Ultimate Portland Pie Guide

Pies That We’ve Tried
* A star indicates that we recommend eating pie here.
** Two stars mean we SERIOUSLY recommend it.

*Back to Eden Bakery Boutique: 2217 NE Alberta, Portland. Very highly rated vegan bakery on Yelp. We tried the lemon coconut cream pie there and we really liked it. Their offerings vary day-to-day, but they usually have a pie or two on the menu. Read our review.

**Baker & Spice: 6330 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland. Amazing hand pies, and we hear the actual pies are even more amazing.  Hand pies are seasonal and availability will vary, depending on what fruit’s available. Whole pies are available for special order and holiday orders and they are available for walk-in customers on Fridays, Saturdays and sometimes on Sundays. Read our review.

*Banning’s Restaurant & Pie House: 11477 SW Pacific Hwy, Tigard. Wide variety of pies, all pretty decent. Read our review.

Beaverton Bakery: Multiple locations. A Portland area staple for years, better known for their cakes and donuts. Based on the pie we tasted, can’t recommend it at this point. Read our review.

*Bipartisan Café: 7901 SE Stark, Portland. A great stop for coffee, pie and sandwiches. Read our review.

Davidson’s Casual Dining: 12830 SW Pacific Hwy, Tigard. We tried their apple pie a while ago, it’s decent. Just don’t try the “22 cent” pie.

The Dessert Tray: 11950 SW Broadway, Beaverton. Known mostly for its cakes, but they offer pretty decent marionberry, key lime and coconut cream pies as well. Read our review.

*Divine Pie: Available at the PSU Portland Farmers Market. “Sharing size” pies using all raw, live, whole food ingredients. Gluten free, dairy free and refined-sugar free. Although not a “traditional” pie, they do a fantastic job. Read our review.

*Helen Bernhard Bakery: 1717 NE Broadway, Portland. A full service bakery that’s been around since 1924. We haven’t done an official review, but if memory serves correct, they serve up some very serviceable slices.

*JaCiva’s: 4733 SE Hawthorne Ave, Portland. They are known for their cakes and chocolates, but we had their apple pie at a party. The pie was purchased at Zupan’s, so we’re not certain if pie is regularly available at their location. But, the apple pie was very solid. Good crust with sugar granules on top and the apples had the perfect texture.

**Lauretta Jean’s: 600 SW Pine St., Portland. Served at Cafe Velo year-round as of Sept. 2011. Also regulars at the PSU Portland Farmer’s Market and they offer Thanksgiving orders. Delicious. Read our review.

**Meat ala Mode: Fascinating meat pies that are getting rave reviews. Available by special order right now, but may be opening a storefront in the future. Read our review.

*Olympic Provisions: 107 SE Washington, Portland. They’re known for meat, but meat goes in pie. We’d be remiss not to seriously recommend their pork rillete hand pie. Our reviewer loved it, and so did Food & Wine Magazine – they named it one of their top restaurant dishes in 2010. Read our review.

**Pacific Pie Company: 1520 SE 7th Ave, Portland. Delectable Australian meat pies and pasties, plus they’ve added delicious sweet pies to the menu now as well. They offer frozen pies to take home and they are now a full service restaurant as well with adult beverages. Read what we’ve written about them.

Perry’s on Fremont: 2401 NE Fremont, Portland. Some folks in Portland probably swear by Perry’s, but we weren’t that impressed. Might be worth a try, but we can’t recommend it based on our reviewer’s experience. Read our review.

Pied Cow Coffeehouse: 3244 SE Belmont, Portland. Pretty solid pies and a fun place to hangout, but limited selection. Read our review.

*Pie Spot: D-Street Nosh Pod, 32nd and SE Division, Portland. Cup-pie (or “pie hole”, as they call them) specialist, good crust and creative flavors. Read what we’ve written about them.

Pine State Biscuits: Multiple locations. Highly recommended, just not for the pie. They have pecan pie on the regular menu and it’s decent, but we’re not fans of the chicken pot pie. Read our review.

