When was the first Starbucks in Seattle?

The Pike Place Starbucks store, also known as the Original Starbucks, is the first Starbucks store, established in 1971 at Pike Place Market, in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington, United States. The doors to the first Starbucks store opened on March 30th, 1971. It was founded by Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin, and Zev Siegl.

How many Starbucks locations are there in the world?

Starbucks has more than 30,000 locations around the world. I visited its very first one, which opened in 1971, on a trip to Seattle's Pike Place Market. I was surprised how many features stayed the same and how much this Starbucks differs from others. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse chain in the world.

Does Starbucks have a pig in Pike Place Market?

There's also a framed copy of a Pike Place Market shopping guide from 1973, as well as an original Starbucks one-pound bag coffee bag from 1971. Even the boxes at the store announce that the location is Starbucks' first. Right above the door, there's a giant sculpture of a pig covered in coffee beans.