Detroit, MIPie Shops

Sister Pie is a West Village pie shop and bakery whose ever-changing menu is built on seasonal Michigan ingredients, and the crust is the draw: crisp, flaky and not too sweet, with no soggy bottoms. The salted maple, its surface glistening with flecks of sea salt, is the signature and stays on the menu all year while other pies rotate with the seasons. The bakery also turns out scones and breakfast galettes. Order a slice of the salted maple.

Sweet Potato Sensations is a family-owned Old Redford bakery where golden sweet potato pie has been the specialty for decades, and the kitchen works to keep George Washington Carver's legacy alive by putting sweet potato into nearly everything, from cookies and ice cream to chicken and sweet potato waffles. Alongside the classic pie come sugar-free and sweet potato coconut versions, and whole pies ship to family far away. Order the sweet potato pie first.

Achatz Handmade Pie Co. began in a home kitchen and now has shops across metro Detroit, including this one on 13 Mile Road in Beverly Hills, baking flaky, not-too-sweet crusts around fruit and cream fillings. The Michigan 4-Berry, with tart cherries, blackberries, blueberries and raspberries, comes double crust or under a crumb, and the Cherry Crumb, Michigan tart cherries under a brown sugar, cinnamon and oat crumble, took a blue ribbon at the National Pie Competition. Order the Michigan 4-Berry.

Miller's Orchard is a third-generation, family-owned farm store in Sterling Heights that stays open year round with produce and fresh baked goods, fruit pies among them. Order a whole fruit pie.

Great Lakes Pot Pies opened in April 2020 and grew fast as people cooked at home. The Clawson shop bakes savory pot pies, with gluten-free and vegan versions, along with bite-size pie chips that run from savory to sweet. Order a pot pie and a bag of pie chips.