The Pie Spot: Portland Oregon’s Little Pie Shop
The Pie Spot: Portland Oregon’s Little Pie Shop
“He was wearing a his boyscout outfit that was covered in badges. He was about 7 to 9 years old. He wore a mullet haircut,” Ashley was describing a memorable customer experience.
“Oh and those big thick glasses” Jessica interjected.
“He was looking at the pies with big eyes, as all the kids tend to do when they see pie,” Ashley continued on. “He took his time and then asked his mom ‘Which one should I get, you know I do not do well with fatty foods’ ”
Both Ashley and Jessica looked at each other and began to laugh.
When I walked into The Pie Spot earlier, I felt like this kid in the Boyscout outfit. I had big eyes as I gazed at the beautiful pies. There was conundrum on which I should choose to have. I too had an issue with pie, as a diabetic in pie shop I felt out of place and a lot like that Boyscout.
Owners Ashley (left) & Jessica (right)
The Pie Spot is a wonderful pie store that offers some amazing personal sized pies. They are designed to be small, portable and individualized. They are the brain child of Jessica and Ashley, the owners of The Pie Spot. The two came up with the business while working at a bar and started it all from a foodcart. Today, since February 2013, they operate out of a building that used to be a repair garage since. It located on the east side of Portland on NE 25th.
Enjoy a small personalized pie
The place has become a home to the two as they celebrate Thanksgiving in The Pie Spot with family friends and employees. It becomes a gathering place for their extended family.
Jessica has always had a fondness for being creative and always liked baking. It was a creative outlet for her and at the same time with her friend Ashley found a way to get out of the bar scene. Pie is an American Classic and why not do pies.
You can have breakfast, lunch and dinner at The Pie Spot as they offer a range of different pies, including quiche and sweet pies. If you are looking for a recommendation for one pie to have to choose from I can not tell you get one, I would have to tell you to get 2. The Peanut Butter Chocolate pie and mix it with the Marionberry pie. It is like having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Jessica’s favorite was the Lemon Vanilla Bean pie.
Enjoy some coffee for some early morning wake up
The largest challenge these two have is finding a way to ship these pies in the near future. Hopefully a solution will be found to this. Until then everyone will have to take a trip to Portland to try them out. The Pie Spot’s Website can be found here.
Jessica’s and Ashley’s recommendations to do around Portland
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Your turn. Tell us about your experience at The Pie Spot. Write in the comments below.
Erick Redcloud
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11 comments on “The Pie Spot: Portland Oregon’s Little Pie Shop”
And who doesn’t like pies for any meal of the day
Well I had 3 of the pies for lunch alone. And not one of the lunch/dinner pies.
This sounds like a cool place. I used to work in a pie shop in Australia, although with meat pies. I would choose the lemon as lemon pies are delish!
Lemon pie is my favorite. The lemon vanilla bean is my favorite after the PBJ pie Combo.
Individual pies are a brilliant idea!
I thought as much too. That is why I had to visit them
I’d certainly love to have breakfast, lunch AND dinner here!
I would too
Now this is the place to be! I would probably try one of everything!
We did try one of everything. Some word of advice, don’t try them all in one sitting.
This looks like an adorable little place to stop and have lunch. Pies are underrated on most menus so it’s cool to see them get a pedestal all to themselves!