Ghost Alley Espresso Explained

Ghost Alley Espresso
Logo Alt:Logo with the text "Ghost Alley Espresso", "Pike Place Market", and "Seattle"
Image Alt:Photograph of the exterior of a building with a front entryway and window
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Current-Owner:Michael Buchwald
Previous-Owner:Mercedes Carrabba
Food-Type:Coffee
Street-Address:1499 Post Alley
City:Seattle
County:King
State:Washington
Zip:98101
Country:United States
Coordinates:47.6086°N -122.3406°W
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Ghost Alley Espresso is a coffee shop located at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, United States.[1] The business operates in a former service room for bathroom attendants on Post Alley, close to the Gum Wall. The current owner Michael Buchwald purchased the business from Mercedes Carrabba, who used the shop as a starting location for ghost tours. The space is supposedly haunted by the ghost of Arthur Goodwin, a former manager of Pike Place Market.

Description

Ghost Alley Espresso is a coffee shop located at Seattle's Pike Place Market. The business is sited on Post Alley in the city's Central Waterfront district, in a space that 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".[2]

According to Los Angeles Times, the business is a "hole-in-the-wall coffee joint".[3] Leslie Budewitz's 2013 fiction book Peppermint Barked: A Spice Shop Mystery describes Ghost Alley Espresso as a "hidey-hole carved from a former storage and rest station for Market vendors".[4]

Ghost Alley Espresso serves coffee drinks with an emphasis on unusual flavors such as "salty nut" and turmeric mochas. The shop has a small counter with a few stools,[5] and has served as a starting point for ghost tours.[6] [7]

History

As of 2022, Michael Buchwald is the owner of Ghost Alley Espresso.[8] Previously, Mercedes Carrabba owned both Ghost Alley Espresso and Market Ghost Tours.[9] [10] In 2014, Christopher Reynolds of Los Angeles Times said Carrabba converted "a 147-square-foot closet into this snug caffeine haven and tour-guide headquarters".[11]

In 2020, Carrabba read excerpts from her book Market Ghost Stories at Ghost Alley Espresso and other supposedly haunted locations at Pike Place Market.[12] Rachael Jones of Seattle Refined has said of the haunt:

In 2013, Ghost Alley Espresso participated in the Post Alley Hooley, a "neighborhood party" presented by the business-and-resident group Post Alley Project.[13] The coffee shop was one of two in Seattle with a Modbar system as of 2015.[14] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the business accepted orders via the front window.[15]

