Pike Place Chowder ★ 4.7
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, served in a sourdough boule.
Try: Award-winning clam chowder
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, all on house-baked rolls.
Address: 159 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98104
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, served in a sourdough boule.
Try: Award-winning clam chowder
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, paid in cash.
Try: Hot mini powdered sugar doughnuts
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 Place.
Try: Russian and Eastern European stuffed buns
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, eaten over the bag.
Try: Cuban-style pork sandwich
Tacos Chukis Capitol Hill in Seattle is the upstairs Broadway taco counter: al pastor off the trompo with pineapple, adobada mulitas, salsas built fresh until 22:00.
Try: Al pastor tacos off the trompo
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: World's Best Mac and Cheese