Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar

1916 Pike Place, Seattle, WA - (206) 622-7721

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Posted By Michael Stern on September 14, 2000 4:25 AM

Emmett Watson’s is the place to go when you have some time on your hands and want to wile it away over beer and seafood. A laid-back oyster bar just across the street from the Pike Place Market in a back street nook inside the Soames-Dunn Building, it can be maddening if you are an efficiency nut in a hurry. For leisurely enjoyment of oysters, clams, and mussels, or baskets of fish and chips, or wonderful soups and chowders, this brash little eatery is a Seattle treasure. There is a sunny, flower-adorned courtyard behind the building for warm-weather dining at rickety little tables, and an indoor area with small booths.

For many regular customers, Emmett Watson’s is a place to come for several beers accompanied by oysters on the half shell, either raw or broiled. We have spent many a happy afternoon at a patio table enjoying a drawn-out “grazing” meal of oysters, then shrimp, then a cup of chowder, and an occasional order of garlic bread. For appetites in search of well-balanced meals, we recommend anything fried (fish, clams, shrimp, oysters) or the steamed mussels or clams in garlic broth. Soups are notable, too, including a spicy shrimp soup “Orleans,” Puget Sound salmon soup, and a classic cioppino stew of cod, shrimp, clams, and mussels. Meals are accompanied by slices of excellent French bread and butter, and there is good Key lime pie for dessert.

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