Harry Cheadle is an Eater writer and editor who covers the Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco metro areas. He has been a journalist for 15 years and writing about food in Seattle since 2023.
Seattle’s Waterfront Park has been slowly coming online. In the past several months, the aquarium opened its luxe new pavilion (it’s great!) and Pike Place Market added its Overlook Walk that connects the market to the waterfront below. Now, just in time for the warm weather, the city’s best-known ice cream brand is moving in.
This week Molly Moon’s announced that it would be opening its 10th scoop shop on April 25 at the south end of the park, at the Washington Street Boat Landing Pergola. This is a picturesque little structure that’s been around for over a century; it sits at 199 Alaskan Way, near the bottom of Marion Street and next to the Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal. It’s also next to Habitat Beach, another new project that’s part of the ongoing waterfront revitalization…