Sister Pie

Top choice in Detroit


Owner Lisa Ludwinski (a 2019 James Beard Award finalist) and her army of female bakers create amazing treats at this corner storefront. The milk chocolate chess, salted maple, marshmallow butterscotch and other flaky-crust pies are fabulous, and the perfectly soft peanut-butter paprika cookies will spoil your taste buds forevermore. Everything is made with seasonal ingredients and produce purchased from local farmers.

There’s limited seating and often a line, but it’s oh so worth the wait. Keep an eye on the website for the pie-making classes, which sell out fast. Ludwinski is planning to add a second location in mid-2020 that will have a grocery store, cafe and multiple cooking classrooms. Keep an eye on this space!


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