The Crumpet Shop

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The Crumpet Shop
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The restaurant's exterior, 2022
The Crumpet Shop
Restaurant information
Established1976 (1976)
City Seattle
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°36′32″N122°20′26″W / 47.6090°N 122.3405°W / 47.6090; -122.3405

The Crumpet Shop is a bakery and pastry shop in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [2]

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Description

Located at the intersection of First and Pike Place, [3] in the Corner Market building, [4] The Crumpet Shop serves sweet and savory crumpets with various toppings such as butter, English cheese, honey, ricotta, and walnuts. The restaurant has a version with ham, egg, and cheese, and the "Seattle-style" variety has cucumber and smoked salmon. [5] [6] The Green Eggs and Ham has pesto. [7]

History

Gary Lasater and Nancy McFaul opened the shop in 1976. [6] [8]

Reception

In 1991, Jane and Michael Stern described the shop as "a special treasure". [9] In 2007, Corby Kummer of The Atlantic said the business "makes the most authentic and best scone I know in the country". [10]

Lara Douglass included The Crumpet Shop's ham, egg and cheese crumpet in Eater Seattle's 2016 list of "Outstanding Egg Sandwiches in Seattle". [5] The website's Meg van Huygen included the business in a 2019 list of "10 Seattle Tourist Trap Restaurants That Are Actually Good". [3] The Crumpet Shop was also included in Eater Seattle's 2021 list of "Breakfast Sandwiches in Seattle Worth Waking Up Early to Get", [7] and Jade Yamazaki Stewart included the business in a 2022 list of "20 Great Restaurants Near Pike Place Market". [11]

See also

References

  1. Stern, Jane; Stern, Michael (April 12, 2005). Roadfood: The Coast-To-Coast Guide to 500 of the Best Barbecue Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much, Much More. Broadway Books. ISBN   978-0-7679-2264-7. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  2. Uitti, Jake (September 15, 2018). Unique Eats and Eateries of Seattle. Reedy Press LLC. ISBN   978-1-68106-181-8. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Huygen, Meg van (August 10, 2018). "10 Seattle Tourist Trap Restaurants That Are Actually Good". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 Douglass, Lara (February 19, 2016). "Outstanding Egg Sandwiches in Seattle". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "The Crumpet Shop". Seattle Metropolitan . Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Breakfast Sandwiches in Seattle Worth Waking Up Early to Get". Eater Seattle. October 19, 2020. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  8. "3 terrific under-the-radar spots where Seattle locals go to grab a tasty snack at Pike Place Market". The Seattle Times. October 20, 2021. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  9. "English crumpets find a happy home in a little tearoom in a Seattle market". Baltimore Sun. March 3, 1991. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  10. Kummer, Corby (September 1, 2007). "In and Over Scones". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  11. "20 Great Restaurants Near Pike Place Market". Eater Seattle. June 13, 2017. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.