WEST SEATTLE BIZNOTES: Cupcakes, pizzas, and auto parts

No, not together.

CUPCAKES: We got word from Cupcake Royale that starting this week, you’ll be able to pick up online pre-orders across the street from their old West Seattle location, at Ala Mode Pies (4225 SW Alaska). Hours 10 am-9 pm Tuesdays-Sundays – again, preorders only, via the CR website.

PIZZAS: Starting today, Mioposto in Admiral (2141 California SW; WSB sponsor) is serving up heart-shaped pizzas through Valentine’s Day and a bit beyond, with a beneficiary:

From February 9th through 16th, we’re baking up Heart Shaped Pizzas, available in Pepperoni, Cheese, or Margherita. 20% of proceeds will go to El Centro de la Raza, supporting their amazing work in our community. El Centro de la Raza has been a vibrant community hub for over fifty years, providing social services, education, and advocacy to empower the Latino/a community in Seattle and King County.

Mioposto hours are on this page.

ADVANCE AUTO PARTS: The auto-parts store at 4505 38th SW has been in a long goodbye for weeks, but now it’s set the closing date: March 7. This closure is part of a larger decision to shut down nine stores in the Seattle area, including locations in Tacoma, Seattle, Lakewood, Auburn, Bellevue, Burien, Federal Way, Kent, and Puyallup. Hundreds of locations across the Pacific Northwest and California will also close. Until the store closes, an everything-must-go sale is currently being held, with discounts of 50% to 95%. (All sales are final.) The company has cited ongoing supply-chain issues to several news outlets, including difficulties in inventory management and logistics, as key reasons for the closures.

18 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE BIZNOTES: Cupcakes, pizzas, and auto parts"

  • C February 9, 2025 (8:06 pm)

    Any idea who might take over the auto store spot?

    • WS Res February 9, 2025 (8:14 pm)

      Don’t you think WSB would say if they did?

      • WSB February 9, 2025 (9:57 pm)

        There’s nothing in permit files, either business remodeling or redevelopment. This 2021 market-outlook document suggests a mixed-use proposal for the site but it doesn’t appear to have been officially proposed.

    • Derek February 9, 2025 (9:26 pm)

      There’s just not enough volume there and I bet the rent is absurdly high. I doubt it will be auto parts again. I will miss having a place to walk to when my car battery dies.

  • Derek February 9, 2025 (9:25 pm)

    This is prime real estate for apartments. Close to two future lightrail spots. They should do the same with all the abandoned properties around Fauntleroy corridor. 

  • Cupcake fan February 9, 2025 (10:17 pm)

    Excited to hear that we’ll be able to pick up Cupcake Royale cupcakes in West Seattle! They have been missed.

  • Ronald Foust February 9, 2025 (11:31 pm)

    We will not have an auto parts store in West Seattle…

    • Oakley34 February 10, 2025 (6:18 am)

      There’s one literally feet away across Roxbury in White Center

    • K February 10, 2025 (6:59 am)

      There are a couple in White Center.  Both are on frequent transit lines, if you’re having car trouble.

    • Derek February 10, 2025 (7:01 am)

      Napa is 7 minutes away from this location. O’Reilly and Autozone both in White Center. They are closing because no one comes in

  • CARGUY February 10, 2025 (5:15 am)

    I really liked Advanced Auto Parts. They could get most products same day delivery (and better quality parts than the white center competitors) They always had LiquiMoly in stock ready to go for my picky car!

  • wetone February 10, 2025 (10:04 am)

    And just to think… WS had 4 auto parts stores between Alaska st. and Admiral way at one time. Shucks. Al’s, West Seattle (Advance auto parts today) and Westside. We also had 2 grocery stores IGA and C&H and a big Laundry mat on Alki ave between 62nd and 63rd along with a Taco Time (60th) and a Drugstore (61st) How times have changed;(

    • K February 10, 2025 (2:39 pm)

      There also used to be a computer and appliance repair places.  But manufacturers have worked to make things so proprietary or single-use that repairing your own things is less and less feasible for people without specialized training.  Hard to keep auto parts stores in business when the auto manufacturers are so determined to have you go to the dealership, or at least a local mechanic.

    • 1994 February 10, 2025 (10:38 pm)

      Remember the large fabric store just off Fauntleroy on the way up to the Junction? Was it Hancock’s? 

  • Jay February 10, 2025 (11:38 am)

    Advanced Auto is a big loss for West Seattle.

  • Chuck February 10, 2025 (2:37 pm)

    Ever hear of a portable battery recharger?

  • Amy Jo February 10, 2025 (3:51 pm)

    Any idea when Molly Moon’s is going to open??

    • WSB February 10, 2025 (7:01 pm)

      Still a few months, at last report.

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