Octogenarian Steals the Show With ‘Best Technique’ at Riki’s Lesbian Pie

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/12/07/local-octogenarian-steals-hearts-with-best-technique-at-rikis-lesbian-pie-eating-contest/In honor of Lesbian Visibility Week last month, Riki’s sports bar held a raucous pie-eating contest, with a contestant named Jenn winning grand prize, but “best technique” went to 81-year-old Babs Daitch who recently starred in an award-winning documentary. As Bay Area Reporter writes, Riki’s, a women’s sports bar in San Francisco's Castro District, organized a fun-filled pie-eating contest the Sunday before Thanksgiving. The event, which was sponsored by the Curve Foundation, a platform amplifying LGBTQ women's and non-binary voices and culture, featured contestants gorging themselves on a variety of pies, sans hands. The official wi