings in…

3. Main & North Arcades

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The Main & North Arcades, sandwiched between Pike Pl and Western Ave, contain some of the most quintessential Pike Place Market ephemera: flower stands,…

4. Pike Place Market

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A cavalcade of noise, smells, personalities, banter and urban theater sprinkled liberally around a spatially challenged waterside strip, Pike Place Market…

5. Gum Wall

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6. Seattle Aquarium

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7. Times Square Building

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8. Hammering Man

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