Hampton Roads, VAPie Shops

Coach House Bar & Grill on Colley Avenue in Norfolk serves the late chef Bobby Huber's Chocolate Amaretto Sin Pie. The recipe goes back to Huber's Sweet Bird of Youth restaurant in Norfolk, and followed him through both incarnations of Bobbywood, Steinhilber's and Braise; chef and owner Kevin Kern, who worked with Huber in those early days, keeps it going here. The pie is dense and deeply chocolatey, with a punch of sweet nuttiness from the amaretto coming through the richness. Order the Chocolate Amaretto Sin Pie.

Mary's Kitchen is a Virginia Beach diner on Virginia Beach Boulevard where a display case of fresh pies waits after the BLTs, burgers and blue plate meatloaf. The case holds a seasonal pie alongside chocolate meringue and pecan, and the lemon meringue is the diner classic: a zesty custard of fresh lemon juice, sugar, egg yolks and butter in a flaky, tender shell, crowned with a glossy meringue of egg whites. Order a slice of the lemon meringue after a blue plate special.

Bergey's Breadbasket is a Mennonite bakery and cafe on Mount Pleasant Road in rural Chesapeake, and it bakes the Pennsylvania Dutch shoo fly pie in the wet-bottom style: a gooey, rich molasses layer, then a gingerbread-like cake layer, then a crumb topping, with an old-school taste and a rich, distinctive flavor. Order the shoo fly pie.

Flour Child Bakery on Pleasure House Road in Virginia Beach has made baked treats, custom cakes and handmade pies since opening in 2010. Its pumpkin pie starts from fresh pumpkin and goes into a housemade crust. Order the pumpkin pie.

Cafe Stella on Colonial Avenue in Norfolk makes a savory pie: a chicken potpie whose flaky pastry crust holds a creamy mix of roasted chicken breast, green beans, carrots, yellow squash, cream and tarragon. The buttery crust and the velvety filling play off each other, and the whole thing is rich and comforting. Order the chicken potpie.