Hello! We at Google Answers are excited to answer this question for
you! Upon initial inpsection, I knew exactly what I needed to do in
order to sate your search. When visiting Seattle, I discovered ONE
thing for sure: Seattle-folk have their "favorite" of everything, and
in order to qualify for "favorite," can NOT be corporate, which is
right in line with your request.
Therefore, I began with my search by looking for "Best Of" lists in
the city of Seattle. This was quite a fruitful search, producing no
chain store responses or links to business' Websites. Just good ol'
quirky Seattle shops.
The first one I preused was Seattle Weekly's list. If you don't know,
Seattle Weekly is the city's #1 alternative newspaper weekly, and
received a LOT of attention for their thorough coverage of events and
issues. I know, because I am a journalist, and I follow them pretty
closely.
For 2004, here is their list:
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0431/040804_bestof_ballotwinners.php
If course, not everything on here is what you are looking for, so I
researched, and found the following businesses to have the most
character/personality, according to my subjective opinion:
1. Elliott Bay Book Store
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/about/index.jsp
Above is a link to, yes, their Web site. I have really not found many
businesses these days that do NOT have one. In any case, you can read
about their colorful, meaningful history and even read their diatribe
on corporate vs. independent book stores.
2. Vintage Chick:
303 E Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 625-9800
The best vintage store in the world. Been there.
3. Rockin Betty?s
405 Broadway E
Seattle, WA 98102-5009
Phone: (206) 709-8821
vintage clothing
4. Hello Gorgeous
411 E Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 621-0702
A little of everything...
5. Private Screening
3504 Fremont Avenue Place North
(206) 548-0751
Vintage everything...
6. Red Light
4560 University Way NE
(corner of 47th and the Ave)
(206) 545-4044
yep, more vintage!
7. Bailey/Coy Books
414 Broadway E
Seattle, WA 98102-5010
Phone: (206) 323-8842
8. FireWorks Gallery:
210 1ST Ave S
Seattle, WA 98104-2504
Phone: (206) 682-8707
funky boutique store that has more than one location in Seattle, but
according to my calculations, does not count as a chain-proper. this
is not a corporation out to conquer the world.
9. Velocity Art and Design
2118 2nd Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (866) 781-9494
10. Burnt Sugar
601 N 35TH St
Seattle, WA 98103-8608
Phone: (206) 545-0699
flea market-style shopping
11. Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: (206) 789-3599
Maybe not a biker bar--even cooler: an alt-country/roots rock bar,
which attracts equally weird people.
12. The Showbox
1426 First Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
Cross Street: Pike Street
Phone: (206) 628-3151
Another indie venue--this one used to be a peep-show house for lonely sailors.
13. Crocodile Cafe
2200 Second Ave SE
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (206) 441-5611
When I was a grungster in the 90s, all I ever wanted to do was visit
the Crocodile Cafe, the world's grunge mecca. I used to bop my head
in their direction when grooving to grunge music. :)
14. Fenix Undeground
109 S Washington
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 405-4323
Another colorful venue for almost famous bands.
15. Nite Lite Restaurant
Second Ave and Virginia St
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 443-0899
dive bar.
Alki Tavern
1321 Harbor Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 932-9970
Tin Hat Bar and Grill
512 NW 65th St
Seattle, WA 98117
Phone: (206) 782-2770
Eastlake Zoo Tavern
2301 Eastlake Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102-3305
Phone: (206) 329-3277
Laval Lounge
2226 Second Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (206) 441-5660
Mecca Café
526 Queen Anne Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: (206) 285-9728
Ballard Smoke Shop
5439 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107-4052
Phone: (206) 784-6611
Hattie?s Hat
5231 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107-4809
Phone: (206) 784-0175
Five Point Café
415 Cedar St
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (206) 441-4777
Coffee Shops with no semblance to Starbucks:
Bait House Coffee Shop
5517 Seaview Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: (206) 784-3016
Zeitgeist Kunst and Kaffe
171 S Jackson
Seattle, WA 98104
206-583-0497
Caffe Ladro Espresso Bar & Bakery
2205 Queen Anne Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109
206-282-5313
Bauhaus Books & Coffee
301 E. Pine St.
Seattle, WA 98122
206-625-1600
B & O Espresso
204 Belmont Ave E Seattle, WA 98102
206-322-5028
I have found these places by doing searches on Seattle Weekly?s site,
CitySearch?s Best of, etc?.
