The Crumpet Shop is a
bakery
A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, donuts, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who w ...
and
pastry
Pastry is baked food made with a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter or lard) that may be savoury or sweetened. Sweetened pastries are often described as '' bakers' confectionery''. The word "pastries" sugges ...
shop in
Seattle
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's
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 Pug ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
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.
Description
Located at the intersection of First and Pike Place,
in the
Corner Market
The Corner Market, or Corner Market Building, is a building at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
History
The building was completed in 1912. Businesses which have operated in the Corner Market include The Crumpet Sh ...
building, The Crumpet Shop serves sweet and savory
crumpet
A crumpet () is a small griddle bread made from an unsweetened batter of water or milk, flour, and yeast, popular in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia.
Crumpets are regionally known as pikelets, a name also ap ...
s with various toppings such as butter, English cheese, honey, ricotta, and walnuts. The restaurant has a version with ham, egg, and cheese, and the "Seattle-style" variety has cucumber and smoked salmon.
The Green Eggs and Ham has
pesto
Pesto () is a sauce that traditionally consists of crushed garlic, European pine nuts, coarse salt, basil leaves, and hard cheese such as Parmigiano-Reggiano (also known as Parmesan cheese) or Pecorino Sardo (cheese made from sheep's milk), a ...
.
History
Gary Lasater and Nancy McFaul opened the shop in 1976.
Reception
In 1991,
Jane and Michael Stern
Jane Grossman Stern and Michael Stern (both born 1946) are American writers who specialize in books about travel, food, and popular culture. They are best known for their '' Roadfood'' books, website, and magazine columns, in which they find roa ...
described the shop as "a special treasure". In 2007, Corby Kummer of
''The Atlantic'' said the business "makes the most authentic and best scone I know in the country".
Lara Douglass included The Crumpet Shop's ham, egg and cheese crumpet in
''Eater Seattle'''s 2016 list of "Outstanding Egg Sandwiches in Seattle".
The website's Meg van Huygen included the business in a 2019 list of "10 Seattle Tourist Trap Restaurants That Are Actually Good".
The Crumpet Shop was also included in ''Eater Seattle''
's 2021 list of "Breakfast Sandwiches in Seattle Worth Waking Up Early to Get",
and Jade Yamazaki Stewart included the business in a 2022 list of "20 Great Restaurants Near Pike Place Market".
See also
*
List of bakeries
This is a list of notable bakeries. A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cakes, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers ...
References
External links
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The Crumpet Shopat
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 Pug ...
The Crumpet Shopat
Zomato
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1976 establishments in Washington (state)
Bakeries of Washington (state)
Central Waterfront, Seattle
Pike Place Market
Restaurants established in 1976
Restaurants in Seattle