The Smoke House Market

Sauce Magazine's pie roundup says the deep-dish apple pie sold at this Chesterfield market is what every apple pie aspires to be, starting with a flaky, layered crust dusted with sugar for crunch, and apple slices that keep their texture under a little sugar and a house spice mix. Order a slice next door at Annie Gunn's first, which is how Sauce suggests deciding whether to carry a whole one home from the market counter.

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St. Louis Magazine's butcher-shop guide grants that this Chesterfield market next door to Annie Gunn's is more than a butcher, calling it one of the metro's leading gourmet grocers, with prepared foods, pies, cheeses, spices and sauces. Two things to order by name: the maple-glazed smoked shrimp, which the guide calls world-class, and pork from the meat counter, which the guide says is known around the country. The guide calls those cuts some of the best in the region.

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