Thanks to my roomie renting a car for the weekend, I finally got a chance to try this place...and it was worth the wait.
Here are the deets: this place is known for putting unique ingredients in otherwise traditional flavors of pie. For example, they put green chili and cheddar cheese in the crust of their apple pie. Might sound weird, but these unique ingredients really compliment the traditional flavors of the pie.
Here's the apple pie with a scoop of Three Twins Organic Vanilla Ice Cream. Fabulous- absolutely exceeded my expectations. Great crumble topping, nice flaky crust with a pit of a kick of spice from the chili (not spicy by any means, just a little bite of flavor).
The ice cream was super tasty. You can tell they make the ice cream from real vanilla beans. Super creamy. I have heard rave reviews of Three Twins before, but have never had a chance to actually try them. Added them to my "to eat" list. A little pricey at $8, but the portion size is very generous, so you can split with a friend and still walk away happy.
Chile Pies has both sweet and savory pies. I figured I had to try both varieties...you know, for my blog.
Somewhat blindly, I ordered the frito chili pie. There was a bit of a crowd in the store at the time, everyone seemed a bit confused and there was no clear line. Caught up in the chaos, I started to panic that I wasn't going to get food. When I finally caught the staff member's eye, I desperately pointed to the frito pie on the menu without really knowing what I was ordering, afraid that if I didn't order now, I was never going to eat. Ever. I'm a bit over-dramatic, but hey, I was super excited about this pie adventure and didn't want anything to screw it up.
Back to the frito pie...
The ingredients were pretty simple. They simply opened up a bag of frito chips, poured some vegetarian chili on top (they have meat chili available too), topped it will yummy ingredients and you are good to go. Simple but very good. My only complaint is that it was pretty pricey for what it is. At $6 a pop, I expected something more (organic, locally sourced corn chips...I don't know).
One of my friends ordered a chicken pot pie...
She cleaned her plate, so I am guessing that it was good. Again, great crust, yummy insides and a nice serving of gravy on the side. Perfect for a cool fall afternoon.
In addition to pie, they had two varieties chili and stew available by the cup or the bowl. If you order by the bowl, you get a yummy looking corn muffin. Looked and smelled good, so I plan to order this next time.
You can order a whole pie or by the slice. Each day, the selection of pie changes, but I think they always have their signature green chile apple pie.
Overall, definitely worth checking out. Two chubby thumbs up from this fat kid.
