Virginia Inn

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Virginia Inn
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Exterior, 2022
Virginia Inn
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Karl Sexton and Craig Perez [1]
Previous owner(s)Jim Fortheringham and Patrice Demombynes [1]
Street address1937 First Avenue
City Seattle
StateWashington
Postal/ZIP Code98101
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°36′39.1″N122°20′33.5″W / 47.610861°N 122.342639°W / 47.610861; -122.342639

Virginia Inn is a bar and restaurant in Seattle, Washington's Pike Place Market. Located in the Hotel Livingston, the Inn opened in 1903, four years before the Market. [2] The establishment was a filming location for Sleepless in Seattle and Singles . [3] [4] Virginia Inn was slated to close permanently in April 2025, [5] until a lease issue was resolved. [6]

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  1. 1 2 "New Era at an Old Standby". Seattle Met. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  2. Craighead, Callie (February 25, 2020). "Then and now: 16 historic Seattle restaurants still open today". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  3. Daniel DeMay (September 18, 2019). "'Singles': Where did it happen in Seattle?". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  4. "Downtown Seattle restaurant that opened in 1903 will close this month". The Seattle Times. April 12, 2025. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  5. "Historical Pike Place Market restaurant will remain open after all". The Seattle Times. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.