 The exhibit in 2022 | |
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| Location | Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 47°36′31″N122°20′27″W / 47.6086°N 122.3407°W |
Giant Shoe Museum (sometimes the World Famous Giant Shoe Museum) is a museum in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1]
The museum has "odd and outsize shoes displayed behind sideshow-style curtains", according to Harriet Baskas of CNBC. [2] The one-wall exhibit allows guests to view shoes through a stereoscope. [3] It has been described as "the world's largest collection of giant shoes", [4] as well as "likely one of the world's few coin-operated museums". [5]
The museum was designed and built by Sven Sundbaum in 1997. [6] Owned and operated by adjacent Old Seattle Paperworks, [7] the exhibit is curated by Dan Eskenazi. [8] [9]
Cody Permenter included the museum in Thrillist's 2015 list of "The 11 Strangest Museums in (and Around) Seattle". [10] Christina Ausley of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer included the Giant Shoe Museum in a 2020 overview of the city's 14 "strangest" landmarks, writing: "Drop a humble 50 cents into a small coin box for the world's largest collection of giant shoes. Nestled a few floors below downtown Seattle's Pike Place Market, approach the flamboyant circus entryway and gaze through the binoculars for a myriad of Herculean hi-tops and a size 37 work by Robert Wadlow." [11]
The Peace Candle of the World, also known as the Scappoose Peace Candle, is an approximately 50-foot-tall (15 m) tower-like structure 18 feet (5.5 m) in diameter in Scappoose, Oregon, designed to resemble a candle. It was built in 1971 outside what was then the Brock Candles Inc. factory, which burned down in 1990. The land was formerly a dairy farm; factory owner Darrel Brock created the candle by covering a silo with 45,000 pounds (20 t) of red candle wax to advertise the factory.
Ristorante Machiavelli is an Italian restaurant in Edmonds, Washington, in the United States. The original location operated on Seattle's Capitol Hill from 1988 to 2024. It was housed in the historic Booker Building (1912), and the restaurant had billed itself as "a Capitol Hill tradition since 1988". The Edmonds location, originally an outpost, opened in December 2023.
Fuji Bakery is a bakery with multiple locations in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Pike Place Chowder is a seafood restaurant with two locations in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Le Panier is a bakery and pasty shop at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington. The business was established in 1983.
El Borracho is a chain of Mexican restaurants in the U.S. state of Washington. The business operates at Pike Place Market in Central Waterfront, Seattle, and in Tacoma. Previously, El Borracho operated in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.
Country Dough was a Chinese restaurant at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Jack's Fish Spot is a fish market and seafood bar at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Bavarian Meats is an American meat producer and processing company based in Seattle, Washington. The company supplies meats to various delicatessens and grocery stores in the Pacific Northwest. From 1961 to 2020, Bavarian Meats operated a delicatessen of their own in Downtown Seattle, including a space at Pike Place Market which closed in 2021 due to the pandemic.
Golden Age Collectables, described as the world's oldest comic book store, is located at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington. It was established in 1961.
Old Seattle Paperworks is a shop at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
El Mercado Latino is a grocery and specialty store at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Michou Deli is a delicatessen at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
The Confectional is a bakery and cheesecake company with multiple locations in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The original shop is located at Pike Place Market in the city's Central Waterfront district. Subsequent locations opened on Capitol Hill in 2011 and at the Armory in Seattle Center.
Market Grill is a restaurant at Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
The Red Popsicle is a 2011 sculpture by Catherine Mayer, installed in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Hello Robin is a woman-owned bakery with two locations in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The original bakery opened on Capitol Hill in 2013. A second location opened at University Village in 2020.
Eltana is a small chain of Montreal-style bagel shops in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Seattle Coffee Works (SCW) is a third-wave coffee company based in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The business was established in 2006 and operates three coffee shops. In addition to the flagship in downtown Seattle, SCW has outposts in Ballard and South Lake Union, called Ballard Coffee Works and Cascade Coffee Works, respectively. A location on Capitol Hill called Capitol Coffee Works opened in 2017 and closed c. 2022. Previously independently owned and operated by Pipo Bui, Oscar García, and roast master Sebastian Simsch, SCW was acquired by Vibe Coffee Group in 2022.
Radiator Whiskey is a bar and restaurant in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
