# Pecan Pie in Denver **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575 "2014-08-15T02:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575/21 "2014-08-22T03:02:51Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Lucile’s–I have only been there for breakfast and I don’t recall seeing pecan pie on the menu, but then, I didn’t look. The one in Longmont does not have pecan pie. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575/22 "2014-08-22T06:47:11Z")
Try Perkin’s, S. Colorado at I-25. Call first, since I do not know first hand if they have pecan, but they have several varieties of pies, so they may have something for you. Dickey’s Barbecue, several locations in the Denver area, has pecan pie in single-pie-slice-shaped containers, but check the date, since I have had a slice or two that were stale. This won’t necessarily help you in Denver, but the best places for pecan pie are where they pronounce it “p’CON” (the “p’” may be silent!). If they pronounce it “PEA can”, how good can it be if they don’t even know how to say it? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575/23 "2014-08-23T02:55:17Z")
The Perkins near me does not have pecan pie. ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575/24 "2014-08-23T13:03:03Z")
There’s no such thing as the best pecan pie, they’re all the same. Asking for the best anything will just get you a list of places. There is only a “worst” pecan pie, which would be: Undercooked Overcooked Forgot the pecans And nobody would intentionally or regularly do any of those things, so a single instance wouldn’t be representative. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575/25 "2014-08-23T23:15:24Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > The Perkins near me does not have pecan pie. For the last time, I doubt that you’re gonna find a “piece” of pecan pie in your geographic limitations. All you’re trying to do is find out if you like pecan pie. Fine. Again, go to your local major grocery store. Go to the frozen food section. See if they have Marie Callender’s frozen pecan pie. It should cost no more than $8. Buy it. Take it home and defrost overnight in the fridge. Take it out the next day, when you’re ready to eat, cut a slice and try it. It’s a commercial pie, but the best one of the type. Eat it. Did you enjoy it? Yes, if you go down South and get a local piece of pie, it’ll probably be better. An 8 or 9 out of 10. But you’re eating a 6-7 out of 10 frozen pie. Other than that, what does it matter. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575/26 "2014-08-24T01:41:31Z")
There is a Pappadeaux’s seafood restaurant in the Denver area. Go there, have a bowl of sausage and seafood gumbo, fried crawfish or whatever else appeals to you. Get a piece of sweet potato pecan pie for dessert.\* You will not regret it.\*\* \*There is a recipe online for Pappadeaux’s sweet potato pecan pie with bourbon sauce. I think I will attempt making it for Thanksgiving, or ask the resident master pie maker to make it. \*\*unless you’re allergic to sweet potatoes, in which case it might kill you. But you will die happy. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575/27 "2014-08-24T14:50:41Z")
Do they have Waffle House in Denver? They’ll sell you a slice of pecan pie. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575/28 "2014-08-24T19:52:03Z")
I think you want a [Village Inn](http://www.villageinn.com/locations/). Lots of them in Colorado! Good pies! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-in-denver/695575.md?page=1)