There are tons of excellent coffee shops in Seattle. They're just not typically (large) chains. But then, this is true of most food and beverage.After enduring really bad coffee over the past three weeks (I can assure you that if Seattle's Best Coffee is really Seattle's best coffee, things are worse than I first imagined) - I found a place in Seattle that actually makes good coffee. :hurray:
The reason for that is that it is the original Starbucks from 1971 (and, of course as you've seen, Pike Place itself is already a tourist trap)What did amaze me was the queue out the door at Starbucks opposite the Pike St Markets. :jawdrop: I had to take a pic to show my wife when I get home. A couple of years ago, Starbucks closed 75% of its stores in Australia:
Starbucks - Points of Interests - Visiting Seattle - Seattle.gov