Alki, the Junction, Admiral: West Seattle Trick-or-Treats on Different Days This Year, and the Route Has Changed

Which day is Halloween in West Seattle's business districts? Alki's merchants go first on Saturday, October 24. The Junction goes on Sunday, October 25. Admiral finishes on Friday, October 30, the day before the actual holiday. Each business district runs its own afternoon, and none overlaps another. A family can do all three, and with a costume that survives a week, some families will.

The middle event matters most this year. Storefronts around the Junction have changed hands, signage, or status since last October, so the Harvest Festival takes place in a business district partway through a turnover.

The week, in order

The West Seattle Blog's October 9 roundup lists three business-district trick-or-treat events. Here's how they run:

1. Alki, Saturday, October 24, noon to 2 p.m. Participating merchants line Alki Avenue SW between 63rd and 57th avenues SW, according to the Alki Trick or Treat organizer. The West Seattle Blog lists the same window. Westside Seattle's September 28 preview printed 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., so go by the organizer's posted time.
2. The Junction Harvest Festival, Sunday, October 25, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A costume parade opens it, then merchant trick-or-treating, the West Seattle Food Bank Chili Cook-off, the A La Mode Pie-Eating Contest, and a street performance by the Seattle Thrillers. Details are on the West Seattle Junction Association page.
3. Admiral, Friday, October 30, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Participating businesses along California Avenue SW hand out treats, running from Mioposto in the north to Shug's in the south. Westside Seattle reports that merchant doors open between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m. The Admiral Neighborhood Association also staffs volunteer crossing guards at major intersections.

Each district picked a different slot. Alki has a midday weekend window on the water. The Junction's Sunday event folds into the expanded footprint of the Junction Farmers Market and street festival, per the West Seattle Blog. Admiral starts at 3:30 on a weekday, which suits a school-day pickup. For Alki, the blog also suggests a detour to the Log House Museum at 61st and Stevens.

The Junction looks different this Sunday

Last year, a Harvest Festival walk went past a vacant ex-Haymaker space at California and Alaska. Nearby, a MOD Pizza storefront at The Whittaker had been closed since May 2024. Mashiko was still serving sushi at 4725 California. Since then, all three addresses have new stories.

Two chicken chains near one intersection, about six weeks apart, is the biggest change. The West Seattle Blog reported that Dave's sign went up one week after Starbird opened. The blog first reported a year ago that Dave's and Gong Cha were taking the ex-Haymaker space. A year passed between that report and a sign on the building.

Starbird's menu, from the blog's preview two days before its opening, covers sandwiches, salads, wraps, nuggets, wings, and a vegetarian Gardenbird. Sides include fries, slaw, and a chilled elote-style corn, with churros and cookies for dessert. The blog reported announced hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. for opening day.

Farther north on California, south of Admiral, Delphinium Delicatessen and Goods at 3902 California SW set Friday, September 25 as its official opening. Back in May, the proprietor told the West Seattle Blog the shop would carry fresh Seawolf bread, wine, cheese, charcuterie, a daily sandwich and soup, and kitchen goods. The shop's website describes a specialty market, deli, and wine shop open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The September 25 date was always conditional on inspection, and we haven't seen a formal opening-day confirmation, so check the shop's site before you plan a stop.

Mashiko's address is the unresolved part

Mashiko announced in July that it would move to White Center. In September it named the address: 9640 16th SW, the space restaurant and bar Búho was leaving after its last day on September 23. According to the West Seattle Blog, Mashiko said it would announce its final West Seattle day the following week and hoped to be closed for renovations only briefly before reopening. The coverage we reviewed never published that final date. Anyone hoping for one more meal at 4725 California should check with the restaurant directly.

The building's future is less settled than the move. In its July announcement, Mashiko said the 4725 California building would be torn down. The West Seattle Blog checked city files then and found no proposal or demolition permit for the address. We found no newer announcement about a successor for the site.

So this year's Junction Harvest Festival happens near one chain that just opened, one whose sign is up but doors aren't, a craft studio that opened three weeks before the parade, and a long-running restaurant whose last day hasn't been announced.

Elsewhere on the peninsula, more doors are on the way

The changes go beyond the Junction. Neighborhood-level business news from the last few weeks:

• Tony's Pumpkin Patch was up at the 35th and Barton corner by October 10, selling pumpkins daily through Halloween, with Christmas trees to follow a few weeks later.
• Pegasus Pizza announced an additional location at 1622 SW Roxbury, with details still to come.
• HoneyDew Glassworks, a glassblowing studio and retail shop at 2914 SW Avalon Way, is aiming to open before December, but there's no firm date yet.
• Curry's Culture is the planned Indian restaurant for the former Miso space near 16th and Holden. As of October 6 it wasn't open.
• Hey Bagel plans a location at 4448 California SW, north of the Alaska Junction, and expects to open in May.

After the costumes come off

The Junction stays busy after Halloween. The Westside Seattle event ledger lists a Day of the Dead celebration starting at 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, in the Lower Junction on Fauntleroy Way SW. That's one week after the Harvest Festival, in the same part of the Junction where Starbird just opened.

The November West Seattle Art Walk starts at 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, with participating merchants in the Junction, Admiral, Alki, and Morgan Junction. That's also Dave's Hot Chicken's planned opening day, so expect two reasons for crowds at California and Alaska that evening.

Through all of it, the West Seattle Farmers Market runs every Sunday, year-round, at California Avenue SW and SW Alaska Street.

The Junction Association's Hometown Holidays page lists November 29 as "Shop Small Saturday," but November 29, 2026 is a Sunday, and the page says details are subject to change. Confirm with the association before you plan around it.

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