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Sweetie's Pie Diner
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Categories: Diners, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free
Neighborhoods: Logan Square, Fairmount, Franklintown, Spring Garden, Art Museum District1822 Spring Garden St
Philadelphia, PA 19130
(215) 988-0230
- Hours:
Tue-Thu. 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat. 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sun. 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dessert
- Alcohol:
- None
12 reviews for Sweetie's Pie Diner
Fresh Ingredients, a weekly rotating menu, and vegan desserts, what more could one ask for? Sweetie Pie's diner or rather Sweetie's pie diner has a good thing going on here. Great place to check out if your looking for something that's fresh, different and has amazing deserts. Friendly down to earth staff. They offer a soup/ salad pie combo for 9.50, eaten there twice and girlfriend and I both enjoyed everything. Most memorable dish was the vegan Shepard's pie. As far as the desserts go the carrot cake and the vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookie were both reason enough to stop by.
Check this place out
PIE!
One big disappointment was that they were out of several different items I wanted to try. They said this tends to happen at the end of the week.
The menu was also confusing- if I had known you could order a savory pie without having it in a combo, that's what I would have done.
The waitress was sweet, but not overly helpful. "You can look in the case" is not the ideal response when I ask what pies you're serving.
Another minor drawback was serving size. For sweet pie, a small slice is perfect, but I'd expect a little more substance in the "dinner" versions.
Their hot apple cider was the perfect drink for a chilly night. The beet salad was unusual, fresh, and flavorful. Pecan pie was pretty standard, but the whipped cream was really good. Homemade, maybe?
Sweetie's has a relaxed, bright atmosphere. You could easily hang out here for a few hours enjoying their music selection and slowly munching some quality pie.
Sweetie's Pie Diner is such an exciting BYOB addition to this area! My boyfriend and I stopped through for lunch on Sunday and had a fabulous experience--from the food to the service, the place felt comfortable and the quality was great!
We both ordered a pie/soup or salad combo for $9.50 each.
To start, we ordered the Sweet potato Corn Chowder (delicious!) the Shaved Fennel and Cabbage salad (amazingly good with incredible spicy flavors!) for starts; both of which tasted extremely fresh and home-made. We then had the Parsnip & Brocolli Rabe Pie and the Wild Mushroom Turnovers--both of which were delightfully tasty and again, clearly fresh and wholesome.
"Pie" doesn't always mean pie here, which I think is great--so the Mushroom turnover was in Phyllo dough and the parsnip/broco-rabe pie was on a buckwheat pancake (YUM).
The place felt like home and I really appreciate the fact that the ingredients are organic/local when possible. My boyfriend, who is not a vegetarian was perfectly satisfied and was not longing for meat in the slightest when we were finished. And a bonus--you don't leave brunch smelling like a bacon and sausage factory.
With a menu that changes weekly, we will definitely be back to experience the innovative and delicious additions to the menu!
Stopped in tonight with friends to test out the new pie diner, a concept in itself that excites me -- I like pie. Oddly enough, I only got some organic rice pudding. It was tasty, served with fresh whipped cream and cinnamon, but the rice itself was a bit too hard.
The menu is fairly limited but I'm all over their mission statement of using local and organic ingredients. So much of the food look delicious and the menu read the same way -- why I only got the rice pudding? Dunno. Have to go back for pie. The experience did inspire me to make my own pie, pumpkin which is "bangin'," per my roommate eating a slice right now.
The diner...right. It's a rad little place with a friendly staff that's constantly baking and making fresh delish food. It's a BYOB and no one judged when we sat down with our box o' Franzia (f'real) -- our waitress just brought us some glasses. She was super helpful with menu recommendations -- totally spot on with the deliciousness of the caramel pumpkin cheesecake. The carrot cake was solid, too.
I'm definitely going to stop back and actually partake in a namesake meal. Cute place with friendly people and pie. Mmmm, pie.
I took a friend here for a quick bite before I dropped him off at 30th Street to catch a bus on a Saturday afternoon.
The food was delicious. We had the Thai chickpea and cous cous stew, a piece of quiche and a piece of pizza. We had a little pumpkin cheesecake as well. Our bill was around 20 bucks and it was great.
This is a vegetarian pie cafe. You need to know this before you go there. Do not expect traditional "diner" food. What you should expect is to enjoy a creative vegetarian menu with friendly service in a cafe atmosphere.
Let me start by saying I love pie and I love diners so this was a dream concept. But after my first visit I would say its good but not great. The salads were amazing. Both my husband and I raved. But the "main dishes" were just adequate. I had the mushroom turnover with cranberries and cheese which sounds great but the flavors didn't pop. He had the faux shepard's pie which was not very flavorful either. We both thoroughly enjoy eating vegetarian but these savory pies were just okay. We love the concept and we would like to go back and try some of the sweet offerings and maybe do the salad as an entree.
Sweetie's Pie Diner opened up the other day, and having heard about it, walked past their construction, and living/working three blocks away, I gave it a shot for lunch today.
