AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo visited the first Starbucks coffee shop during his recent trip to Seattle, Washington. The story of Starbucks begins in 1971 along the cobblestone streets of Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. It was here where Starbucks opened its first store, offering fresh-roasted coffee beans, tea and spices from around the world for its customers to take home. Their name was inspired by the classic tale Moby-Dick, evoking the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders. Over the next 50 years, they would grow to open stores globally and welcome millions of customers each week, becoming a part of the fabric of tens of thousands of neighborhoods all around the world.
Visit the first Starbucks coffee shop at: 1912 Pike Place, Seattle, WA 98101.
For more info, go to: https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/store-tour-inside-1912-pike-place-seattle-usa/.