The first Starbucks Coffee store, founded in 1971
General Information
- Open Monday to Saturday 5:30am to 8pm
- Sunday 5:30am to 5pm
Head southwest on Madison St toward 4th Ave. Turn right onto 1st Ave. Turn right onto Pike St
The first Starbucks Coffee store, founded in 1971, was originally located at 2000 Western Avenue. In 1977 it moved one block away to 1912 Pike Place where it has been in continuous operation ever since. The store was opened by three partners: Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker. They were inspired by Alfred Peet of Peet's Coffee to open the store and sell high-quality coffee beans and coffee making equipment and accessories. The sign outside this branch, unlike others, features the original logo - a siren that was modeled after a 15th-century Norse woodcut. It also features a pig statue called "Pork'n Beans," purchased in the 2001 Pigs on Parade fundraiser.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pike Place Market", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
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