Pie Gourmet

This place is an institution. It's been around forever. I've been going there for decades to pick up pies for thanksgiving. I will tell you if you're going to do that you need to call Early place your order and the whole thing is quite a production. Lines out the door long waits. That kind of thing. Other than around the holidays it's usually a really easy in and out and they have all kinds of things including chicken pies and other foods you can warm up. I heard one person earlier complain about being overcharged and poor service. I think that was probably an honest mistake. I believe there might be some real language barrier issues with some of the folks working there. I don't think there was any ill intent. Once again I don't think you'll be disappointed with the pies. Especially any of the fruit pies with the crumbs on top.

I have visited twice in the past couple of months to get fruit pies to take to family. I ordered a small apple pie the first time and a small cherry pie and a small apple pie the second time. I actually got a large apple when I picked up my pies since they ran out of small apple pies for whatever reason (my gain — the large had a filling three inches high). Both pies have a flaky crust that were not overly buttery or salty for my taste. Both pies had fillings that were true to the fruit without being overly sweet similar to other reviews. I would be curious to try other flavors like blackberry peach in the summer and maybe even a couple of savory pies like the chicken and shepherd’s. Staff struck me as efficient and helpful in both of my experiences. Prices seem consistent with bakeries in the Vienna area. I would return if I had a bakery pie fix that needed satisfying.

My parents weren't huge fans of pies before but they have become ones since the moment they tasted pies from this place. We had Pie Gourmet Ltd's apple pie (à la mode) first. My dad liked it so much and said "We gotta definitely try other pies. Let's visit there again to get some more pies !" Bought a lovely cherry pie 2 days later at Pie Gourmet Ltd and we loved that one, too. Fyi. We added 2 scoops of Talenti Madagascan Vanilla Bean gelato and 2 dollops of Reddi whip to make Apple/Cherry pie à la mode.