When Guangzhou Meets Seattle: Pike Place Market 🐟☕

Founded in 1907, Pike Place Market isn’t just Seattle’s icon—it’s America’s oldest continuously operating farmers’ market! Today, it’s a vibrant mix of seafood, crafts, and global eats. 📍 Must-Do’s: 1️⃣ Original Starbucks (1912 Pike l) The only store with the bare-breasted siren logo + handwritten souvenir cups! 2️⃣ Rachel the Piggy Bank This 250kg bronze hog raises $9K/year for market upkeep. (Her buddy Billy waits at the north end.) 3️⃣ Pike Place Chowder Cam chowder + lobster/crab rolls = chef’s kiss. 4️⃣ Piroshky Piroshky Soked salmon pastry (sweet, creamy, perfection). 5️⃣ Market Seafood Fresh-shucked oysters 🦪 = cheap & delicious! 6️⃣ Mee Sum Pastry Hong Kong-style buns (Cantonese-speaking staff only). 7️⃣ Beecher’s Handmade Cheese Legendary queues—worth it? You decide. #Seattle #PikePlaceMarket #FirstStarbucks #FoodieHeaven 🏙️🍽️