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| - The BF has been pie obsessed for the last year and while we think we found the best pie shop already, we wanted to give all pies a chance to surprise us.
I got excited browsing the extensive menu online and they say they're the best and worth the trip even to Summerlin for someone who is on the strip visiting, even. With that kind of bravado to declare yourself best, it at least had to be decent. A place with the word pies in it, how could it go wrong, right?
It's a bit out of the way, you have to go into Sun City golf course community and it's in their little shopping center. We got a cherry pie, for $9.49 and it's a rather big pie for the price which seemed like a plus, if it was good.
Unfortunately, this was like the grocery store bakery pie you can buy for $4. It had that same type of crust grocery store ones do, that doughy soft kind and not flaky and crunchy on top like a fresh made one. The BF was so disappointed he just pushed his bowl away and said he's not eating any of the pie left.
While it was the right amount of sweet, have you ever made a cherry pie out of canned cherries and the sugar syrup didn't get all the way into the cherry and you just get that tart canned juice flavor? I got a few cherries like that and it reminded me of a awful time I had a really bad gout attack and I sat there forcing myself to eat frozen and canned cherries because it's off cherry season. Bleh.
My conclusion is that it makes sense that this is in a senior area. I'm not trying to be disparaging towards all old folks, but my grandpa could eat a burnt steak and not really care. They have no sugar added (uses artificial sweeteners) pies and I'm sure it pleases some people to have that option. I don't do fake sweeteners usually so I am not limited to such handful of sugar free businesses. Even so, I know a few places that offer up some decent sugar free options.
I can't give this a positive rating....It was out of the way for a pie I threw in the garbage.
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