This is How I L.A... The Pie Hole

To celebrate birthdays our office goes out and takes luxurious lunches at various hotspots around Los Angeles. A coworker mentioned a place called The Pie Hole located in the Art District. Pie crust is probably in my top ten favorite foods of all time and I can double that up with sweet and savory pie – you know I was a done deal!

And bonus, the Art District in itself is pretty cool, it’s nestled in a still functioning industrial area but it also hosts really eclectic shops and restaurants.  There are also thousands of creatively minded people living and working there too!  When it’s all mixed together you get a very visual treat!

An old industrial building given new life!

You instantly know you're there when you see particularly artistic murals covering entire buildings are around every corner. Nothing shouts out “You’re in LA!” quite like all the hand-painted murals, signs, and graffiti covering it’s walls.  Even in the parking lot I spotted this fantastic volcano rising from the asphalt! 

This was just in the parking lot!

I quickly snapped these pictures before getting down to business at The Pie Hole! And what a cute little place! They base their menus on what's in season locally -- which in California means it never lacks for variety!  A savory pie was the first course and we chose between the Meat Pie or the Chicken Pot Pie.   I got the Meat Pie because nothing compares to my mom's chicken pot pie and it was so good -- Ground beef chuck, mashed potatoes and a few veggies thrown in a buttery, flakey crust. It was wrapped up neat like an empendada so it could even be eaten on the run.  (I did see a theatre across the street - on another day I could throw a Meat Pie in my purse and catch a show!) 

But it’s all about the sweet pie isn’t it? It’s a good day when one of the hardest decisions I had to make was which sweet pie I wanted to have. Blueberry? Strawberry? Peach? Mexican Chocolate? Well of course I wanted to try them all so I waited to see what everyone else ordered —to share a taste!—and ordered something nobody else got: they Key Lime Pie (which I was leaning towards anyway).

 And oh my goodness! the filling had so much citrus flavor and was perfectly balanced with the graham crust and a lovely, fluffy layer of meringue.  It really brightened up my whole self -- a perfect summer day treat! Everyone made sure to eat very slowly to savor every minute!

Now we are counting down the days to our next office outing in October and it could not come any sooner!

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