Emporium Pies
Lord of the Pies – Deep Dish Apple
Drunken Nut – Bourbon Pecan
Cultivar Coffee
Some of my zeal sapped by Zoli’s it was in a different type of pie that I sought solace, the young ladies at Bishop Arts’ Emporium Pies turning my frown upside down literally the moment I walked in the door and prompting me to stay for nearly an hour sipping coffee, browsing the free WiFi, listening to them happily talk shop, and of course eat a couple perfect slices of pie. Cute in design and high quality in ingredients with no preservatives, corn syrup, or dye in the anything-but-standard “standards” or seasonal specialties it was with noted difficulty that I perused eight options and allowing the service to guide me I was happy that two old-favorites came most highly recommended. Beginning with bold coffee with figgy undertones as both slices were warmed by oven it was in the spirits-forward caramel and crunch Texas Pecans over buttery shortbread that I began and while admittedly good, it paled in comparison to the thick wedge that arrived next, the soft apples saturated in hot caramel beneath a mountain of crispy cinnamon streusel in buttery pastry – a slice refining the American classic and the best I’ve had to date.
