Peach Pie (Vanilla Ice Cream) Crust: 8/10; by far the best single element of the pie, this buttery crust melts in your mouth Ice Cream: 6/10; run-of-the-mill… Read more “Everybody’s American Cookhouse, Port Orchard, WA”
Category: Pie
Forks Coffee Shop, Forks, WA
Apple Pie (Vanilla Ice Cream) Editor’s Note: This pie was comically terrible, and perhaps the worst I have ever encountered. It was consumed, almost in its entirety,… Read more “Forks Coffee Shop, Forks, WA”
Cousin’s Restaurant, The Dalles, OR
Marionberry Pie (Vanilla Ice Cream) Crust: 7/10; the edges were just a hair burnt, but the top and bottom portions had a respectable flavor and broke well… Read more “Cousin’s Restaurant, The Dalles, OR”
Northern Lights Saloon, Polebridge, MT
Huckleberry Pie (no Ice Cream) Crust: 8/10; at last, a crust after my own heart – this is clearly a scratch-made shortening crust, with the double-crust recipe… Read more “Northern Lights Saloon, Polebridge, MT”
Park Cafe, St. Mary, MT
Grizz Bear-y Pie (Huckleberry Ice Cream) Crust: 6/10; as a single-crust pie, the crust-to-filling ratio is somewhat sparse, though the crust edge had a nice flakiness and was… Read more “Park Cafe, St. Mary, MT”
West Glacier Restaurant, West Glacier, MT
Huckleberry Pie (Huckleberry Ice Cream) Crust: 7/10; the first full (mini) pie I’ve encountered on this trip, the single-crust was notably buttery, however it was difficult to… Read more “West Glacier Restaurant, West Glacier, MT”
Wall Drug, Wall, SD
Blueberry Pie (Vanilla Ice Cream) Crust: 6/10; while flaky to a point, the crust failed to disguise what was otherwise a lackluster confection (see below)… Ice Cream: … Read more “Wall Drug, Wall, SD”
The Purple Pie Place, Custer, SD
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie (Vanilla Ice Cream) Crust: 8/10; clearly made in-house by the irregularity of the crust shape and design (the full pies are brought out from… Read more “The Purple Pie Place, Custer, SD”
CJ’s Pancake House, Newton, KS
Apple Pie (Vanilla Ice Cream) Crust: 5/10; had a decent crunch to it, but clearly came store-bought. Ice Cream: 6/10; standard creamy vanilla ice cream, but likely… Read more “CJ’s Pancake House, Newton, KS”
Pie
There is something about pie that feels uniquely American. Sure, pies have been enjoyed across the globe for centuries (the first recorded pie recipes date back to… Read more “Pie”
