Twin Peaks Tuesday!!

Twin Peaks Tuesday
7-10 pm every tuesday

Tonight!
Season 2 Episode 2 at 7pm
Season 2 episode 3 to follow!
(s2e3 will show twice)

Pie and Coffee Specials!
Punch Card for Frequent Viewer Rewards!

Movie Monday Tonight!

Join us, have some pie, some delicious coffee and watch some holiday classics. Cookie decorating party with High 5 staff. Elf and the Muppet Christmas Carol on the big screen. 5:30 and onward!

Now Taking Holiday Pie Orders!

Pre-order one of the following pie selections:

Apple

Butterscotch Cream

Carmel Pecan

Cherry Almond

Cranberry Nut

Egg Nog Cream

Marionberry

Peppermint Chocolate Pudding

Pear Cranberry Ginger

Pumpkin



We are taking orders until 5:00pm Dec. 21st,

so get a head start on your holiday feast by placing an order for one of our delicious pies today!

SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

Don't miss the amazing holiday gifts from local artists, designers and craftsmen at tomorrow's High 5 Pie Holiday Trunk Show! Support your local artisans and give gifts this season that are sure to be a hit. Handmade bags, soaps, cards, jewelry, hats, clothing, and so much art! Give unique gifts, buy local. Really local. 1400 12th ave at Union/Madison. 12-4pm! Cash and check only please.
xo,
High 5 Pie & Friends

Holiday Shopping is Sweet at High 5 Pie!

Tonight! Artswalk is Interactive!

Join us this Thursday, December 8th from 5-7pm for an interactive evening of arts and writing!

Vanessa Dewolf, artist, performer and curator of Studio Current and Project Space Available will be hosting an evening of writing exercises. Vanessa's focus on process over pro...duct makes her one of the treasures of Seattle's arts scene.

Come enjoy this amazing interactive event for a few minutes or a few hours, whatever you like! Have some pie, some coffee and some inspiration while you participate to your level of comfort and liking in a truly amazing evening. Don't just look at art this Thursday, make it!

ARTSWALK IS INTERACTIVE!

Join us this Thursday, December 8th from 5-7pm for an interactive evening of arts and writing!

Vanessa Dewolf, artist, performer and curator of Studio Current and Project Space Available will be hosting an evening of writing exercises. Vanessa's focus on process over product makes her one of the treasures of Seattle's arts scene.

Come enjoy this amazing interactive event for a few minutes or a few hours, whatever you like! Have some pie, some coffee and some inspiration while you participate to your level of comfort and liking in a truly amazing evening. Don't just look at art this Thursday, make it!

1400 12th ave at Madison
5-8pm

Holiday Planning Made Easy!

It's that time of year again! Holidays in full swing, getting together with family, office parties, braving the cold and shopping till you drop. We know it can get pretty busy around the holidays and we are here for YOU! What better way to celebrate the holidays with family, friends and coworkers than to serve up the tastiest in pie treats?! Not only are we now taking special orders for the holiday, but we are also offering up our catering services in an effort to bring the YUM and help catapult you to the top of the "best party host EVER" category ;)

Packages to choose from, or make up your own!

We're happy to take your orders anytime, just drop us a line at orders@high5pie.com and let us know what we can do for you!

whole pie sale!

From 5-Close tonight all whole pies are $5 off!! Come get this awesome deal before they're all gone!

New at High 5!

Just when you thought the offerings here couldn't get any better, we go and surprise you! What better way to get your morning started than with a good 'ol cup of oatmeal? Oatmeal, coffee, perhaps a cutie pie or 2? Breakfast IS the most important meal of the day, you know!

Delicious soup, courtesy of La Spiga!

In addition to things new and amazing, we are also offering daily soup specials. Come in and stave off the chill of Fall in Seattle with a piping hot cup of soup! Does it get any better?! Well, possibly, if you had some pie with your soup, perhaps?

Place Your Holiday Pie Orders Today!

What Thanksgiving get together is complete without pie? We know you're busy so let us do some of the work for you! We are taking orders for Thanksgiving pies until the 21st, so get those orders in today ;)

Pre-orders being taken for:

Blueberry
Caramel Apple
Caramel Pecan
Coconut Cream
Chocolate Cream
Cranberry Nut
Marionberry
Pumpkin
Spiced Plum Walnut
Sweet Potato

orders@high5pie.com

For The Love of Pie!!

