Seattle, WAPie Shops

A soul food restaurant run by mother and daughter Barbara Collins and Lillian Rambus that grew out of sweet potato pie: the pair started selling Collins's pies at the Kent farmers market in 2011 and sold out every Saturday, opened in Madison Valley three years later and moved into the Jackson Apartments in the Central District in 2022. Sweet potato pies and tarts are made all year, and the dessert case holds them beside banana pudding and bread pudding, with fried chicken, waffles, greens and catfish on the menu. Order a slice of sweet potato pie.

A Hawaiian-style mixed plate barbecue restaurant on Rainier Avenue South with a loaded bake case up front, worth saving room for even after a big kalua pork plate. The pie to get is the buttery, coconut-rich chocolate haupia pie, and more classic banana, coconut and chocolate cream pies sit beside it. Order a kalua pork plate, then a slice of chocolate haupia pie.

A Redmond shop and restaurant that has become an Eastside stop for British fare and European imports. A savory steak and mushroom pie sits among hearty English classics like bangers and mash, and the dessert menu runs to personal fruit pies in flavors like apple, apple-blueberry, strawberry and rhubarb, served with sweet English cream or even cheese in place of ice cream. Order the steak and mushroom pie, then a personal apple pie.

Tom Douglas's downtown bakery is home to his famous Triple Coconut Cream Pie, with coconut in its crust and toasted coconut on top, sold as a whole pie, a six-inch pie, a slice or a single bite. The small counter also turns out a big pastry selection and breakfast sandwiches on house-made English muffins, with only a few seats outside, so most orders go to go. Order a slice of the Triple Coconut Cream Pie, or a couple of pie bites.

Bill Hart's Mount Baker pie shop, open since 2016, grew out of a bean pie he first baked as a teenager. Chess pies come in coconut, key lime, lemon and tropical, beside the Sweet Bean Supreme, sweet potato, pumpkin and pecan pies, each in tart, medium and regular sizes. Order a lemon chess pie, then a Sweet Bean Supreme tart.