WEST SEATTLE HOLIDAY SCENE: Fourth of Jul-pie in Highland Park (updated with winner!)

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9:55 PM FRIDAY: Kay Kirkpatrick and friends were plenty busy serving up bites of pie tonight at Highland Park Improvement Club‘s Fourth of July edition of First Fridays, and a community pie bake-off was the main event. 13 pies were entered!

Tasters got two votes each – though they could try more than two pies – to determine the winners. Meantime, the past-and-future HPIC site at 12th SW/SW Holden, still awaiting the rebuild, was hopping with other offerings from tamale sales to free games:

First Fridays are all-ages – watch hpic1919.org to see what’s next. P.S. We’ll update when we find out who won the pie bake-off!

11:03 AM SATURDAY: HPIC’s Galen Van Horn sent the update and photo:

Attached is a photo of Katie Weiss, the pie contest winner. She won with a ginger key lime pie with a Ritz crust.

Folks can get the recipe in the next HPIC newsletter.

KayK July 5, 2025 (7:38 am)

Highland Park pie bakers outdid themselves- delighting tasters with a range of great pies. Turns out the cream pies were overwhelming favorites this year- here are the crowd favorites:#3 – was Dylan’s Banana Crème Pie#2 – tied for second were Marcy’s Banoffee & Rebecca’s Almond Plum Tart#1 – the winner was Katy’s Ginger Key Lime PieMany thanks to all 14 bakers who entered and shared their work and our many neighborhood tasters!