The 'diner' has a more upscale feel to it in terms of menu offerings and atmosphere, and offers a twist on the traditional pie. Offering sweet and savory pies as well as homemade soups and salads, the diner is all vegetarian(albeit not vegan), and uses local, organic produce, dairy, and eggs wherever possible.
When I was in there it was fairly empty, only five other people at two tables were there for lunch. The decor was minimal, although it seems like it stems from the renovations being incomplete. It has some diner elements to it, such as the classic black and white checkered floor, although it is missing others such as a counter or booths. The place is fairly small, and only seats about three dozen people.
They do have a limited menu, likely due to them making everything in house. There were two soups, four salads, and four savory pies. A piece of pie with soup or salad is $9.50. What gets me here is the lack of comfort food that one would expect in a diner. Being a vegetarian establishment, there were no traditional chicken pot pies or shepherds pie. Instead, there was an heirloom tomato pie, sweet potato enchilada, portabella and corn tart, and a pie with polenta and grilled vegetables. All sound delicious to me, but there were really no solid options for kids or picky eaters that wasn't a dessert.
I ordered the portabella and corn tart with a mixed green salad. The salad was fine, although I wish they told me about the dried cranberries in it(not a fan of them) beforehand. The tart was so-so. I thoroughly enjoyed the buttery crust, but they overdid it on the amount of cheese on top, which really muddled the flavor of the mushrooms.
Overall, I would say this place has potential, but it isn't there yet. While I hesitate to say this, I feel they would do well to remove the vegetarian aspect to the restaurant, it cuts back their client base and tends to take away the comfort food factor one associates to pies and diners. Also, being that they identify as a diner, they really need to offer some more kid-friendly dishes being that the neighborhood (Fairmount) has a lot of families with young kids. Three stars, but I can see them getting four once they adjust a bit from opening feedback.
It's exciting to dine out and get such great tastes. The shitake corn pie is original and a delicious combination. I ordered the pie & salad combination and recommend the beet salad. I barely had room for a sweet pie for dessert but shared the lavender pine nut pie with tea and felt completely relaxed and happy that I had made it out on such a rainy day. The food comes from quality local ingredients, and the service itself is pure local quality too... friendly & knowledgeable staff. I'll definitely return and try more pies.
cute little addition to the neighborhood. the service was excellent, our female server was prompt, attentive to our needs, and went well beyond the call of service.
the atmosphere was cute and grew on us within time. very clean and kitschy down to the cherry printed booths and retro silverware.
we ordered the tomato and avacado salad (amazing), carrot ginger soup (outstanding!-- extremely fresh and zesty), the vegan shepards pie (very good), the chocolate cheesecake (intense) and the lavender pine nut tart (the best thing we ordered next tot the soup).
the only drawback is the tea selection which is tazo (im not a very big fan, pretty commercial and flavorless) as well as the tea/coffee condiments, for a place that focuses on local grown/healthy niche you figure they would offer more calorie free healthy sweeteners such as stevia or agave.
i will definitely be visiting again and look forward to the new menu. :)
Met a friend for lunch and had slices of both savory and sweet pie AND left there with 3 kinds of cookies, hand pies, and a slice of chocolate marble cheesecake. My friend left equally encumbered (but with a slice of pecan pie instead). Incredible passion for baking is evident!
Don't get me wrong, they get an A for a great concept. It's the follow through that is holding them back. I think it needs some time to fully develop but it has potential.
Service was ok, the waitress was not helpful when picking out anything. You can't describe everything as "really good," help me out lady get a thesaurus! As far as the food goes, the portions where a little odd. I got a bowl of soup and had to pay a dollar for a piece of bread. My boyfriend got a savory pie that was a pretty small.
But seriously, we came for the PIE! I want something exotic, make cool creations, spice it up a bit. Nothing sounded good so I got the pumpkin cheesecake. It was acceptable, even saved some for later.
Right now I think it is a better cafe and dessert place than a full restaurant. But it give it some more time to really get the ball rolling and it could be going places. I priced it as cheap if you are going for coffee and dessert.
As a vegetarian living in the Spring Garden area, I was so excited to visit Sweetie's Pie. And while the food is tasty, the portions are ridiculously small (and pricey for the size). I ended up spending $20 for a tiny piece of pie and a cup of soup with a sliver of dessert pie. Worse: the food is served barebones on plastic plates (you drink from plastic cups). When I spend as much as $20 for a meal, I expect to eat from a real plate with a certain amount of consideration for presentation. When I heard about these sweet and savory pies, I imagined generous portions (even personal pies brimming with fresh ingredients). I was wrong. I ended up being really surprised by how sparse the meals were. I'd rather pay more and enjoy a filling meal than this much for a mediocre one. Also, I hope the chef considers sprucing up the plates with some fresh greens and bread. It's unusual to eat soup with no crackers, bread, etc. It would be low-cost to add a side salad, but it would certainly shape up the servings and balance the meal...however petite.