Ahhh, we love the smell of pie in the morning. And' afternoon. And evening ;) Your humble little pie shop is at it again, being featured on 'For The Love of Pie!' a Cooking Channel show debuting this evening. Check your local listings for time & channel and tune in...you won't wanna miss this!

Taken from The Cooking Channel Website:

The pie craze is sweeping the nation and the Cooking Channel is out to showcase it! The belief that "pies are the next cupcakes" is gaining momentum. Part of that sentiment is based on pie/cupcake similarities. Both are classic desserts with comforting associations that are great for virtually any occasion. But pies have the added benefit of regional distinction. Call it a road trip, call it an obsession, but we will crisscross the country "FOR THE LOVE OF PIE!"

Blitz! Arts Walk TONIGHT!!

Come see the amazing local artist Syniva Whitney from 7-8pm at High 5 tonight! She will be installing sculpture and showing her short film, Shot Day. Rumors of a performance remain unconfirmed, ;)
Come see amazing art, have delicious pie and good coffee and stay for a discussion at the round table with the artist from 7:30-8.
Art+Pie=YES

High 5 Pie on the the Cooking Channel! For the Love of Pie!!

High 5 Pie is at it again, this time appearing as a part of a special All About PIES!!! Check out this description and times to catch the special!

The pie craze is sweeping the nation and the Cooking Channel is out to showcase it! The belief that "pies are the next cupcakes" is gaining momentum. Part of that sentiment is based on pie/cupcake similarities. Both are classic desserts with comforting associations that are great for virtually any occasion. But pies have the added benef...it of regional distinction. Call it a road trip, call it an obsession, but we will crisscross the country "FOR THE LOVE OF PIE!"

tune in

· November 13, 2011 8:00 PM

· November 13, 2011 12:00 AM

· November 16, 2011 8:00 PM

· November 16, 2011 12:00 AM

· November 18, 2011 10:00 PM

· November 18, 2011 2:00 AM

· November 19, 2011 9:00 AM

· November 20, 2011 5:00 PM

· November 23, 2011 9:00 PM

· November 23, 2011 1:00 AM

· November 27, 2011 7:00 AM

All times Eastern

High 5 Pie in Diet and Nutrition Magazine!

The press keeps on piling up! See our feature in Diet and Nutrition Magazine now!

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1eb1b969#/1eb1b969/36

Baker Position Available!

We at High 5 Pie are looking to hire a full time baker (approx. 35 hours weekly), experience a plus but not necessarily required. We are a busy, production heavy kitchen that requires someone who is efficient, confident, works well under tight deadlines and can uphold the high quality bar we set for our product! If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, have a somewhat flexible schedule and are able to work early mornings (4am!!) then we would love to hear from you!

We are looking to hold interviews this week and hire for this position ASAP. Please email your cover letter and resume to keri@high5pie.com. Tell us why you think you would be a good addition to our tight knit team of rockstar bakers :) We look forward to hearing from you!!

November Specials at High 5!

High 5 Pie Talks Kickoff!

Join us November 5th as we welcome George Terrell as our first speaker for the High 5 Pie and DangerVonDanger Discussions Pie Talks! George will be giving a short talk called:

Charity Cannot End Poverty;

Building Communities for a More Just and Equitable World

Saturday, November 5th 4-5pm, directly following our pie and coffee pairing

Come early to try new pies, stay to join the discussion at our community table!

George Terrell of iCATIS (International Centers for Appropriate Technology and Indigenous Sustainability), Instituto Tierra y Cal, Project Neighbors, and the Chiapas Building Project has over 40 years of experience working in and building communities committed to creating that better world which is possible, in both the U.S. and Mexico. He has worked as a union organizer, a lawyer, a builder, a community organizer and a sustainable ecology activist. With his diverse background, George has a unique perspective of how to help create communities that are committed to justice and equality and seeking a sustainable future.

BLITZ! Art Walk at High 5 Pie presents SYNIVA WHITNEY!!

Day and Night on the Hill

Saturday, 10/29 participate in the bingo card "Day and Night on the Hill" event with us! The day culminates in a halloween disco party at the Century Ballroom! 8 stamps gets you half off admission, and 15 stamps means you get to go for free! Pick up your bingo card at any participating location and enj0y a day and night in one of Seattle's funnest neighborhoods.

High 5 Pie part of Pies on the Rise!

