Easy Street Records
Record store in Seattle, Washington / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Easy Street Records is an independent record store located in Seattle, Washington. Easy Street opened its store in West Seattle in 1988, and later added a cafe/bar, which serves coffee, breakfast, lunch, beer, wine, and cocktails. Easy Street Records often hosts live in-store performances by national and local musicians. The store carries new and used vinyl records, CDs, DVDs, new books, magazines, t-shirts and company-branded merchandise. In 2018, Rolling Stone named Easy Street one of the ten best record stores in the US. The publication also included the store in its 2010 article "Best Record Stores In the USA".[1][2] Time magazine featured the store in its article "10 Great American Record Shops"[3] On October 10, 2012, Easy Street was named King County's "Best Small Business" in the 2nd annual King County Executive's Small Business Awards.[4] In November 2012, Seattle mayor Mike McGinn "recognized Easy Street Records for their stability, longevity, and involvement in Seattle's music community, while embodying Seattle's pioneering spirit and reflecting Seattle at its best."[5] In 2017, the Travel Channel named Easy Street one of "Eight Must-Visit American Record Stores".[6] In 2023, Easy Street was named West Seattle's Business Of The Year by the West Seattle Chamber Of Commerce at their annual Westside Awards presentation.[7] Easy Street is a member of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) and a founding member of Record Store Day.