Pie Junkie Crowfoot — Restaurant in Calgary

First-time visitor. I was absolutely blown away by the quality and flavour of the little pies I purchased. Spinach and feta hand pie was stuffed with flavourful filling in a delicate butter pastry crust. The quiche was, bar none, absolutely the best quiche I have EVER tasted. The filling was very soft and delicate and tasted sublime. I also purchased a mini pear custard pie foe dessert, lovely, but I would try a different flavour next time. There is a good selection of all kinds of interesting looking varieties of both sweet and savory treats. I plan to go back, even though it is quite out of my way. They have a Frozen section to take home for later. They can make any pie gluten-free. I was told with 24 hours' notice. If you look at the pies individually, you might think they are quite expensive and you would be right. But you could spend at least that much at MacDonalds or A&W and not get anywhere near the taste or quality of food. Looked at that way, they are a bargain. Even though it is 100km away, I will be back. Well...

I'm a big fan of the pies otherwise this review would be lower. My wife and I were very excited when this opened near our house. We Made an order when they first opened for pick up later in the week, for what ever reason they had no record of this order. Not only that they insisted I was in the wrong until I was able to get my wife to send me the confirmation she received. Luckily they still had 1 or 2 left of the pie we ordered and slipped in a card for 10% off as an apology. I'm not upset about the order as much as im upset about an employee trying to pass that off as an apology when its a standard practice for orders as every box comes with one of those cards in it. Own the mistake and if you are making an apology or excuse don't lie, it cheapens the apology and I still have a sour taste in my mouth.

Note: The initial incident was late November, and we've bought a few pies since and only just now had time to leave...

We happened upon the Crowfoot location by accident. Loving savory pies we wanted to give it a try. Customer service was awesome and the space was clean. The attendant went through the process of how the pies are made mentioning that the crust was all butter. So we were very excited. We purchased the Mixed Berry pie, Banana Toffee, Butter Chicken pie and the Jamaican hand pie.

Our excitement was short-lived. The crust was not flaky at all. It was hard. When warmed (following included instructions), so much fat was left on the baking tray. The fillings were delicious but the crust ruined it. The crust on the banana toffee was under-baked.

I don't mind paying $9/$10 a pie, but not when you can't even cut through the crust. I don't think I'll be going back unless I hear that the crust...