Pike Place Clam Chowder appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Pike Place clam chowder · Seattle
The thick, cream-based New England chowder that Larry Mellum reverse-engineered at his Pike Place Market counter in 2003. Eight national chowder cook-off wins and counting.
Pike Place Chowder is not a Seattle invention so much as a Seattle perfection. Larry Mellum opened the counter in Post Alley in 2003, then carried Pike Place Chowder's New England Clam Chowder to the Great Chowder Cook-Off in Newport, Rhode Island, where it won the people's pick in 2008. The kitchen has now collected eight national championships. The Pike Place Market location at 1530 Post Alley still trades on the cobblestoned chowder queue; the second shop opened at Pacific Place in 2008.
Where to eat in Seattle:
- Pike Place Chowder
- Matt's in the Market
- Ivar's Acres of Clams