Pike Place Chowder

"Is this a tourist trap? Yes. But they make good clam chowder, and it's too hard to look a sourdough bread bowl in the face and say no thank you. So wait in line, get your creamy soup, sprinkle some oyster crackers inside, and welcome to Seattle. Beware—the Pepto Bismol-looking smoked salmon chowder is heavy on the cream cheese and doesn’t really taste great, so stick to the clam." - aimee rizzo

"Sometimes, you just need to eat a half-gallon of clam chowder out of a hollowed-out boule of sourdough, and that’s OK. That’s why Pike Place Chowder exists (in addition to being a tourist holding area). There are a couple different kinds of chowder here, but always pick the creamy clam over the smoked salmon chowder that tastes a little too much like cream cheese and looks a little too much like Pepto Bismol." - Aimee Rizzo

"Though it’s usually considered a tourist trap, the Pike Place mainstay really does have some of the best chowder in town, whether in clam, salmon, scallop, and crab and oyster varieties, all served in a sourdough bread bowl. It’s a New England classic with plenty of Pacific Northwest spirit." - Eater Staff, Meg van Huygen

"As the name indicates, people usually come to this Post Alley classic (with a location at Pacific Center) for the creamy clam-based soups. But there are plenty of other top-notch items on the menu, including Dungeness crab and lobster rolls, served either warm or cold. The spot also now has an app for online ordering." - Gabe Guarente

"Pike Place’s celebrated French restaurant offers a takeout brunch box for four available via preordering on its website. The feast includes chicken pork breakfast sausages, salmon rillettes, four slices of quiche, yellow potato salad, granola, and freshly baked bread, including rosemary raisin brioche, with honey butter and prawn butter mayo. A 'Belle en rose' kit with sparkling wine, pamplemousse liquor, Campari, lemon juice, and candied grapefruit garnish is also available." - Gabe Guarente