Texas Pie Company

202 W. Center St., Kyle, TX - (512) 268-5885

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Posted By Michael Stern on March 6, 2008 8:34 AM

About halfway between Austin and San Antonio, Kyle is an easy hop off Interstate 35, but Jane and I came upon it while traveling FM-150 on the barbecue trail between Lockhart and Driftwood. I guarantee you won't miss the Texas Pie Company as you drive along West Center Street. Looming over the roof that shades the sidewalk is an immense 3-D statue of a slice of cherry pie. Behind that, the house motto is written in bright red letters: 'Life is Short. Eat More Pie!'

If you are just passing through, as we were, the Texas Pie Company makes it easy to eat more because the pies it bakes are available not only full-size, but as individually-sized mini pies. Not wanting to annihilate all appetite, given the fact that we were heading up to the Salt Lick for a smoked-meats blow-out, we limited our selection to three pies and a piece of cake. The pies' crusts were terrific – not all that pretty, but fine and savory. Lemon chess pie had a bright citrus flavor with a buttermilky cushion; coconut was supremely toasty, its fleshy white shreds packing full nut flavor; and the pecan halves that crowded the top of the pecan pie were rich and sweet and fresh enough to have just come out of their shell. The irresistible cake was strawberry: so, so moist and crowned with a heap of fruit-flavored frosting.

In addition to dessert, the Texas Pie Company sells simple lunches to eat here, including sandwiches and salads, and sells hot meals to take home and eat. Among the latter are chicken pot pie and that central Texas specialty, King Ranch chicken.

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