Reception

Ghost Alley Espresso has been recommended in multiple editions of the Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle.[16] In 2017, Rebecca Mongrain of Seattle Refined said Ghost Alley served the city's best mocha.[17] Reviews in Eater, The Infatuation, and the Seattle Metropolitan have encouraged readers to visit Ghost Alley Espresso instead of the Original Starbucks.[18] [19]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-09-29 . A unique Pike Place Market spot has always been ahead of the curve . 2022-10-23 . . . 0745-9696 . 9198928 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Behan . Rosemary . 2015-10-01 . The coffee capital: full of beans in Seattle . 2022-10-23 . . en . Abu Dhabi . 2022-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221023175137/https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/the-coffee-capital-full-of-beans-in-seattle-1.637633 . live .
  3. Web site: 2015-11-11 . A generation of memories steam-cleaned off Seattle's 'gross' but 'beautiful' Gum Wall . 2022-10-23 . . en-US . 3638237 . 2022-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221023160120/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-steam-cleaned-seattle-gum-wall-20151110-story.html . live .
  4. Book: Budewitz, Leslie . Peppermint Barked: A Spice Shop Mystery . 2022-07-19 . . 978-1-64506-070-3 . 129 . en . 2023-01-11 . 2023-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111222719/https://books.google.com/books?id=tApJEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22post+alley%22+%22ghost+alley%22&pg=PT129 . live .
  5. Web site: Shearer . Ariel . 2022-07-08 . New in Town: A Beginner's Guide to Pike Place . 2022-10-22 . Seattle Magazine . en-US . 2023-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111222719/https://seattlemag.com/life-style/new-town-beginners-guide-pike-place/ . live .
  6. Web site: 2014-10-17 . Ghost Tours That Make Me Wanna Scream . 2022-10-22 . . en-US . 0893-9683 . . 2023-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111222719/https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-10-17/ghost-tours-that-make-me-wanna-scream . live .
  7. Web site: 2013-08-08 . Flowers, Fish—and Phantoms? The Ghost Tour at Pike Place Market . 2022-10-22 . . en . Tacoma, Washington . 2022-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022234940/https://www.knkx.org/other-news/2013-08-08/flowers-fish-and-phantoms-the-ghost-tour-at-pike-place-market . live .
  8. Web site: Man assaulted with hammer and woman hit with car in Pike Place Market road rage incident . 2022-10-23 . . April 18, 2022 . en-US . 2022-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221023000056/https://news.yahoo.com/man-assaulted-hammer-woman-hit-192220162.html . live .
  9. Web site: Hyde . David . 2018-10-24 . Secrets of the Gum Wall: Drunk People Eat It! . 2022-10-22 . . en . 2022-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022234946/https://www.kuow.org/stories/secrets-gum-wall-drunk-people-eat-it . live .
  10. Web site: The boo-tiful business of ghost tourism . 2022-10-22 . . en . 0015-8259 . 2022-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022234941/https://fortune.com/2014/10/31/the-boo-tiful-business-of-ghost-tourism/ . live .
  11. Web site: 2014-10-11 . Postcards From the West: Pike Place Market is a magical lure on Seattle's bustling waterfront . 2022-10-22 . Los Angeles Times . en-US . 2022-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022234946/https://www.latimes.com/travel/california/la-tr-d-seattle-postcard-20141012-story.html . live .
  12. Web site: Ausley . Christina . 2020-10-02 . Halloween events still happening around Seattle amid COVID-19 . 2022-10-22 . . en-US . . 0745-970X . 3734418 . 2022-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022234940/https://www.seattlepi.com/thingstodo/slideshow/halloween-events-happening-in-seattle-amid-covid-210137.php . live .
  13. Web site: July 22, 2013 . Pike Rolls Out the Barrel for the Post Alley Hooley . 2022-10-23 . FSR . en . 2023-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111222720/https://www.fsrmagazine.com/content/pike-rolls-out-barrel-post-alley-hooley . live .
  14. Web site: Janovich . Adriana . March 4, 2015 . Roast House to unveil Modbar . 2022-10-23 . . 11102529 . . 2022-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221023180811/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/mar/04/roast-house-to-unveil-modbar/ . live .
  15. Web site: There's Never Been a Better Time for Locals to Support Pike Place . 2022-10-23 . . en-US . 1931-2792 . 2022-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221023175659/https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2020/07/there-s-never-been-a-better-time-for-locals-to-support-pike-place-market-seattle . live .
  16. Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle:
    • Book: Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle . 2014-05-06 . Simon & Schuster . 978-1-62873-587-1 . en . 2023-01-11 . 2023-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111222721/https://books.google.com/books?id=iN3-DQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Ghost+Alley+Espresso%22&pg=PT29 . live .
    • Book: Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle 2016 . 2015-11-24 . Simon & Schuster . 978-1-5107-0025-3 . en . 2023-01-11 . 2023-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111222721/https://books.google.com/books?id=Jf4PCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Ghost+Alley+Espresso%22&pg=PP44 . live .
    • Book: Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle 2017 . 2016-10-18 . Simon & Schuster . 978-1-5107-1063-4 . en . 2023-01-11 . 2023-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111222721/https://books.google.com/books?id=HG-CDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Ghost+Alley+Espresso%22&pg=PP39 . live .
  17. Web site: 2017-04-03 . Chocolate & coffee lovers rejoice! We've found the best mocha in town . 2022-10-22 . Seattle Refined . en . 2022-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221024141621/https://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/chocolate-and-coffee-lovers-rejoice-weve-located-the-best-mocha-in-town-04-03-2017 . live .
  18. Web site: Balla . Lesley . 2019-06-05 . The Culinary Wonders of Seattle's Pike Place Market . 2022-10-22 . . . en . 2021-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211112211930/https://www.eater.com/2019/6/5/18643359/best-food-stalls-coffee-pike-place-market . live .
  19. Web site: Rizzo . Aimee . July 25, 2022 . The Pike Place Market Guide . October 26, 2022 . . ... get your macchiatos here instead of from the nearby 'first' Starbucks—which isn't even the first one . October 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026155158/https://www.theinfatuation.com/seattle/guides/the-pike-place-market-guide . live .

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