FOLLOWUP: How gingerbread can help fix vandalized windows

That’s another view of one of the windows broken at Baked Custom Cakes in The Admiral District by a vandal who also broke windows at Alki Bike and Board next door, as reported here on Thanksgiving Day. The holidays can be a make-or-break time for small businesses, but these two are bearing extra expense because of the vandalism. We mentioned Alki Bike and Board’s sales last weekend; Baked also has something you might want to buy:

Proprietor Kristina tells WSB that she’s selling gingerbread kits – not just houses, but also cookies – that matter a lot to her bottom line “especially this season with having to replace my shop windows; as you can imagine those are not cheap and this is a slower time for me so these really get me through the holidays.” You can order kit(s) online at curbside-store.square.site. (Part of the proceeds also benefit West Seattle Food Bank.)

4 Replies to "FOLLOWUP: How gingerbread can help fix vandalized windows"

  • Admiral2009 December 1, 2025 (10:50 pm)

    These are small businesses that serve our community.  The City needs to make the vandel accountable and pay full restitution.  Enough already!  

  • Actualperson December 2, 2025 (4:55 am)

    WSB. Any follow-up as to a possible suspect?

  • Paul December 5, 2025 (11:08 am)

    WSB, Is there any follow up to damage at Baked Custom Cakes and Alki Bike and Board?On my walk this morning, we similar vandalism at Cherry Consignment, Crash Champions, West Seattle Cleaners, West Seattle Mechanics, and kSquared Hair Salon.  Disappointing.

    • WSB December 5, 2025 (11:37 am)

      Cherry was burglarized, as reported yesterday. I don’t have any information about the four other places you mention – if they don’t contact us (once a police report is filed, at the very least we can get the info in front of the public too) and there’s no report on the police data map (I just looked again), or a dispatch that we might hear, we have no way of knowing. As for the Admiral incidents, I haven’t heard af any arrest so far. – TR

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