Where to Eat Sweet, Sweet Pie in Montreal

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by Tim Forster@timothyjforster Oct 24, 2016, 5:41pm EDT

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by Tim Forster@timothyjforster Oct 24, 2016, 5:41pm EDT

You might not have thought that the concept of pie would be fraught with language politics, but this is Montreal, so you shouldn't be surprised. Dessert pie is kind of (although not totally) an anglo thing — it calls to mind the story of an anglo going to Thanksgiving dinner with a francophone partner's family, bringing a pumpkin pie and being told "honey, we don't do that in Quebec."

But it turns out that Quebec, or at least Montreal, does indeed do pie, and this map proves it. Most of the featured spots operate in some form as a bakery, although some — namely Rustique in Saint-Henri — do make pie their absolute focus. We've also featured a few restaurants with particularly strong pie games on their dessert lists, such as Dinette Triple Crown's rich and flaky southern-style pastry delights.

Be warned — this map is not sucré-salé, and meaty concoctions like tourtière aren't featured here.

Sweet Lee's Boulangerie Rustique

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Sharing their Verdun space with Saint-Henri Café, Sweet Lee's inexplicably sits under the radar. They shouldn't, because their classics topped with crumble draw raves.

4150 Wellington, Verdun, QC H4G 1V7, Canada

(514) 846-9318

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Rustique

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It's called Rustique Pie Kitchen for a reason. Their thorough menu of classics covers pretty much every base, provided you go in the right season: coconut cream, rhubarb-strawberry, cherry, apple, and countless others, with most available also in adorable single serve formats.

4615 Rue Notre Dame O, Montreal, QC H4C 1S5, Canada

(514) 439-5970

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Maison Christian Faure

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Prolific French pastry chef Christian Faure's Old Montreal store does delicate, single-serve pies that feel like Quebec summertime — strawberry or blueberry are popular choices.

355 Place Royale, Montreal, QC H2Y 2V3, Canada

(514) 508-6453

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Mamie Clafoutis

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Mamie's creative flavour mixing across various baked goods has been a hit, allowing them to open multiple bakeries across the island. Pie-wise, their lemon tart and Rougemont apple pie are hits.

3660 rue Saint-Denis, Montreal, QC H2X 3L7, Canada

(438) 380-5624

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Au Pied de Cochon

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Fine, you're not going to drop by Au Pied de Cochon just to pick up a slice of pie, but classics like lemon meringue, pecan and sugar pie figure so prominently on the famous restaurant's dessert menu that it would be negligent not to include them.

536 Ave. Duluth Est., Montreal, QC H2L 1A9, Canada

(514) 281-1114

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Les Co'Pains d'Abord

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Now at three locations and counting, Les Co'Pains may be seen as more of a French-style patisserie, but they do their darndest to cross linguistic divides — pumpkin pies appear on the menu when the season calls for it, as do tangy lemon meringue pies.

1965 ave. du Mont-Royal Est, Montreal, QC H2H 1J5, Canada

(514) 522-1994

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Patisserie Rhubarbe

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Does the French tarte qualify as a pie? It's a semantic point that could be quibbled over at length but the concepts undoubtedly overlap, and Rhubarbe's tartes are on point, from the full-sized wild blueberry and vanilla, to sticky tarte tatin.

5091 Rue De Lanaudière, Montréal, QC H2J 3P9, Canada

(514) 903-3395

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Fous Desserts

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Another map point that stretches the anglo-North American definition of pie, Fous' flatter and lightly-spiced apple tart will please those who prefer apple pies more dry, and without buckets of stewed apples.

809 ave. Laurier Est, Montreal, QC H2J 1G2, Canada

(514) 273-9335

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Sucrerie de l'Érable

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While these pies actually hail from the Sucrerie HQ at Frelighsburg, near the Quebec-Vermont border, their Jean-Talon market counter is one of their retail hubs, drawing many a maple sugar pie worshipper.

Marche Jean Talon, Montreal, PQ, Canada

Dinette Triple Crown

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Many come to the Dinette for the fried chicken and picnic baskets, but those who don't stay for dessert are missing out. The menu features an ever-rotating selection of deep southern style pies, many of which you won't find elsewhere in the city, from the Derby (walnuts, bourbon and chocolate) to Atlantic Beach Pie (like a key lime pie, sans lime).

6704 rue Clark, Montreal, QC H2S 3E9, Canada

(514) 272-2617

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