City Search Best of:http://seattle.citysearch.com/best/categories/?cslink=cs_events_3_1
AOL Best of Seattle:http://www.digitalcity.com/seattle/best/main.adp?page=disclaimer&ngb_notify=1&ngb_start=0Here
are some of the search results from Google:
Seattle + ?best of?://www.google.com/search?q=seattle+%22best+of%22&sourceid=firefox&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8Seattle
+ ?independent stores?:://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=seattle+%22independent+stores%22&btnG=SearchSeattle
+ ?biker bars?://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=seattle+%22biker+bars%22&btnG=Search
If you need any additional information, please do no hesitate to
request for clarification. I truly hope that Google Answers has
provided you with a solid list. It was a pleasure answering this
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Clarification of Answer by
aliciadenney-ga
on
21 Sep 2004 06:58 PDT
Numbered and reposted (forgot to number them all! sorry!)
1. Elliott Bay Book Store
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/about/index.jsp
Above is a link to, yes, their Web site. I have really not found many
businesses these days that do NOT have one. In any case, you can read
about their colorful, meaningful history and even read their diatribe
on corporate vs. independent book stores.
2. Vintage Chick:
303 E Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 625-9800
The best vintage store in the world. Been there.
3. Rockin Betty?s
405 Broadway E
Seattle, WA 98102-5009
Phone: (206) 709-8821
vintage clothing
4. Hello Gorgeous
411 E Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 621-0702
A little of everything...
5. Private Screening
3504 Fremont Avenue Place North
(206) 548-0751
Vintage everything...
6. Red Light
4560 University Way NE
(corner of 47th and the Ave)
(206) 545-4044
yep, more vintage!
7. Bailey/Coy Books
414 Broadway E
Seattle, WA 98102-5010
Phone: (206) 323-8842
8. FireWorks Gallery:
210 1ST Ave S
Seattle, WA 98104-2504
Phone: (206) 682-8707
funky boutique store that has more than one location in Seattle, but
according to my calculations, does not count as a chain-proper. this
is not a corporation out to conquer the world.
9. Velocity Art and Design
2118 2nd Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (866) 781-9494
10. Burnt Sugar
601 N 35TH St
Seattle, WA 98103-8608
Phone: (206) 545-0699
flea market-style shopping
11. Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: (206) 789-3599
Maybe not a biker bar--even cooler: an alt-country/roots rock bar,
which attracts equally weird people.
12. The Showbox
1426 First Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
Cross Street: Pike Street
Phone: (206) 628-3151
Another indie venue--this one used to be a peep-show house for lonely sailors.
13. Crocodile Cafe
2200 Second Ave SE
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (206) 441-5611
When I was a grungster in the 90s, all I ever wanted to do was visit
the Crocodile Cafe, the world's grunge mecca. I used to bop my head
in their direction when grooving to grunge music. :)
14. Fenix Undeground
109 S Washington
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 405-4323
Another colorful venue for almost famous bands.
15. Nite Lite Restaurant
Second Ave and Virginia St
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 443-0899
dive bar.
16. Alki Tavern
1321 Harbor Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 932-9970
17. Tin Hat Bar and Grill
512 NW 65th St
Seattle, WA 98117
Phone: (206) 782-2770
18. Eastlake Zoo Tavern
2301 Eastlake Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102-3305
Phone: (206) 329-3277
19. Laval Lounge
2226 Second Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (206) 441-5660
20. Mecca Café
526 Queen Anne Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: (206) 285-9728
21. Ballard Smoke Shop
5439 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107-4052
Phone: (206) 784-6611
22. Hattie?s Hat
5231 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107-4809
Phone: (206) 784-0175
23. Five Point Café
415 Cedar St
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (206) 441-4777
Coffee Shops with no semblance to Starbucks:
24. Bait House Coffee Shop
5517 Seaview Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: (206) 784-3016
25. Zeitgeist Kunst and Kaffe
171 S Jackson
Seattle, WA 98104
206-583-0497
26. Caffe Ladro Espresso Bar & Bakery
2205 Queen Anne Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109
206-282-5313
27. Bauhaus Books & Coffee
301 E. Pine St.
Seattle, WA 98122
206-625-1600
28. B & O Espresso
204 Belmont Ave E Seattle, WA 98102
206-322-5028
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