Thank you 101magazine.net for including us as part of your Pies on the Rise piece! Once again we find ourselves among some pretty great company :)

101 Magazine - Pies on the Rise

Twin Peaks Tuesdays at High 5 Pie. Delicious and entertaining!

Fuel the Cure Kickoff Tonight!!!

Just a few hours till our Fuel the Cure kickoff at High 5 Pie! Come on by today, 5-7 with pictures, memories or notes to share. Corner of 12th and Madison.
Eat Pie, Save Lives.
xo
High 5 Pie

High 5 Pie on iFood.tv !

If you aren't familiar with ifood.tv then man, are you missing out! It's an amazing website where you can make friends and talk about food, watch cooking videos of a vast variety and generally geek out on anything culinary. Really, what more could you ask for?

We love this website and are so proud to be part of it. The lovely folks over at iFood.tv shared with us a post they put up about the new High 5 Pie cookbook, Cutie Pies, and some info about our amazing and fearless leader, Dani, and we just couldn't resist sharing it with you!

Start with the Cutie Pies profile but don't stop there! We highly recommend bookmarking their website and checking it often as it is truly a little slice of foodie heaven.

Eat Pie Save Lives

Don't forget folks, October is our month to Fuel the Cure! Starting with a kickoff event at High 5 Pie on Friday, 9/30 from 5-7. Come out and commemorate friends and loved ones lost or struggling with breast cancer. And know that a portion of all proceeds from the three Fuel Coffee Shops and from High 5 Pie will go to the Susan G Komen foundation to help fuel the fight against breast cancer. The more you eat and drink the more we can give!

Powerhouse of AWESOME, Dani Cone on Martha Stewart!?!?!

OCTOBER 3, 2011! Live on Martha Stewart!

Yes folks, that's right. Our intrepid leader, business woman extraordinaire, and author of the new cook book Cutie Pies will be a guest on the Martha Stewart show on Monday October 3rd. What will happen!? I'm not sure yet! But I can hazard a guess that it will have to do with pie. Delicious, buttery pie. Stay tuned for updates as we find out more! In the meantime, program your tivo or your dvr or your tiny future computer phone to record or remind you of this momentous event.

Eat Pie, Drink Coffee, Save Lives

Fuel Coffee and High 5 Pie “Fuel theCure”

A Portion of Proceeds from Fuel and High 5 Pie for the month of October will go to the Susan G. Komen Fund

High 5 Pie and Fuel Coffee will donate a portion of all proceeds for the month of October to the Susan G. Komen Fund as part of High 5 Pie and Fuel Coffee’s “Fuel the Cure” campaign to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. High 5 Pie’s Capitol Hill location will feature pink-framed storefront windows to commemorate the occasion.

We are all working towards and looking forward to a day when breast cancer is spoken of only in the past tense. It has touched too many lives and stolen our mothers,daughters, wives, aunts, sisters, friends, family. But we stand in celebration of their lives and in support of each brave survivor.

This year, we are asking people to “share, celebrate and take action”by coming to High 5 Pie to post photos, memories, and notes in the pink window frames in honor of anyone that has been affected by breast cancer.

In September of 2007, we lost our dear friend Noelle,just a month before her 41st birthday. To try to speak of Noelle's memory seems odd, almost unfair, because she was too big to be relegated to memory, too big to be gone, and too full of life to have had it taken from her. What keeps us dedicated and re-dedicated to this cause is the fact that maybe we can fight this so that one day no one will have to know thisheartache.

Fuel the CureKickoff: Friday, Sept. 30, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. – stop by High 5 Pie with pictures, memories or notes to share, celebrate and take action.


Fuel Coffee
Capitol Hill, 610 19th Ave. E.,206-329-4700
Wallingford, 1705 N. 45th St., 206-634-2700
Montlake, 2300 24th Ave. E.,206-328-0700
www.fuelcoffeeseattle.com

High 5 Pie
1400– 12th Ave.
206.695.2284
www.high5pie.com

Twitter: @fuelhigh5

Artist Talk and Happy Hour at High 5 Pie

Come to the first Happy Hour Artist Talk at High 5 Pie as a part of BLITZ! Capitol Hill Arts Walk, Thursday 9/8 from 6-7 at the community round table.

Art+Pie=Yummy for brain and tummy.

Sayward Schoonmaker: talks: Static Companions

Schoonmaker will discuss her process in terms of staring time and luck--a kind of static companion--perpetually present, both stationary and buzzing. She will embark on a meandering talk and invite participants to make some chance poetry along the way.

