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Post Alley is a short street in Seattle. The northern end of the street runs under and through 
The street was originally named Post Street or Post Avenue for the first U.S. post office in Seattle, opened in 1880 on the corner of
Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market is a public market in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened on August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States. Overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront on Pu ...
. The alley is mostly paved with bricks. It was called "Seattle's best-known alley for its pedestrian environment and abutting shops and restaurants" out of all 425 alleys in the city, and has been described as having a "European feel".
The street was originally named Post Street or Post Avenue for the first U.S. post office in Seattle, opened in 1880 on the corner of Yesler Way
Yesler Way is an east–west street in Seattle named for Henry Yesler, the founder of Seattle. East–west streets in Seattle south of Yesler Way are prefixed "South"; avenues are suffixed with "South" as they cross Yesler Way. The street origina ...
, which may also have been the city's first United States Government building. The alley reaches a pedestrian-only area at the Harbor Steps development a block uphill from the Seattle ferry terminal, Colman Dock
Colman Dock, also called Pier 52, is the primary ferry terminal in Seattle, Washington, United States. The original pier is no longer in existence, but the terminal, now used by the Washington State Ferry system, is still called "Colman Dock". ...
.
There are notable locations on the alley including Cafe Campagne
Cafe Campagne is a Black-owned French restaurant on Post Alley in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington. Daisley Gordon is the owner.
The menu has included asparagus salad, brioche french toast, pan-roasted chicken, oeuf ...
, The Pink Door
The Pink Door is a restaurant in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington.
Description
The Pink Door is located on Post Alley in Pike Place Market, in Seattle's Central Waterfront, Seattle, Central Water ...
, Ghost Alley Espresso
Ghost Alley Espresso is a coffee shop located at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States. The business operates in a former service room for bathroom attendants on Post Alley, close to the Gum Wall. The curre ...
, the Gum Wall, Pike Place Chowder, and Post Alley Pizza. The Federal Office Building was built on an entire city block that was bisected by Post Alley until the early 1930s. Other notable entities on still-extant Post Avenue south of the Federal Office Building include Seattle Steam Company
CenTrio, formerly known as the Seattle Steam Company, is a district heating public utility that provides steam (generated by burning natural gas, diesel oil, and recycled wood) to over 175 businesses in downtown Seattle and on First and Capitol ...
.
See also
* Main Seattle Post Office (1903, rebuilt 1959)References
External links
* 1880 establishments in Washington Territory Central Waterfront, Seattle Pike Place Market Streets in Seattle {{Washington-stub