Food & Drink
Filipino-Hawaiian-Themed Restaurant To Open in Former Highliner Space
Pidgin Cooperative will open in Fishermen’s Terminal after crowdfunding campaign
By Rob Smith April 3, 2025
Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal will soon be home to a new restaurant.
Pidgin Cooperative — until recently known as Brothers & Co. — will take over the space formerly occupied by Highliner Public House, which closed in February after 37 years.
Pidgin is a worker-owned cooperative that operated a long-running farmer’s market hot food stand peddling ramen and tacos. Pidgin took a hiatus three years ago to focus on opening a restaurant and rebrand itself as a worker’s co-op.
The menu will continue using farm-direct ingredients much as the food stand did. It will reflect the Filipino-Hawaiian roots of founders Seth Pacleb and his brother Zachary Pacleb, including ramen and noodle dishes.
“Farmers markets embedded us in Seattle’s farming community,” Zachary Pacleb says. “Now with our new space, we’re a part of Seattle’s fishing and maritime industry as well.”
Pidgin is planning a crowdfunding campaign to raise $50,000 to help open the restaurant.
Seattle has a handful of worker-owned food businesses, including Jude’s Old Town and Patty Pan Cooperative.
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