Image from the Port of Seattle
Location: Seattle, Washington
Sector: Food and Beverage
Founded: 2010
Employee owned since: 2023
Number of employees at the time of transition: 6
Support from: Northwest Cooperative Development Center
From the company
- https://www.pidgincooperative.com/
- Pidgin Cooperative – Community Investors
- Kickstarter – Pidgin Cooperative: A People’s Restaurant (2025)
Learn more
- Hoodline – Pidgin Co-op Jumps From Seattle Farmers Market To Worker-Owned Waterfront Restaurant (2026)
- Seattle Times – Farmers Market Hit Pidgin Cooperative Becomes Worker-owned Restaurant (2026)
- Seattle Mag – The System Smashers: Seth and Zach Pacleb (2026)
- What Now – Local Cooperative Working on First Restaurant (2025)
- Newsbreak – Filipino-Hawaiian-Themed Restaurant To Open in Former Highliner Space (2025)
- Port of Seattle – Inside Pidgin Cooperative: Fishermen’s Terminal’s New Worker-Owned Restaurant Focused on Local Food (2025)
Employee Owned Small Businesses Supported by the Northwest Cooperative Development Center