Sayward Schoonmaker is a Chicago-based artist and poet. Her work most often begins as a witness to intimacy, her own, between strangers, with objects, in narrative, and the decision to examine it in language. She regards the intimate as a swoon with the synchronous-- a momentary confluence of history, place, and emotion.

saywardschoonmaker.com

HIgh 5 Pies
1400 12th Avenue
Seattle WA 98122

high5pie.com

Sweet + Savory Specials for September

Get to High 5 Pie to satisfy all your back to school cravings!

Pie + Coffee = Love

We don't know about you, but we LOVE us some pie and coffee. It's just one of those things that go together, ya know? Like chocolate and peanut butter, broccoli and cheese, pickles and jam. Ok, we made that last one up.

High 5 Pie + Caffe Vita = Super <3

Beginning this Saturday September 10th, we will be hosting pairing events once a month here at High 5. From 2-4pm we will be set up around our round table in the cafe, sampling out pies that are paired with some super tasty coffee from the ever so lovely folks at Caffe Vita. Come on by and sample some pie and coffee, learn about beans and brewing equipment and get your first look at the new High 5 cookbook, Cutie Pies!

High 5 Pie is the Hot New Spot on Capitol Hill Arts Walk

Come join us at High 5 Pie as part of our first of many Arts Walk events. Thursday, September 8, from 6-7 pm.

Tonight!! Google Places at High 5 Pie!

Our Leader the Buzz Maker!

Big thanks to Seattleite for putting the spotlight on our fearless leader, Dani! She is truly an inspiration and we are so lucky to be a part of this team and her vision. Rock on, Dani!

Dynamic Seattleites: Buzz Maker, Dani Cone

Pie Packages for Any and All Occasions!

We at High 5 are so stoked to bring you news about our new Pie Packages! We not only have our bakery where we serve up our treats to the masses, but we also have a wholesale business and fill many a special order. From weddings, to birthday parties or office meetings we have the perfect solution to your event food needs! We've put together some great package deals to help make it even easier to make your event one to remember!

So many pies, so little time ;)!

Place your order anytime, just email orders@high5pie.com or give us a call at 206.695.2284 (please allow 48 hours for all special orders)

Diggin' on the design here at High 5 Pie

Super thanks to Schemata Workshop Blog for the lovely write-up on the design of our humble little pie shop on Capitol Hill. We're so happy you love the design as much as we do :)!

Check out the story and the rest of this amazing website: Schemata Workshop Blog

Food Network Takeover

Check out our Rockstar baker Rachel on camera! She is SO ready for her close-up ;)!

The natural ;)

Bringing the YUM!

Have you heard the news? S'mores pie is new and improved and will be taking the month of August (and your taste buds) by storm! Honestly, this is just too good to pass up!

Go ahead, take a bite. We dare you!

Check us out on KCRW's Good Food Blog!

Picnic Specials for August!

Come and get it!

Party Time!

It's that time of year again, Capitol Hill Block Party is almost here! We at High 5 Pie will be operating on a special schedule so that we can serve up the pie love and party with you! Also, on Sunday the 24th Between the hours of 4 and 8pm you can check out the DJ sets of local bands The Pharmacy and Tacocat from 4-8pm. Pie and music, is there anything better?

Rockstar Baker Wanted, ASAP!

Calling all pie-loving, hard-working, flexible rockstars, High 5 Pie is hiring, and soon! Do you thrive in a fast paced, high production environment? Enjoy working with a team but also confident in holding down the fort solo should the need arise? Well if this is sounding more and more like the person you see in the mirror then we want to hear from you!


We are looking to hire someone with kitchen experience that can work at least 30 hours a week and possibly more. This position calls for some early morning shifts (4am) and midday shifts as well (10am), weekdays and weekends. We are a busy, production heavy kitchen that requires someone who is efficient and confident, working well under deadlines and maintaining the quality of our products.

If this sounds like you, please send a cover letter and resume to keri@high5pie.com telling us why you'd like to join our team and what you can bring to the table. We look forward to hearing from you!

*Valid food handler's permit required. We are looking to fill this position by the weekend as to start training at the beginning of the week of July 15th. Please, only those available to start right away, apply.*

It's Almost Time!!

Are you ready for some of the tastiest treats in Seattle? Tomorrow is the official launch of Rhubarb Fest here at High 5 and oh my goodness, do we have some great things lined up for you!