**Queen of Hearts Baking Company: Available at Flying Cat Coffee and Caffe Paradiso, and seasonally available at PSU and Buckman Farmers Markets. A dedicated gluten free bakery, whose specialty is pie. Read our review.

**Random Order Coffeehouse: 1800 NE Alberta, Portland. Portland’s most decorated (and deserving) pie joint. They are the whole package, all-butter crust, all local ingredients, excellent sweet and savory pies and they have fantastic coffee and are open late. Read what we’ve written about them.

Reo’s Ribs: 6141 SW Macadam Ave, Portland. We made the mistake of trying sweet potato pie there, which we don’t really like in general. We hear good things about their other pie offerings, though. Read our review.

*Salt & Straw Scoop Shop: 2035 NE Alberta, Portland.  Innovative ice cream shop that incorporates pie into its flavors sometimes. They also serve Pieku pie year-round and make ice cream pies with Pieku pie crust. Read our review.

**Screen Door: 2337 E Burnside, Portland. We love their pie almost as much as their fried chicken, even though we haven’t gotten around to writing an official review. Their dessert menu varies, but since it is Southern-cusine, pie is on the dessert menu usually. We had a pear/ginger pie that was fantastic and the Pecan Pie is sublime.

Shari’s: Multiple locations in Northwest. Hey, Shari’s is the what got us started on pie, so while there’s always a place in our heart for Shari’s, we wouldn’t “recommend” it over the many exceptional places that are in the Portland area. Read our review.

Tom’s Pancake House: 12925 SW Canyon Rd, Beaverton. We’ve only tried their 22 cent pie promotion. Based on that, we can’t recommend it. Read our review.

**Whiffies: SE 12th and Hawthorne, Portland. Portland’s popular late-night fried pie cart. They’ve developed a cult-like following, and it’s not just because they’re open late – the fried pies are good and they are never short on creativity for fillings. Read our review.

*White Rabbit Bakery: 21368 Hwy 99E, Aurora. Little bakery in Aurora, Oregon that offers gluten free pie options usually. Available by the slice or whole. We’ve tried a few slices and they are pretty darn good… although, we’ll be honest, the cinnamon rolls are our favorite choice there.

Pies We Want to Try

BackSpace Cafe: 115 NW 5th Ave, Portland. Downtown coffeehouse and music venue that serves pies made by Sara Suffriti (who operates under the auspice of Come and Get It and Pieku Pie)

Bakery Bar: 2935 NE Glisan, Portland. They are cake-mongers for most of the year, but it sounds like they whip up some delicious pies for the holidays.

Bakery Bites: 14345 Pacific Highway, Tigard. The oldest “diabetic-friendly” bakery in the Portland area (no-sugar added). Specialize in fruit pies and cream pies.

*Bakeshop: 5251 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland.  The owner, Kim Boyce, has won a James Beard award (kind of a big deal) for her pastry recipe book Good to the Grain and her pie recipes were featured in Bon Apetit. It looks like she is serving up a wide variety of pastries, but it appears that pie, in some form, will make a regular appearance.

Black Sheep Bakery: Two locations in Portland and they sell at Portland Farmer’s Markets. Popular vegan bakery. They focus more on muffins, cakes, etc., but you can special order pies from them.

Byways Cafe: 1212 NW Glisan, Portland. Diner fare, not sure if they serve their pie by the slice, but they have whole pies available for special order.

Costello’s Travel Caffe: 2222 NE Broadway, Portland. It doesn’t look like pie is a guarantee here, but it appears that they have pie available in their dessert case on a limited basis.

*The Country Cat: 7937 SE Stark, Portland. Southern-style cooking at its best. One of our favorite restaurants in town, but have yet to be there when they have pie on the dessert menu. We have heard from a few sources that they have some of the best in town, when they have it.

Crave Bake Shop: 460 5th Street, Lake Oswego. They are known more for cupcakes, but do pie as well. Owner Kyra Bussanich won Cupcake Wars on the Food Network in 2011 with her gluten free cupcakes.

Crust and Common Pie Shop: Q19 Pod at NW Quimby and 19th, Portland. Newest pie cart in town. Looks like they offer sweet and savory pies + icebox pies. Also going to be available at the NW Farmer’s Market. Originally opened in Sellwood, but reopening in NW the week of Sept. 12, 2011.

