El Mercado Latino

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El Mercado Latino
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The shop in 2022
El Mercado Latino
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Location1514 Pike Place, Unit 6, Seattle, King, Washington, 98101, United States
Coordinates 47°36′33″N122°20′28″W / 47.6091°N 122.3410°W / 47.6091; -122.3410

El Mercado Latino is a grocery and specialty store at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Sign for the business, 2022

El Mercado Latino is a female-owned [1] grocery and specialty store on Post Alley [2] in Pike Place Market's Sanitary Market building, [3] in Seattle's Central Waterfront district. Seattle Best Places (1996) says, "The front of this diminutive store ... boasts a green grocery stocked with vegetables and fruits used in Caribbean, South American, Spanish Creole, and Thai cuisines." [4]

The business sells Latin American foods [5] [6] and related products such as chili peppers, [7] corn flour, dulce de leche, hot sauces, [8] guava and passion fruit concentrates, Kaffir lime leaves, [9] Lizano sauce, Mexican candies, Spanish saffron, [10] and other spices. [11] El Mercado Latino has also stocked canned goods, habaneros, Inca Kola, [12] masa, tortillas, and other Mexican products. [13] The shop serves empanadas on-site. [14]

History

Established in 1988, El Mercado Latino has been described as "one of Seattle's oldest Mexican grocery stores". [15]

Reception

In 2006, Neal Schindler of Seattle Weekly called El Mercado Latino a "hot-climate haven". [16] The business topped Clive Irving's list of favorite Seattle shops for Condé Nast Traveler in 2011. [11] In 2014, Thrillist's Chona Kasinger said the store "slings some of the city's best empanadas". [8] Steven Hsieh included the business in The Stranger's 2017 "guide to Seattle for international students". [17]

References

  1. ↑ "Pike Place Market has 200+ women-owned businesses you can support". Seattle Refined. March 22, 2022. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ Lucas, Eric (1997). Hidden Washington. Ulysses Press. ISBN   978-1-56975-108-4. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ Thomson, Jess (May 8, 2012). Pike Place Market Recipes: 130 Delicious Ways to Bring Home Seattle's Famous Market. Sasquatch Books. ISBN   978-1-57061-799-7. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  4. ↑ Leson, Nancy; Irving, Stephanie (1996). Seattle Best Places: The Most Discriminating Guide to Seattle's Restaurants, Shops, Hotels, Nightlife, Arts, Sights, and Outings. Sasquatch Books. ISBN   978-1-57061-055-4. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ Raichlen, Steven (April 25, 2012). Best Ribs Ever: A Barbecue Bible Cookbook: 100 Killer Recipes. Workman Publishing Company. ISBN   978-0-7611-7126-3. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Check out the Pike Place Market's $74M addition: See 360-degree views of the new MarketFront". The Seattle Times. June 26, 2017. Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  7. ↑ McRae, Bill; McRae, W. C. (1998). Seattle. Lonely Planet Publications. ISBN   978-0-86442-537-9. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "A Local's Guide to Seattle's Pike Place Market". Thrillist . July 9, 2014. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  9. ↑ Rex-Johnson, Braiden (1997). Pike Place Public Market Cookbook. Ten Speed Press. ISBN   978-0-89815-872-4. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  10. ↑ Wolf, Laurie (January 20, 2015). Food Lovers' Guide to® Seattle: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4930-1662-4. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "My Five: Seattle Shops". Condé Nast Traveler. October 28, 2011. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  12. ↑ "To market in Seattle, WA". Sunset Magazine. May 29, 2007. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  13. ↑ Kennedy, Diana (1989). The Art of Mexican Cooking: Traditional Mexican Cooking for Aficionados. Bantam Books. ISBN   978-0-553-05706-5. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  14. ↑ Balla, Lesley (June 5, 2019). "The Culinary Wonders of Seattle's Pike Place Market". Eater. Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  15. ↑ Dern, Judith (August 10, 2018). The Food and Drink of Seattle: From Wild Salmon to Craft Beer. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4422-5977-5. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Some Glögg With Your Stollen?". Seattle Weekly. October 9, 2006. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  17. ↑ Hsieh, Steven. "A Guide to Seattle for International Students". The Stranger. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
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