Strawberry & Rhubarb pies, Rhubarb Custard Pies and our new favorite, Strawberry & Rhubarb Pie Shakes. PIE SHAKES!! STRAWBERRY & RHUBARB PIE SHAKES!!! Does it get any better than that? Dare we say, we don't think so ;)

So come on by and see us this holiday weekend! What's the 4th of July without a little slice of pie heaven?

Rhubarb Fest runs through the month of July, giving you multiple chances to treat yourself to something amazing!

Happy Pride Weekend!

Well, Pride Weekend is here and now with the news coming out of New York, it feels extra exciting! Whatever your plans for the weekend, Capitol Hill Pride Festival, Pride Parade, we hope you have a wonderful weekend and would love to see your beautiful faces at the shop. We're decked out in rainbow, feelin' good and ready to share the pie love! After all, you can't spell PRIDE without PIE ;)!

Happy Pride!!

Gene Simmons, where art thou?

So, it's a little known secret that we're just a tad obsessed with Gene Simmons and KISS. I mean come on! The music? The videos? The awesomely bad hair??! How can you not love these guys!

He *might* be a bit more obsessed than we are.

So unless you've been living under a rock, you know that KISS will be coming to town Thursday June 23rd. Well, technically they'll be playing in Everett, but we won't let that dampen our spirits! How awesome would it be, I ask you, to have Mr. Simmons drop in at our humble little pie shop on the hill? Pretty freaking awesome! Which is why we are sending out good and positive vibes, keeping our fingers crossed and pretty much telling anyone who will listen that he has to be coming by...he just HAS to!

So help us out! Whenever you send out a tweet, use the hashtag #High5KISSWish and feel free to convince Mr. Simmons that he would be missing out if he didn't drop in at High 5 Pie. Or, you're friends with him and you feel like helping us out by giving him a call, then that is just fine too! We'll take what we can get ;) Let's do this, people!

Make it happen and we'll totally rock these boots in the kitchen.

*top photo via http://www.smh.com.au/*
*bottom photo via http://www.popgloss.com/*

Mix it up! Shake it up! Whooaaaa ohhhh ohh!!

Man oh man, what a great time we're having over here at High 5! We've enjoyed a lot of things in the last couple of months. Making our Cooking Channel debut on Unique Sweets, mentioned in Sunset Magazine for our pie pops and jars (and doubly exciting, Fuel Coffee had a great mention as well!), People Magazine featured our uber tasty Raspberry Chocolate Mint Whip pie, The Food Network paid us a visit...I could go on but I think you get the idea ;) Great things are happening here and we are having a ton of fun doing what we do best, making our pies with lots of love and sharing them with you!

So now as we turn the corner of Spring and head towards Summer, albeit slowly but surely, we want to share with all of you pie lovers the next best thing in our world. Are you ready for it? Say it with me:

PIE SHAKES!!!

Mhmm, you are reading this right! Pie shakes have made their debut in our shop just in time for summer and we are oh so stoked about our newest creations. Who doesn't love a slice of pie with a scoop of ice cream on top? Well, we took that idea one step further and threw those 2 things in a blender, added a bit of milk and instantly fell in love with what is sure to be one of the best treats during the upcoming Seattle summer.

Seriously. A peanut butter and jelly pie shake? Count us in!

To make these delectable treats we use the amazing Bluebird ice cream in either Snickerdoodle or Vanilla Bean, a bit of milk and a slice of pie of your choosing. That's right! You can choose a slice of any flavor of pie you'd like and we will create an amazing concoction for you! Fancy an apple pie shake? How about a slice of peach pie in your cup of blended goodness? Cherry almond, blueberry lemon, marionberry, banana cream, coconut cream...honestly, there are so many flavors to choose from you could have a different shake every day of the week.

So come on over, pick out a slice and let us create a shake for you that your taste buds will thank you for!

*Super thanks to the Seattle Met Nosh Pit for the mention!*
http://www.seattlemet.com/blogs/nosh-pit/high-5-pie-pie-shakes/

Seattle Coffee Crawl June 9th-19th 2011

High 5 Pie is participating in the Seattle Coffee Crawl that takes place during the week leading up to the Northwest Coffee Festival! If you come by this Tuesday June 14th, between 5pm & 7pm you will receive a free FUEL coffee with the purchase of any pie item*. Pie + coffee really is the perfect combo!

We *heart* our FUEL coffee!

Seattle Coffee Crawl game boards are found in the Summer Guide issue of Seattle Weekly (out June 8th). Get your game board, come on by and get your High 5 stamp!