Di Prima Dolce: 1936 N Killingsworth, Portland. Italian bakery. Pie, per se, isn’t offered as a regular menu item, but they have some very pie-like tarts it looks like. They also do special holiday orders of pie in the biblical sense.

Dovetail Bakery: 3039 NE Alberta, Portland. Popular vegan bakery. Looks like the offerings vary day-to-day here, but they do offer pie often and they offer holiday pie orders.

Evergreen Pieway: 301 Evergreen Way, Washougal, Wash. New bakery/cafe in Washougal, Wash. At first I thought the “pie” in pieway may only refer to pizza, but I saw a comment on Facebook that said they have “the best cherry pie”, so they are true to their name and do have pies (in the biblical sense) available. Kind of far out from Portland, but it’s close enough that I’ll include it in the PDX pie guide.

*Grand Central Bakery: Multiple locations in Portland & Seattle. Probably the best small-chain bakery in the Northwest and they offer whole pies, hand pies and even pie shells (availability varies).

His Bakery: Two locations; Portland and Oregon City. Wide variety of whole pies available.

Huber’s: 411 SW 3rd Ave, Portland. Their specialty is traditional turkey dinner, so they have pumpkin pie, naturally.

Kell’s Irish Pub: 112 SW 2nd Ave, Portland. They have Shepherd’s Pie and Country Pie here, which, depending on who you ask, might not qualify as “pie” in the biblical sense. Nonetheless, it’s a popular haunt, and I’ve heard good things about their Shepherd Pie (that is served in the restaurant, not what they serve at the Irish Festival).

*Ken’s Artisan Bakery: 338 NW 21st Avenue. Not sure if they have pie on standby all the time, but they make a variety of pastries, and it looks like they usually have tarts. Ken is a very well-established pastry chef, so this is bound to be good. They offer holiday pie orders.

Kenny and Zuke’s Delicatessen: 1038 SW Stark, Portland. Jewish-style deli with the best pastrami and reuben in town. They serve pie, too – offerings change daily.

Little Pots and Pans: Grab-and-go savory “tarts” (they look enough like pie to me, though) offered at coffee shops and grocery stores throughout the Portland area, and available for purchase online.

Little T American Baker: 2600 SE Division, Portland. One of the top craft bakers in Portland, looks like they focus more on breads and pastries, but they have a turnover, some tarts and a Turkey Pot Pie on the menu.

London Pasty Company: Cartlandia Food Cart Pod, SE 82nd and Harney. New pasty specialist serving British-style pasties. Claims to be “authentic British food”.

Lovin Spoonful Pies: 7825 SW 35th Ave, Portland (Multnomah Village): A take and bake sweet pie shop. Storefront in Multnomah Village just opened in April 2011, but it appears they may have been around in a catering/special order capacity prior to that.

MacTarnahan’s Taproom: 2730 NW 31st, Portland. They offer a “Scottish Pie” on their regular menu and usually have key lime pie on the dessert menu. I enjoy their beer and they have a good happy hour, haven’t tried the pie, though.

Merhi’s Bakery: 6923 SE 52nd Ave, Portland. Full service bakery, mostly fruit pies.

Mother’s Bistro & Bar: 212 SW Stark, Portland. A Portland institution, they always have a pie of the day on the menu.

New Cascadia Traditional: 1700 SE 6th Ave, Portland. Gluten free bakery with traditional pies (apple, pumpkin, peach, etc.) available seasonally.

New Seasons Market: Multiple locations in Portland metro area. Considering how much we love everything else from New Seasons, the pie is probably pretty good, too. In addition to the pies that they make, you also might find pies and other treats from other local bakers in the New Seasons dessert area.

Ohana Hawaiian Cafe: Located in Portland and Milwaukie. At their NE Portland location, they have a separate dessert and shave ice shop, where they serve Hawaiian-style pies with macadamia nut shortbread crust.

Oma’s Bakery: Homemade pies available for special order in Portland, specialty is sweet potato.

