Though it sounds like a harvesttime special, in May I was pleasantly surprised to find the Little Pie Co's signature offering, sour cream apple walnut pie (slice; $2), after wedging my way through the scrum at the Ninth Ave. Food Festival.
How good is it? Once, for an in-office luncheon, I paired it off against a pale yellow key lime pie (10 inches; $18). The key lime was almost puddinglike in texture — even when chilled — with a subdued yet decisive citrus tang. In other company, a winner, but that afternoon the clear favorite was the sour cream apple walnut (10 inches; $25). In cross-section, it bared numerous thin slices of apple topped with a knobby crust that readily shed crumbs during slicing. From across the room, it was very telling to watch a fellow editor resolutely corral those crumbs with his fingers; none was spared.
Little Pie Co.
424 West 43rd St. (Ninth-Tenth Aves.)
(one of several locations)
212-736-4780
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