San Antonio, TXPie Shops

A Fredericksburg Road diner that has fed San Antonio since 1938, one of the city's longest-running restaurants, known for chicken-fried steak, onion rings, burgers and legendary pies beloved by generations of San Antonians. Meringue pies and a chocolate icebox pie are on the dessert list, and the pecan pie is a standout. Order a slice of the chocolate icebox or the pecan.

A bakery and cafe at the Alley on Bitters that grew from a garage operation into a commercial bakery baking bread for dozens of local restaurants and cafes. Beside its lunch service, decorated cakes and pastries, it is known for homemade pies, sold whole or by the slice, with plenty of care going into the crusts; apple and chocolate ice box are among them. Order a slice of the apple pie.

A tiny Alamo Heights bakery and cafe on Broadway turning out picturesque desserts that impress on looks as well as flavor, with pies like Southern pecan, rustic apple and chocolate pecan. The Broadway flagship sells mini pies, and nine-inch pies in any flavor can be ordered ahead. Order a mini Southern pecan pie.

A Babcock Road bakery and deli, a San Antonio institution since 1963 and a go-to for sweets of every kind, with a long pie list that runs from classics like apple, bourbon pecan and cherry to more adventurous Millionaire Cream and Hungarian Apple pies. Order the Hungarian Apple.

The Boerne shop of a Hill Country pie company, on South Main Street, with a pie for every palate: buttermilk chess and pecan among them, and a huge traditional apple that comes Texas-sized, roughly six pounds a pie. Pies can also be shipped. Order the huge apple pie.