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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
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Announced 1 week ago- Hours:
Tue-Sun. 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
-
$$
- 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
8 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.
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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.
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.
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!
I would rate the dessert pies 4 stars and the meal pies 2 stars. It almost seems as if the nice folks who opened up this shop made pies then decided to also make meals. The meals are small portions and really not that great, to be honest. I ate a lot of things here - one soup (parsnip showder), one salad (Swiss chard and eggplant), two entrees (Dixie pot pie and the cheese and mushroom pie) and two dessert pies (Rum raisin and cherry crancerry). The only remarkable things on the menu were the dessert pies, both huge pieces of delicately baked goodness.
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.
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.