Georgia Straight featured as us Best Pie in Vancouver

We had the pleasure to have the kind folks at the Georgia Straight highlight our store as one of the best pie options in Vancouver!

Here is what they had to say:

 

Savary Island Pie Company, 1533 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
There’s a reason why some of the best pie shops are in the wealthiest neighbourhoods. People who live in burgs like West Van can afford to drop $32 on a delicious cherry pie or $55 on a whole carrot cake to serve at a dinner party. But the origins of the Savary Island Pie Company are remarkably humble. Founder Eileen Walkem-Hall used to bake pies for $4 an hour at a Bowen Island restaurant while living in a shanty cabin heated only by a wood stove. A student of Jungian psychology, her process of individuation and quest for integration of the Self led to the discovery of her inner entrepreneur. It culminated in the opening of this fabulous, sun-dappled Ambleside pie shop in 1989. There are few pleasures as divine as devouring a slice of Savary Island’s ice-cream–topped raspberry-blueberry pie with a cup of java while perched by the window. If you want to take inspiration to a new level, try doing this while reading Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections or Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning.

Continue reading the full article on the Georgia Straight website.