Jack's Fish Spot is a
fish market and
seafood
Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g. bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters and mussels, and cephalopods such as octopus an ...
bar at
Seattle's
Pike Place Market, in the
U.S. state of
Washington.
Description
The
fish market and
seafood
Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g. bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters and mussels, and cephalopods such as octopus an ...
bar Jack's Fish Spot operates in
Pike Place Market's
Sanitary Market
The Sanitary Market (also known as the Sanitary Market Building or the Sanitary Public Market) is a building at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
History
The building opened in 1910 and burned in a large fire in 1941 ...
building,
in the
Central Waterfront district of Seattle. The business has stocked dungeness crab, manila clams,
flounder
Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries.
Taxonomy
The name "flounder" is used for several only distantly related species, thou ...
,
mussels, sockeye and king salmon, and oysters.
The counter's menu has included
fish and chips
Fish and chips is a popular hot dish consisting of fried fish in crispy batter, served with chips. The dish originated in England, where these two components had been introduced from separate immigrant cultures; it is not known who created t ...
,
cioppino,
New England-style
clam chowder,
halibut, fried salmon,
fish tacos, and whole steamed crab.
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.
Reception
''
Seattle Metropolitan
''Seattle Metropolitan'', or ''Seattle Met'', is a monthly city magazine covering Seattle, Washington. Its first issue was published in March 2006, and features reporting and feature articles on Seattle events, politics, people, dining and restaura ...
'' 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". 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". 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".
See also
*
List of seafood restaurants
References
External links
*
Jack's Fish Spotat
Pike Place Market
Jack's Fish and Chipsat Pike Place Market
Jack's Fish Spotat
Zomato
{{Restaurants in Seattle
1982 establishments in Washington (state)
American companies established in 1982
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Fish markets
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Seafood restaurants in Seattle
Restaurants established in 1982