Seattle Coffee Crawl game board

For more information on the Coffee Crawl and Northwest Coffee Festival visit http://nwcoffeefestival.com

Food Netweork Magazine, anyone?

What a month it has been! We've had the Food Network visiting, filming away while our lovely staff was hard at work. People Magazine featured our super tasty Raspberry Mint Chocolate Whip pie.

Mmmmm!

And now for our next trick, we're featured in the June issue of Food Network Magazine for our oh so good pie fries!

Oh so GOOD!

Keep it tuned to this channel pie lovers, it just keeps on getting better! Cheers!

High 5 Pie in People Magazine!

Mhmm, you heard right! Your humble neighborhood pie shop is mentioned in People Magazine (on newsstands now!!) for our Raspberry Mint Chocolate Whip pie :) Yes, it is as tasty as it sounds!

Pie mania, indeed!

So if you're looking for something to do, how about picking up this issue of People and coming on by the shop to see what we've got in store for you! Nothing goes better with celebrity gossip than coffee and a slice of pie ;)

*If coming by for the featured Raspberry Mint Chocolate Whip pie, please call ahead, as availability may vary. Special orders also available!

We *heart* TV!

Wow, what a weekend! We kicked it off on Friday with the Food Network filming at High 5 Pie! On camera, we made our famous Lemon Shaker pie (a weekend fave) and Cherry Almond Cutie Pies. They also got shots of the Coconut Cream Pie (another crowd fave), Chocolate Cream Pie, Marionberry, Vanilla Cream, Peanut Butter Chocolate, and more! The show will be a one hour special on pies to air in November.....we can't wait!

The weekend has continued with pies flyin' out the door almost as fast as we make them...we love it! Today is gray and rainy, but it is a perfect day for coffee and pie. Doesn't a warm slice of apple pie with locally made vanilla bean ice cream sound just perfect?!

Special thanks to the Food Network Crew for being awesome, and our Lead Baker Anna for stealing the show...

xo,

H5

Baker and Barista wanted!

Baker postition:

Are you a high energy, rockstar baker? Do you thrive working in a fast paced, high production team environment? If so, then we’d like to hear from you!

We at High 5 Pie are looking for someone with kitchen experience, a flexible schedule and a love for all things pie! This baker position is 30+ hours a week with shifts ranging from early mornings (4am!) to evenings (10pm) and weekends. We are a busy, production heavy kitchen that requires someone who is efficient and works well under deadlines while maintaining the quality of our product. If this sounds like you, please send a cover letter and resume to keri@high5pie.com telling us why you’d like to join our team and what you can bring to the table. We look forward to hearing from you!

Valid food handler permit and kitchen/food industry experience required.

Barista position:

Come join our team of pie-slinging, coffee-living people pleasing baristas! We are looking for someone who is fun and friendly and truly enjoys customer service. We need someone for a full time position, who has open weekend availability and is OK with early morning (5am!) hours. We require either barista or food server experience and it's an added plus if you have both! Please email a short cover letter and resume to billie@high5pie.com

National Hospital & Healthcare Week!

In honor of National Hospital & Healthcare Week, we at High 5 Pie would like to show our appreciation to all of the amazing people working in the healthcare field in our neighborhood. Show your hospital or clinic ID badge in our store all week and receive 50% off coffee, tea and chai beverages!

Valid May 8-14th 2011 @ High 5 Pie 1400 12th Ave at Madison

Sweet Treats for Mom

This Sunday is Mother's Day, and what better way to show mom some love than with some super tasty apple or peach pie? Stop by the bakery this Sunday and pick up a pie that will warm mom's heart and make her taste buds cheer!

Can't you just feel the love?

Or smell it ;)?

Team Member Wanted!

High 5 Pie is hiring!

Come join our team of pie slinging, coffee loving, people pleasing baristas! We're looking for someone with barista or food-server experience who is fun and friendly, has open weekend availability, truly enjoys customer service and is ok with early morning (5am!) hours.

Please e-mail your resume and a short cover letter to billie@high5pie.com

Cheers!

...In Which We Keep Looking Forward.

Because really, why look back?

