Showboat's Drive by Pie — Restaurant in Granby

This place has to be a scam/money laundering joint, right?

We are staying in Granby over the holiday and my wife and I stopped by today to try their pie of the day-- Maine Blueberry pie. Sounds good!

The pie is listed at $8 a slice, but the total we were charged for 2 slices was rounded up with a tip to $18 instead of $16. Ok... guess it's a nice tip for the older owner. Oh, also it's cash only. No cash? No problem, they can take Venmo for an additional $1 (call it $19 for two slices of pie).

The pie slices come. They are plastic wrapped on a tiny styrofoam plate (yay, environment). They are tiny. They are the length of 3/4 of a dollar bill, and the height of about 1/2 of a dollar bill.

We drive away feeling like we got scammed. But at least we have pie, right?

We sit down to have the pie after dinner. We pair it with a Madagascar vanilla gelato. The gelato is the only thing that makes the pie edible. The pie filling is bland. It has no sweetness. It has a strange salty flavor. We try the crust. The crust is dense. It tastes slightly of butter, and heavily of salt. The combination, without gelato, is not good.

I throw away $4.75 of pie into the trash.

Skip this place. You can get better pie...

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Something about this joint feels like a total scam. I think it's because by the time you realize the outrageous prices, it's too late as the sweet old lady has already started chatting you up by then. Then you feel guilty and pay the highway robbery (literally) prices of $18 bucks for 2 small slices of apple pie. And sadly the apple pie was far from the best pie I've ever had. The apples were mushy and unflavorful, and overall seemed like it had been sitting out for a while. I imagine this is just part of the Grandby experience that you have to say you did once and learned your lesson. I highly doubt any locals are ever...