Milwaukee, WIPie Shops

A Bay View cafe built around pie, baking a broad selection fresh every day with a dairy-free or vegan pie or two among them. House favorites run to chocolate cream, coconut key lime, the namesake honey pie and fruit pies like apple and Door County cherry, the cherry plump and deep red under a coarse crumble, in a golden, flaky, buttery crust with a nice balance of sweet and tart. Order the Door County cherry.

A Story Hill breakfast restaurant whose bakery keeps six pies on hand every day, five rotating and one seasonal, from French silk, key lime and salted brown butter to Dutch apple and bourbon pecan. Its pumpkin pie comes with a thick crimped edge and lavish swirls of spice-dusted whipped cream over a crust like a denser puff pastry, with strong clove notes in the filling. Order a slice of the Dutch apple.

A Mukwonago farm market whose classic is the apple pie baked in a paper bag, a lofty five-inch pie with a golden wave of top crust and bits of fruit showing through. The bag steams the apples to a crisp-soft texture and protects the shell, which bakes up crisp; the filling is very sweet and subtly spiced. The farm also stocks bakery items, popcorn, jams and jellies. Order the apple pie baked in a bag.

A West Allis bakery whose signature pies run to strawberry rhubarb, key lime, apple, Door County cherry, whiskey cherry peach and a Fruity Pebble pie, with gluten-free options and vegan pies alongside. The case has also held a black-bottom banana cream pie. Order the whiskey cherry peach.