The winds of change have blown through here at High 5, unleashing a Pievolution and creating a hunger not only in our bellies, but in our hearts. Fillings were put under the microscope, tweaked, tasted, shared, talked about, tweaked again and married with our even-better-than-before dough. Talk about a match made in heaven! No really, let's talk about it ;)

These last few weeks at High 5 have been a wonderful journey. Challenging yes, but wonderful nonetheless. We can't tell you how great it feels to roll out changes and get back the response we've been receiving from the most important group of people: Our amazing customers. We went through some incredibly humbling times, listened to feedback, had some trial and error and then a breakthrough that wouldn't have been possible if we didn't have the best customers on the planet.

Thank YOU, Jennings Family! We hope Kitty left you some ;)!

You make our bakers so happy with tweets like these! It tells us that we're doing something right and that we are headed in a great direction. Not only do our bakers appreciate your feedback, but our baristas do as well!

Rockstar baristas, another one of our specialties.

This is why we do what we do. Because we love pie and love sharing it with people. We love talking about it, sharing secrets, trying new things and making something for you to share with loved ones. So from the bottom of our pie-loving hearts, thank you so much. YOU are the reason we are here, why we keep on evolving and why we have no plans on going anywhere but up!

Pievolution isn't over. It's just beginning.

Cheers!
The High 5 Pie family

...In Which I Get Sappy for a Minute

So I'm not sure if you've heard, but there's a Pievolution happening today. Well, I guess you could say it's been happening for weeks, but today is the unveiling. The unveiling of weeks of trial and error, blood, sweat and tears and fierce commitment from the best group of people I've ever had the pleasure to be around and work with.

A few of my team members in their natural habitat.

You see, I joined the High 5 family over the summer at a time when I really needed a change. Well, not only a change but I needed something good to happen. I was looking for something fun and challenging, something I could put myself into and be proud of. My good friend Angeleana called me on a Saturday wondering if I was still looking for work and if I'd be interested in a part time job at High 5 Pie, making and baking and delivering pie treats to cafe's around Seattle. Um hello?? Of course I was interested, it's pie! Not only that but she had talked about her job before and it was one of those things where I would find myself completely filled with jealousy while listening to her. You could tell she loved her job and I wanted that too. Within days I met Dani and the rest of the High 5 team and found myself in the position that I thought would never happen. I had a job that I loved. Not many people can say that so I counted myself as one of the lucky ones.

Who wouldn't be proud to make treats like these?

So fast forward a few months and we were opening our own bakery in a beautiful space in Capitol Hill, hiring more team members and adding to our menu. A retail shop along with our wholesale business meant we'd be busier than ever. There was a lot of transition, a lot of learning and yep, some speed bumps along the way. We gained team members and watched some move on, got some great reviews and some rather lackluster ones, tried new things and succeeded...and as hard as it was to try something and fail, we did it anyway and we learned from it. I'm telling you, I've never met a group with so much heart.

I now find myself in the position of being a leader for my team and it is by far one of the biggest honors I've had in my life. This team cares so much about who we are and what we do that I've watched them pull together in these last weeks and offer help and support wherever it was needed. They come in every day with smiles on their faces and good energy and pour themselves into everything they do and I find that to be extremely commendable.

So we find ourselves here today, Pievolution day, and we serve up weeks of hard work and dedication and hope that you can taste, smell, see and feel all the love that has been poured into these amazing pies...and we hope you love them as much as we do. We thank all of you so much for sticking with us through these changes, being excited for us and giving us feedback when it's needed. We wouldn't have been able to do any of this without all of you and that support.

And to my awesome team: Dani, Anna, Angeleana, Stacy, Matt, Rachel, Addy, Iris, Kelsey and Ryan, you guys are amazing. Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication. I am so lucky to be a part of this team.

Viva!

Cheers!
Keri Helen
Bakery Manager @ High 5 Pie, the best bakery on the planet

Get your Easter pie on!

This Sunday is Easter, and High 5 Pie has a treat for you! Whether you call colored and decorated hard-boiled eggs "Easter Eggs", or "Spring Ovals", we know you're gonna love these festive vanilla cream pies! With hidden Nilla Wafer treasures in every bite, your taste buds will surely rise again!

Hallelujah!

Festive Vanilla Cream Pie Jars!

Vanilla Cream Peeps Pie!

 
Only available on Sunday, April 24th. Now taking special orders! Email inquiries to orders@high5pie.com or come on down to the shop: 1400 12th Ave. | Seattle, WA 98122.

