St. Louis, MOPie Shops

At this Tamm Avenue storefront, the chocolate cream pie has a semisweet, pudding-like filling. Megan and Derrick Cobb took over with the old recipes and also make small meat pies with shredded beef, peas and mushrooms under a delicate crust. Order a sweet slice and a meat pie.

This bakery grew from the Tower Grove Farmers' Market to a Shaw storefront with a chessboard floor, window stools and a patio under striped umbrellas. Its hand-pie crust is rich and flaky; a summer vegetable filling has combined yellow squash, zucchini, Marconi peppers, red onion, mozzarella and basil. Order a savory hand pie and a brown-butter apple fritter.

The deep-dish apple pie at this Chesterfield market has a flaky, sugar-dusted crust and apple slices that keep their texture with a house spice mix. Try a slice next door at Annie Gunn's, then take a whole pie home from the market.

At this sit-down Webster Groves dessert room, crack pie holds a candy-like brown-sugar and vanilla filling in a flaky crust. Order a slice at the end of a meal.

This College Hill kitchen on West Florissant Avenue is the St. Louis branch of an Oakland pie business operating since 1981. Profits support the African People's Education and Defense Fund. Scratch-made pies include apple crumb, blackberry, chocolate bourbon pecan, lemon chess, pumpkin, pecan and sweet potato, with vegan options. Order sweet potato pie or find the business at a farmers market.