Seattle's street-food spirit lives most vividly at Pike Place Market and along Capitol Hill's Broadway, where quick, handheld eating thrives. Pike Place Chowder, Daily Dozen Doughnut, Beecher's Handmade Cheese, and Piroshky Piroshky cluster in and around the market. Up on Broadway, Dick's Drive-In and Tacos Chukis keep the late-night counters busy, while Paseo in Fremont serves its famous Caribbean roast sandwiches.
10 street food places in Seattle we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Seattle · Street Food across every city.
Try Award-winning clam chowder
Pike Place Chowder in Seattle is Larry Mellum's 2003 Post Alley counter: eight national chowder cook-off wins, the New England with manila clams.
Try Hot mini powdered sugar doughnuts
Daily Dozen Doughnut in Seattle's Pike Place is the Economy Building counter: hot mini doughnuts off the conveyor, dusted in sugar, sold by the bag.
Try Russian and Eastern European stuffed buns
Piroshky Piroshky in Seattle's Pike Place is the 1992 Russian bakery hand-folding stuffed buns: salmon and cream cheese, cabbage and beef, the line down Pike.
Try Cuban-style pork sandwich
Paseo Fremont in Seattle is the city's Cuban pork sandwich counter since the early 1990s: caramelised onions, aioli, marinated pork on a ciabatta roll.
Try Al pastor tacos off the trompo
Tacos Chukis Capitol Hill in Seattle is the upstairs Broadway taco counter: al pastor off the trompo with pineapple, adobada mulitas, salsas built fresh.
Try World's Best Mac and Cheese
Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Seattle is the Pike Place counter where curds get made behind glass: Flagship cheddar, Just Jack, World's Best mac since 2003.
Try Southern biscuits and gravy
Biscuit Bitch in Seattle near Pike Place is the Southern-style biscuit counter: buttermilk biscuits, sausage gravy, the Hot Mess and chicken-fried bowls.
Try Porchetta sandwich
Salumi in Seattle's Pioneer Square has been the Armandino Batali sandwich counter since 1999: house-cured charcuterie and a braised porchetta roll.
Try Deluxe burger and milkshake
Dick's Drive-In Broadway in Seattle's Capitol Hill is the 1955 walk-up burger window: the Deluxe with mayo, lettuce and pickle, fries and a hand-dipped.
Try Philly cheesesteak with pastrami
Tat's Delicatessen in Seattle's Pioneer Square is the East Coast deli counter: cheesesteaks, pastrami subs, the Tat's Bomb with a fried egg.
