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In 2013, Ghost Alley Espresso participated in the Post Alley Hooley, a "neighborhood party" presented by the business and resident group Post Alley Project.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2013 |title=Pike Rolls Out the Barrel for the Post Alley Hooley |url=https://www.fsrmagazine.com/content/pike-rolls-out-barrel-post-alley-hooley |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=FSR |language=en}}</ref> The coffee shop was one of two in Seattle with a Modbar system, as of 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janovich |first=Adriana |date=March 4, 2015 |title=Roast House to unveil Modbar |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/mar/04/roast-house-to-unveil-modbar/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |oclc=11102529 |publisher=[[Cowles Company]]}}</ref> |
In 2013, Ghost Alley Espresso participated in the Post Alley Hooley, a "neighborhood party" presented by the business and resident group Post Alley Project.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2013 |title=Pike Rolls Out the Barrel for the Post Alley Hooley |url=https://www.fsrmagazine.com/content/pike-rolls-out-barrel-post-alley-hooley |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=FSR |language=en}}</ref> The coffee shop was one of two in Seattle with a Modbar system, as of 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janovich |first=Adriana |date=March 4, 2015 |title=Roast House to unveil Modbar |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/mar/04/roast-house-to-unveil-modbar/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |oclc=11102529 |publisher=[[Cowles Company]]}}</ref> |
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During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the business accepted orders via the front window.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=There's Never Been a Better Time for Locals to Support Pike Place |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2020/07/there-s-never-been-a-better-time-for-locals-to-support-pike-place-market-seattle |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=[[Seattle Metropolitan]] |language=en-US |issn=1931-2792}}</ref> |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Owner(s) | Michael Buchwald |
| Previous owner(s) | Mercedes Carrabba |
| Food type | Coffee |
| Street address | 1499 Post Alley |
| City | Seattle |
| County | King |
| State | Washington |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 98101 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 47°36′31″N 122°20′26″W / 47.6086°N 122.3406°W |
| Website | ghostalleyespresso |
Ghost Alley Espresso is a coffee shop at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.[1] The business operates on Post Alley, in a former service room for bathroom attendants. Current owner Michael Buchwald purchased the business from Mercedes Carrabba, who used the shop as a starting location for ghost tours. The space is reportedly haunted by "resident ghost" Arthur Goodwin, a former manager of Pike Place Market.
Description
Located at Pike Place Market in Central Waterfront, Seattle, Ghost Alley Espresso has been called a "hole-in-the-wall coffee joint" by the Los Angeles Times.[2] The shop operates under an arch on Post Alley, in a space which previously served as a bathroom attendants' room. In 2015, Rosemary Behan of The National described Ghost Alley Espresso as a "gorgeous, almost miniature-sized one-off coffee shop that uses the high-tech Modbar system – allowing it to mimic any espresso machine in the world by changing the settings".[3]
The business serves coffee drinks including lattes with "funky" flavors such as salty nut (hazelnut and caramel) and turmeric mocha. The shop has a small counter with a few stools,[4] and has served as a starting point for ghost tours.[5][6]
According to Seattle Refined, "The tiny shop showcases small roasters from the NW and leads with an organic full city roast from Middle Fork Roasters. Their drinks are served with milk from Smith Brothers Farm."[7] In Leslie Budewitz's 2013 fiction book Peppermint Barked: A Spice Shop Mystery, the coffee shop is described as a "hidey-hole carved from a former storage and rest station for Market vendors".[8]
History
Michael Buchwald is the owner of Ghost Alley Espresso.[9] Previously, Mercedes Carrabba owned both Ghost Alley Espresso and Market Ghost Tours.[10][11] In 2014, Christopher Reynolds of the Los Angeles Times credited her for "[converting] a 147-square-foot closet into this snug caffeine haven and tour-guide headquarters".[12] Carrabba was described as a "former owner" by the Puget Sound Business Journal in 2019.[13]
In 2020, Carrabba read excerpts from her book Market Ghost Stories at Ghost Alley Espresso and other reportedly haunted locations at Pike Place Market.[14] Rachael Jones of Seattle Refined has said of the haunt:
