If you need to get your pumpkin pie fix without grandma’s recipe, turn to these places.
Look, we get it, everybody’s grandma pretty much makes the best pumpkin pie this side of the outer belt. I’m not even going to argue that. But what if you’re stuck in the nightmare situation in which you can’t get to your grandma’s kitchen this fall to taste her amazing pie?
Do you just go pie-less?
Nope. No way. Not in Ohio, my friend. That’s practically a Midwest faux pas.
These are the 6, break-in-case-you-don’t-have-grandmas-recipe, emergency stops where you can get some of the best-tasting pumpkin pie in the city. Some of them, dare I say, may even be better than gran’s dusty old pies. But hey, you keep that between us, yeah?
Dough Mama
Their Brown Butter Pumpkin Pie is actually blended with sweet potato, which nips in the bud the old argument between which is better, pumpkin or sweet potato. If you don’t have to choose, why bother?
One note for this season: the Clintonville cafe is closed through October while the team regroups. Thanksgiving pie pre-orders are still on, with online ordering opening October 1. The pie is $40 for a 10-inch that serves eight to ten.
Where:Â 3335 N. High St., Columbus
Website: Dough Mama
Resch’s Bakery
Resch’s has been supplying Columbus with delicious baked goods for more than 100 years. That’s a heck of a long time to perfect a pumpkin pie recipe. You can taste the love and experience in each bite of their famous pumpkin pies.
The bakery has since moved out of its longtime Livingston Avenue shop and now bakes in a bigger space in Gahanna. Resch’s takes orders by phone at (614) 237-7421 or in person, and it’s closed on Sundays.
Where:Â 150 N. Hamilton Road, Gahanna
Website: Resch’s Bakery
Just Pies
This family-owned bakery runs a single shop in Westerville and bakes every pie on site. They’ve been making baked goods with character since 1978, but they still find time to try new things and fiddle with the recipes.
Pumpkin is a seasonal pie here, sold October through December. Just Pies asks for 24 hours’ notice on orders and doesn’t take any the week before a major holiday, so if you’re buying a pie for Thanksgiving, be sure to call early at 614-818-9300 or plan to buy one at the counter.
Where:Â 736 Northfield Road, Westerville
Website: Just Pies
Mrs. Goodman’s Baking Co.
Mrs. Goodman’s has been a Worthington bakery since 1986, best known for its decorated cakes. Its take on pumpkin pie is the Pumpkin Silk Pie, a pumpkin cream pie in a 10-inch graham cracker crust that serves eight to ten and is listed at $25.95.
The shop keeps short hours, Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., so plan the pickup around that.
Where:Â 901 High St., Worthington
Website: Mrs. Goodman’s Baking Co.
Bake Me Happy
Bake Me Happy is a gluten-free bakery, and its philosophy is that gluten-free should taste better for everybody. Why have a good pumpkin pie when you can have a great one? And why have a great one when you can have a great one without all the heaviness from gluten? It’s genius for fitting more food in your belly come this Thanksgiving.
The 9-inch pumpkin pie is a Thanksgiving pre-order for pickup at the South Side shop. The Dublin location in Bridge Park is grab-and-go and doesn’t take orders.
Where: 500 E. Whittier St., Columbus, and 6750 Longshore Drive, Dublin
Website: Bake Me Happy
The Original Goodie Shop
The Original Goodie Shop has been Upper Arlington’s family-owned bakery for about 70 years, and it sells pumpkin pie in two sizes, small and large. It’s a full-line bakery, so the dinner rolls can come home in the same trip. The shop is closed on Sundays.
Where: 2116 Tremont Center, Upper Arlington
Website: The Original Goodie Shop
