The Pastry Project - Bakery Window
Bakery · Pioneer Square ·
Soft serve, ice cream cakes, cookies, and seasonal pop-ups.
Soft serve, ice cream cakes, cookies, and seasonal pop-ups.
"If you don’t know this spot for its classes and recipe kits, or its mission to provide training to people who face barriers to employment, you likely know it for its famous summers-only soft serve window; with summer over, the owners are launching a walk-up bakery window and have teased an enticing menu of “maple pancake croissant, crème brûlée croissant, and seasonal upside down fruit cakes topped with whipped cream and toffee sauce,” with likely lines during limited opening hours of Thursday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m." - Harry Cheadle
"The Pastry Project is not a shop—it's an organization in Pioneer Square that provides baking training to those who face barriers. And in the summer on weekends, their front door turns into a soft serve window, selling cones, cups, ice cream cakes, and cookie sandwiches. While they typically have standard flavors like (purple) vanilla and chocolate, they're delicious, and made even better when loaded with The Pastry Project's homemade peanut crunch topping—which tastes like the middle of a Butterfinger bar but won't stick to every single molar in your mouth." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"Emily Kim and Heather Hodge, formerly coworkers at Molly Moon’s, launched the Pastry Project in 2019 to shore up a troubling lack of qualified pastry chefs in the Seattle area. They provide free, 14-week instructional programs to the city’s next generation of dessert craftspeople, funding them through a combination of bake sales, subscription boxes, and a soft-serve window in their Pioneer Square kitchen. The decadent, cheffy toppings and masterfully executed hard-shell coatings have ensured a cult following, who can rejoice at 3. P.m. on June 26, when the window will be thrown open for the summer. It’ll remain so every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through the end of August, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m." - Sophie Grossman
"The Pastry Project is not an ice cream shop—it's an organization that provides baking training to those who face barriers. And in the summer, their front door turns into a soft serve window, selling cones, cups, ice cream cakes, and cookie sandwiches. While they typically have standard flavors like (purple) vanilla and chocolate, they're delicious, and made even better when loaded with The Pastry Project's homemade peanut crunch topping—which tastes like the middle of a Butterfinger bar but won't stick to every single molar in your mouth." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"Provides a free, 20-week baking and pastry training program in Seattle for individuals facing high barriers to entry, offering supports such as childcare, transit stipends, free lunch, and job placement assistance. It also sells monthly pastry kits that include a new recipe to try, with purchases directly funding the organization’s job-training mission." - Jaya Saxena