According to Ghost Alley Espresso's website, Arthur Goodwin, one of the Market's first managers and a designer of the buildings, kept his office closest to Ghost Alley Espresso. And he's known as their resident ghost. Goodwin is the spirit that makes himself the most known, with baristas at the shop claiming to have felt the presence of a man in the shop. With one barista stating they saw the apparition of a tall man wearing a hat and standing in the doorway.[15]
In 2013, Ghost Alley Espresso participated in the Post Alley Hooley, a "neighborhood party" presented by the business and resident group Post Alley Project.[16] The coffee shop was one of two in Seattle with a Modbar system, as of 2015.[17]
Reception
The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle encourages readers to "have a spiritual coffee experience next to the infamous wall of masticated gum corpses".[18] In 2017, Rebecca Mongrain of Seattle Refined said Ghost Alley Espresso served the city's best mocha.[7] In 2019, Lesley Balla encouraged readers to visit Ghost Alley Espresso instead of the Original Starbucks in Eater's overview of "The Greatest Places to Eat in Seattle's Greatest Tourist Trap".[19] Allecia Vermillion of the Seattle Metropolitan said in 2020, "While visitors busy themselves with photographs outside the pseudo-original Starbucks, PPM regulars (and people who work at the market) grab their americanos at Ghost Alley."[20]
See also
References
- ^ "A unique Pike Place Market spot has always been ahead of the curve". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. 2016-09-29. ISSN 0745-9696. OCLC 9198928. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "A generation of memories steam-cleaned off Seattle's 'gross' but 'beautiful' Gum Wall". Los Angeles Times. 2015-11-11. OCLC 3638237. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Behan, Rosemary (2015-10-01). "The coffee capital: full of beans in Seattle". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Shearer, Ariel (2022-07-08). "New in Town: A Beginner's Guide to Pike Place". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ "Ghost Tours That Make Me Wanna Scream". Condé Nast Traveler. Condé Nast. 2014-10-17. ISSN 0893-9683. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ "Flowers, Fish—and Phantoms? The Ghost Tour at Pike Place Market". Tacoma, Washington: KNKX. 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ a b "Chocolate & coffee lovers rejoice! We've found the best mocha in town". Seattle Refined. 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Budewitz, Leslie (2022-07-19). Peppermint Barked: A Spice Shop Mystery. Simon & Schuster. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-64506-070-3.
- ^ "Man assaulted with hammer and woman hit with car in Pike Place Market road rage incident". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Hyde, David (2018-10-24). "Secrets Of The Gum Wall: Drunk People Eat It!". KUOW-FM. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ "The boo-tiful business of ghost tourism". Fortune. ISSN 0015-8259. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ "Postcards From the West: Pike Place Market is a magical lure on Seattle's bustling waterfront". Los Angeles Times. 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Campbell, Megan (October 16, 2019). "Pike Place Market businesses did well this summer despite construction". Puget Sound Business Journal. American City Business Journals. ISSN 8750-7757. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
- ^ Ausley, Christina (2020-10-02). "Halloween events still happening around Seattle amid COVID-19". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Hearst Communications. ISSN 0745-970X. OCLC 3734418. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Jones, Rachael (2022-10-01). "Pike Place Market Is Haunted: Ghost Stories With Author Mercedes Carrabba". Seattle Refined. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Pike Rolls Out the Barrel for the Post Alley Hooley". FSR. July 22, 2013. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Janovich, Adriana (March 4, 2015). "Roast House to unveil Modbar". The Spokesman-Review. Cowles Company. OCLC 11102529. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle:
- Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle. Simon & Schuster. 2014-05-06. ISBN 978-1-62873-587-1.
- Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle 2016. Simon & Schuster. 2015-11-24. ISBN 978-1-5107-0025-3.
- Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle 2017. Simon & Schuster. 2016-10-18. ISBN 978-1-5107-1063-4.
- ^ Balla, Lesley (2019-06-05). "The Culinary Wonders of Seattle's Pike Place Market". Eater. Vox Media. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
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