The talk of Seattle…since 2013!

Since 2013, the Pie Bar™ has been the talk of Seattle and vicinity!

Owner/founder Natalie Bleifuss and her twin sister Alyssa Lewis introduced the unique concept of mixing pie and alcohol with the first Pie Bar™ location in the upscale Capitol Hill section of Seattle.

How this all started, where it has gone and where it is headed makes for an interesting story!

Natalie’s prime focus prior to this business had been caring for her two deaf children. Through her advocacy, they were among the first children to receive cochlear implants. Natalie had recently moved back to Washington state to be with her identical twin sister Alyssa. They were stay home moms with a big dream and a magic pie wand. Natalie armed with her Bachelor’s Degree in media and communications from the University of Washington, a strong entrepreneurial spirit (she remains a member of the national Entrepreneurs’ Organization, or EO) and her skills as a “people person” was ready for the next adventure. With that, the sisters launched this exciting new concept.

The first Pie Bar™ location was in a 600 square foot space, beginning initially as a takeout or “to go” venture.

Natalie recalls, “We made it work. And although we could never have foreseen it, when Covid hit in 2020, we already had a model that would sustain the business through it. For those times of the Covid shutdowns, we focused on takeout and it worked.”

After the opening of the first location, Natalie and Alyssa chose to go in different directions. Alyssa continues to operate the original location in Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Natalie, on the other hand, had a vision for the expansion of the Pie Bar™ concept and went forward on her own. The Pie Bar™ operation under Natalie’s leadership has seen the opening of additional brick-and-mortar locations, the introduction of Pie Bar™ food trucks, and the addition of catering services, available both through food truck and brick-and-mortar businesses. As Natalie and her team can attest, they’re told frequently by visitors, “I wish we had a Pie Bar™ in our town.”

Natalie and her team heard those requests. And they’re now working to help those wishes come true through franchising, one location at a time.