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What Happened to Pie Bar Ballard After Food Paradise? (Seattle, WA)

Food Paradise, Season 16 Seattle, Washington

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Pie Bar Ballard has closed — confirmed via myballard.com, January 24, 2025.

What the source shows: My Ballard reported on 2025-01-24 that Pie Bar Ballard closed, with the owners citing disruption from a city street-construction project. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

On Food Paradise (Travel Channel)'s "Easy as Pie" episode, Pie Bar Ballard was featured for its menu of sweet and savory pies, served pie-shop style in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. Pie Bar operated at 2218 NW Market Street for about 10 years before closing. My Ballard reported on 2025-01-24 that the location had closed, with the owners citing disruption from the city's Route 40 street-improvement construction project and directing customers to the company's Pie Bar Phinney location. My Ballard also reported on 2025-05-06 that Pie Bird Bakeshop, known for seasonal whole pies and pocket pies, was moving into the former Pie Bar space. Yelp's listing for the address was updated in July 2026 and continues to mark the business as closed. Google Places also lists the business as permanently closed, checked 2026-09-08.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 16

Episode 3
Air date not confirmed
Title: Easy as Pie · What was featured: its menu of sweet and savory pies
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. myballard.com https://myballard.com/2025/01/24/pie-bar-ballard-closes-after-10-years-says-ongoing-construction-has-impacted-business/
  2. myballard.com https://www.myballard.com/2025/05/06/pie-bird-bakeshop-to-open-in-former-pie-bar-location-on-nw-market-st/
  3. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/pie-bar-ballard-seattle
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Record fp-1296 · checked by Cal Marchetti.