Sausalito Thanksgiving pie tradition NBC Bay Area [Video]

Funny thing how Katherine Green ended-up in the pie business.

Before there were any pies at all, there was a sign. A vintage sign advertising Ruth’s Homemade Pies. No one knows who Ruth was or even where she baked her pies. Green’s husband Dennis Green found the sign at a flea market and set in the window of his Sausalito vintage shop Karl the Store — named for the bay area’s fog.

Sometimes people would walk in his shop on Bridgeway, admire the mix of modern and antique art, peruse the swanky jeans made locally, and inquire about the homemade pies.

“And I’d have to tell people we don’t really sell pies it’s just a vintage sign for sale,” said Dennis Green, who opened the Sausalito store about five years ago.

Just before COVID hit, a woman walked into the shop inquiring about the pies, of which Green gave his …