Cuisine Scene: Pie
Long Beach is a Pie Town, home to some seriously crave-worthy, crust-contained creations. Here, you’ll find not only the classic fruit-filled favorites, but also bold and inventive takes on traditional recipes. Indulge your sweet tooth with nostalgic slices or modern twists—some served in jars. You can even create your own customizable combos (FRANKENPIE!). Here are some great spots where you can grab your perfect piece of the pie.
LAURIE’S PIE BAR
Laurie’s Pie Bar (450 Pine Ave) is without a doubt one of the city’s most beloved pie palaces. Created-from-scratch flavors range from Key Lime and Salted Caramel to Whiskey Peach and Ube Coconut. Their adorably delicious Cutie Pies are pies created in small, portable glass jars and their Frankenpie allows you to congregate six slices of your choice of flavors in one awesome pie collective. There are also vegan pies, sugar free, gluten-free, even pies for your pup.
JONGEWAARD’S BAKE N’ BROIL
Easily one of the most popular restaurants in the city, pie is just one of the many things Bake N' Broil (3697 Atlantic Ave) has been doing right for decades.The commitment to quality includes its bakers arriving at 4:30 AM to begin the process of crafting a selection of homemade favorites from scratch. While everyone has a Bake ’N Broil favorite–apple, German chocolate, French peach–its most popular flavor is Lemon Lush, an incredible, indelible combination of sweetened cream cheese, lemon curd, and just the right amount of pecans.
POLLY’S PIES
When one heads to Polly’s Pies (3490 Atlantic Ave), you can expect an extremely curated pie experience, one that leans heavily on the classics: apple, cherry, chocolate cream, etc. Still, their signature pie is an amazing amalgam of strawberries and banana called, wait for it, Banberry. It combines banana creme filling, topped with fresh strawberries, all of it ringed with a healthy band of real whipped cream.
HOF’S HUT
It doesn’t get any more traditional in Long Beach than Hof’s Hut (2147 N Bellflower Blvd). This local institution has been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner for more than 70 years, greeting each guest to its Los Altos location with a large refrigerated case of incredible looking pies at its entrance. There are so many favorites–chocolate cream, apple and peach–but it’s the spectacularly sweet architecture of its signature strawberry pie–piled high with ruby red, glistening strawberries–that looks and tastes scrumptious!
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