The Original Dinerant: 300 SW 6th Ave, Portland. Offer slices of their pie of the week.

Overlook Restaurant: 1332 N Skidmore, Portland. We hear these guys are old school (which is usually good when it comes to pie), and they have a wide variety of pies.

Palio Dessert House: 1996 SE Ladd Ave., Portland. Their specialty is key lime pie, don’t know if they offer anything else pie-wise.

Papa Haydn: Multiple locations. Usually only offer banana cream pie, along with some berry cobbler.

Peachtree Restaurant & Pie House: 6600 NE Hwy 99, Vancouver, WA. Has been around since the 70s, under different names (including the Plush Pippen). The Columbian has named them “best homemade pies” in Clark County.

Petunia’s Pies and Pastries: Gluten free and vegan baker. Wares available at Whole Foods Pearl/Mill Plain/Laurelhurst locations! Also, at Blossoming Lotus, Cloud Seven cafe, Ruby Jewel Scoop Shop, Mississippi Pizza & Seven Virtues Coffee and PSU Farmer’s Market.

Piece of Cake Bakery: 8306 SE 17th Ave, Portland. Limited menu, mostly focused on cake (hence the name), offer apple-marionberry pies/mini pies and key lime pie.

PieLab PDX: 1227 NW Davis, Portland. Pie cart that also doubles as a lab for social experiments. As of summer 2011, NOT OPEN, but it may resurface. Only open during warm months; the homemade pies look delicious.

Pieku Pie: Served at various shops throughout the Portland area and available by special order.

Podnah’s Pit: 1625 NE Killingsworth, Portland. What’s good BBQ without pecan pie?

Russell Street Bar-B-Que: 325 NE Russell St, Portland. One of our favorite BBQ joints in Portland. They have pecan pie, naturally, and a variety of fried pies.

Saint Cupcake: Multiple locations. They make a good cupcake, so the pie is probably good, too. I’m not sure if it’s a staple at any of their locations, but they do now have pie available for holiday orders.

Saraveza: 1004 N Killingsworth, Portland. Awesome bottleshop and their specialty for food is pasties (which we count for pie).

Sassafras Catering: Southern-style catering, so there is bound to be pie. Signature dish is their Tomato Pie which was one of the Oregonian’s Best Recipes of the Year in 2009, but they do some sweet pies as well. Have heard a lot of good things and it sounds like they have a strong reputation about town.

Scratch Cafe: 1120 SW 3rd Ave, Portland. A lunch joint downtown that has pot pies (chicken, beef, vegetable) on its regular menu.

Star E Rose: 2403 NE Alberta, Portland. Yet another coffee and pie purveyor on Alberta. Has some glowing reviews on Yelp.

Stone Pie Joe’s: Location on NW 23rd closed. Delivery available and sold at multiple locations in the Portland metro area. Hand-held savory pie specialist, no sweet pies.

Sugar Mama’s Coffee Cafe: 539 SW 13th Ave, Portland. Small breakfast cafe downtown, they make all their baked goods from scratch. Looks like pie is a regular dessert offering. The reviews on Yelp are solid.

The Swamp Shack: SW 5th Ave & SW Stark St, Portland. They make crawfish pies that are receiving good reviews on Yelp!

Trader Joe’s: Multiple locations. We always see pies there and they look pretty fresh and tempting.

Two Tarts Bakery: 2309 NW Kearney, Portland. They only make tiny cookies most of the year, but around the holidays they do special pie orders… and the pie is as good as the cookies, look out!

Wildwood Restaurant: 1221 NW 21st Ave, Portland. Their regular dessert menu changes monthly and doesn’t appear to always include pie. They offer special orders for the holidays, though.

Woodlawn Coffee and Pastry: 808 NE Dekum Street, Portland. Looks like pie is their specialty, and if I could taste pictures, I would think their pie is delicious. Getting very solid reviews on Yelp, too.

This list is compiled based on Web research and on our own reviewers’ experiences. It is comprehensive, but by no-means is it complete, so if you have any suggestions about great places to eat pie in the Portland metro area, please comment below. Better yet, submit a pie review!