High 5 Pie + Unique Sweets = A Perfect Sunday Night

Hold onto your hats pie lovers, we've got some great news! This Sunday, April 24 2011 The Cooking Channel is rolling out their premier episode of Unique Sweets and it's all about pies. Now we LOVE pie so naturally we want to spread the word. Not only do we want to spread the word, we want to shout it from the rooftops, because your humble little Capitol Hill pie shop will be one of the few featured on this debut show!


We at High 5 Pie are incredibly excited and proud to be a part of this and we want to share this feeling with YOU! So this Sunday, stop on by and grab a flipside, a handful of pie pops or a slice to go. Get home, get comfy on the couch with your little slice of heaven and join us for the premier of Unique Sweets and be a part of the Pievolution!

Premiering Sunday, April 24th at 10:30pm ET/ 7:30pm PT - Check local listings for channel information.
http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/unique-sweets/pies/index.html

T minus 5 days...

...until Pievolution! Our team is getting pumped, are you?

Sweet Streets of Seattle

High 5 Pie recently got a mention in Seattle Magazine's Sweet Streets Guide! Featured in the March issue, High 5 Pie is proud to be a part of such a bustling neighborhood.

Brave New World.

Hello, friends.

The winds of Spring are blowin’ outside, and the fresh winds of change are blowin’ through High 5 Pie.

And our changes, they feel good. They smell good. They’re tasting ohhh sooo good. Indeed, there was a catalyst that nudged us towards change. What catalyst? Nahhh. The “what” is inconsequential. The important thing is that we got the push we needed to roll out the recipe tweaks we’ve played with for a while. 

 

Before, we weren’t sure if you, our patrons, wanted recipe tweaks, you know? We have a particular pie style here at High 5: fruit forward, and not too sweet. But as our business has grown from a few pies in a cake stand at Fuel to our very own High 5 Pie store front (!), and our fan base has grown (@high5pie loves hearing from pie lovers on Twitter and Facebook -- seriously makes our day ), our constructive feedback file has also bulked up. And we listen. We’ve always listened. We will always listen. The internal pie clock doesn’t get us out of bed at 3am every day to bake pies for ourselves, after all! Pie comes from the heart. Pie is for sharing.

So, we’ve tried out some recipes with friends and trusted palates across the food industry. (Note: Heather Earnhardt, you are an ambrosial goddess! All hail Volunteer Park Cafe.) A tweak of technique here, some extra butter there (we could all use more “light ‘n’ flaky” in the crust of our lives), a general all-over refinement of the basics.  

Without further adieu, ladies and gentlemen of the pie-eating persuasion, we’d like to announce.......

High 5‘s Pievolution!

At this writing, we’ve overhauled the crust four ways. Our fruits are more robust. Our flavors are deeper. We’re feeling mmmm mmm good.

Stay tuned! We’re super excited. We’re all so in love with pie in general, and now even more in love with our own. We’re working super fast to nail down our changes and bring the best pies in the city out of our bakery and into your bellies. We can’t wait to fully unleash the #pievolution!

Viva!

Truly,

Dani Cone

High 5-ers Billie & Kayla tour the town for Blitz! Capitol Hill Art Walk

Blitz! is Capitol Hill's version of Art Walk. It happens every second Thursday, and includes forty to fifty venues around the Capitol Hill neighborhood. This month, Billie and Kayla set out with a Radio Flyer full of coffee and coupons to spread some pie love.

For more information about Blitz! visit the website: http://www.blitzcapitolhill.com/

High 5's Bakery Manager gets some well-deserved praise!

We would be nothing without our beloved baker manager, Cat Wilcox. Seattlest took a moment to ask Cat a few questions about how she got to this point in her life, and what inspires her...


"According to High 5 Pie owner Dani Cone, "when it comes to pie, everyone has a story." For Cat Wilcox, that story took place outside Portland, when she visited an uncle at the age of nine or ten. The South Texas native visited a U-pick blueberry farm on the outskirts of town, where she was introduced to a magical world where she could pick and eat blueberries on the spot, and then take them home to make a fresh fruit pie. "The only farms in the south are cotton farms," she says. Today, Wilcox is the bakery manager at High 5 Pie; she need only take a bus or quick stroll to get her hands on fresh fruits and vegetables for the dozens of pies she helps create.
Wilcox grew up in Corpus Christi, where she spent most of her life baking for fun. "My mother wasn't a cook, so I remember making pies for Thanksgiving," she explains. Since no real fruit orchards exist in Texas, Wilcox doesn't have any recollections of eating any fruit pies as a child, even the American favorite, apple."

Read the whole article here.