Jack's Fish Spot Explained

Jack's Fish Spot
Food-Type:Seafood
Street-Address:1514 Pike Place
City:Seattle
County:King
State:Washington
Zip:98101
Country:United States
Coordinates:47.6091°N -122.3409°W
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Jack's Fish Spot is a fish market and seafood bar at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.

Description

The fish market and seafood bar Jack's Fish Spot operates in Pike Place Market's Sanitary Market building,[1] in the Central Waterfront district of Seattle. The business has stocked dungeness crab, manila clams, flounder,[2] mussels,[3] sockeye and king salmon, and oysters.[4] The counter's menu has included fish and chips,[5] cioppino,[6] New England–style clam chowder, halibut,[7] fried salmon, fish tacos, and whole steamed crab.[8] Thrillist says, "It's a great spot to post up, slurp some oysters (heck, you can even watch their journey from the ice display case out front, to the shucking counter, and to your plate), or feast on some delicious fish and chips."

History

Jack's Fish Spot was established in 1982. Former commercial fisherman Jack Mathers owns the business.[9] [10]

Reception

Seattle Metropolitan has said, "The stools, if you can get one at all, are cracked and worn. The last diner likely didn't bother to clean his crumbs off the tiny metal counter. View this well-loved Pike Place Market joint as a greasy spoon that serves pristine seafood ... and you'll find its true charms." Jenny Kuglin included the business in Seattle Refined 2014 list of "5 of Seattle's tastiest oyster bars".[11] In 2015, Tobias Coughlin-Bogue of The Stranger wrote:

Naomi Tomky included the raw oysters in Thrillist's 2016 list of "The 50 Best Things to Eat and Drink at Pike Place Market".[12] In Eater Seattle's 2019 overview of "The Greatest Places to Eat in Seattle's Greatest Tourist Trap", Lesley Balla wrote, "For traditional New England–style clam chowder, Jack's Fish Spot ... is the move: It's richer, thicker, and more peppery than others, with a big bread bowl that makes a nice prelude to crispy fish and chips there." Chelsea Lin and Tomky included the cioppino in Seattle Magazine's 2020 list of "The 100 Best Things to Eat in the Seattle Area Right Now: Seafood Edition".[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Balla . Lesley . 2019-06-05 . The Culinary Wonders of Seattle's Pike Place Market . 2022-10-25 . Eater . 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 .
  2. Book: Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle . 2014-05-06 . Simon & Schuster . 978-1-62873-587-1 . en . 2023-01-12 . 2023-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230112001149/https://books.google.com/books?id=iN3-DQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Jack%27s+Fish+Spot%22+%22Pike+place%22&pg=PT307 . live .
  3. Web site: 2022-07-08 . The Best Fish Markets in the City . 2022-10-25 . Seattle Magazine . en-US . 2022-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026002217/https://seattlemag.com/shopping/best-fish-markets-city/ . live .
  4. Web site: Jack's Fish Spot . 2022-10-25 . . 5 October 2017 . en . 2022-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026002210/https://www.thrillist.com/venues/eat/seattle/restaurants/jacks-fish-spot . live .
  5. Web site: The 13 Best Fish & Chips In Seattle - Seattle . 2023-03-25 . The Infatuation . 21 January 2022 . en.
  6. Web site: Coughlin-Bogue . Tobias . All the Secret Good Stuff at Pike Place Market . 2022-10-25 . The Stranger . en . 2022-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022003138/https://www.thestranger.com/food-and-drink/2015/04/01/21987409/all-the-secret-good-stuff-at-pike-place-market . live .
  7. Book: Wolf, Laurie . Food Lovers' Guide to® Seattle: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings . 2015-01-20 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4930-1662-4 . en . 2023-01-12 . 2023-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230112001149/https://books.google.com/books?id=zLtzCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Jack%27s+Fish+Spot%22+%22Pike+place%22&pg=PA100 . live .
  8. Web site: Jack's Fish Spot . 2022-10-25 . . en-US . 2022-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026002215/https://www.seattlemet.com/restaurants/jacks-fish-spot . live .
  9. Web site: Sullivan . CeCe . 2007-06-13 . Pike Place Market fish picks . 2022-10-25 . The Seattle Times . en-US . 2022-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026002209/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/special-reports/pike-place-market-fish-picks/ . live .
  10. Book: Brewer, Karen Gaudette . Seafood Lover's Pacific Northwest: Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions . 2014-11-04 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4930-1526-9 . en . 2022-10-26 . 2023-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230112001149/https://books.google.com/books?id=-qyDBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 . live .
  11. Web site: 2014-04-15 . 5 of Seattle's tastiest oyster bars . 2022-10-25 . Seattle Refined . en . 2022-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026002222/https://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/5-of-seattles-tastiest-oyster-bars . live .
  12. Web site: The 50 Best Things to Eat and Drink at Pike Place Market . 2022-10-26 . Thrillist . 15 September 2016 . en . 2021-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211028143044/https://www.thrillist.com/eat/seattle/pike-place-market-best-things-to-eat-drink . live .
  13. Web site: 2022-07-08 . The 100 Best Things to Eat in the Seattle Area Right Now: Seafood Edition . 2022-10-26 . Seattle Magazine . en-US . 2022-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026002212/https://seattlemag.com/eat-drink/100-best-things-eat-seattle-area-right-now-seafood-edition/ . live .

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