# Very sad to Pit the Norske Nook in Deforest, WI **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 5, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511 "2015-12-05T14:27:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TommyzNR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@TommyzNR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyzNR)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/21 "2015-12-07T19:35:14Z")
I came here to suggest the Northwoods Brew Pub in Eau Claire which has ties to Norskes Nook featuring those great pies. They have a better menu, better service, better atmosphere and craft beer. I was to have lunch there tomorrow only to find out that they have moved to Osseo. I am sooo bummed, now I have to figure out where to have lunch tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/22 "2015-12-08T00:14:19Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > This part I don’t get. Wash it, stick it in the cupboard, throw it in the car for your next trip six months from now. Doesn’t really seem difficult. When come back bring pie pan. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/23 "2015-12-08T02:46:52Z")
How pricey are these pricey pies? I can’t believe how much the pies in Brooklyn were going for pre-Thanksgiving. We baked our own apple pie, but I would definitely have purchased a bakery-made sweet potato pie (TO EAT ALL BY MYSELF) if I had found one under twenty bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/24 "2015-12-08T02:50:19Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > How pricey are these pricey pies? I can’t believe how much the pies in Brooklyn were going for pre-Thanksgiving. > > We baked our own apple pie, but I would definitely have purchased a bakery-made sweet potato pie (TO EAT ALL BY MYSELF) if I had found one under twenty bucks. 20-30 bucks, plus the deposit on the plate. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/25 "2015-12-08T02:57:04Z")
Jesus fucking Christ! (taking out slide rule) Ratio of Wisconsin-to-NYC prices…that would be a SIXTY DOLLAR pie here. What do they do, roll the crusts on the supple thighs of the Scandinavian Bikini Team? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/26 "2015-12-08T03:38:37Z")
I hear the apple pie gives you a happy ending! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/27 "2015-12-08T03:45:43Z")
Everything I’ve heard about Norske Nook is that it hasn’t been the same as when Helen Myhre owned the original one out in Osseo. I’ve only been to the one in Hayward, and it was okay, but I was warned that it was a shadow of its former self. If anyone is interested, they have a pretty cool [cookbook](http://www.amazon.com/Farm-Recipes-Food-Secrets-Norske/dp/0299172341) that is worth checking out if you’re into that kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/28 "2015-12-08T03:47:32Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I like reading threads like this because they’re pleasant reminders that there are enough people who live in the midwest to support a pie store. _Two_ pie stores, even. In Michigan, we have two pie store _chains_. [Grand Traverse Pie Company](http://gtpie.com) and [Achatz Pies](http://www.achatzpies.com). Both are amazing (GTPC’s cherry crumble and blueberry peach are my favorites). I guess pie is Serious Fucking Business here. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/29 "2015-12-08T03:59:15Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Jesus fucking Christ! (taking out slide rule) Ratio of Wisconsin-to-NYC prices…that would be a SIXTY DOLLAR pie here. Not really. I was shocked when I visited NYC and saw that food prices were basically the same (or only a teeeeeny bit higher) as Michigan’s. Rent seems to be where most of the CoL differences lie (duh), while a lot of consumer goods are pretty on par. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/30 "2015-12-08T15:48:36Z")
I’ll stick with my Wisconsin [pies baked in a bag](http://www.elegantfarmer.com/product-category/gourmet-pies-in-a-bag/), I think. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/31 "2015-12-08T19:34:46Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yes. I’m looking for a list of their pies online, but haven’t found it yet. It’s in the [menu](http://norskenook.com/menu-pies/). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/32 "2015-12-08T20:09:07Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I’ll stick with my Wisconsin [pies baked in a bag](http://www.elegantfarmer.com/product-category/gourmet-pies-in-a-bag/), I think. $50 for a pie? Better be a really, really damn good pie for that kind of money. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/33 "2015-12-09T02:16:25Z")
Come to think of it, when I go to Wisconsin, I’m too full of cheese, bratwurst, fried perch, and beer to have any room left for pie. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/34 "2015-12-09T04:14:15Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Come to think of it, when I go to Wisconsin, I’m too full of cheese, bratwurst, fried perch, and beer to have any room left for pie. Jim Gaffigan often visits his wife’s family in Milwaukee, so he knows of which he speaks when he says that trying to eat healthy in Wisconsin is like going to Amsterdam for rehab. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/35 "2015-12-09T06:12:28Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > This sounds like something the Fire Marshall should hear. Probably already knows. OP said it was new construction, so it had to be inspected before it opened. The floor plan was most likely looked at and approved. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511/36 "2015-12-14T19:09:31Z")
Probably too soon but I’m going to try again tomorrow. They sent me a coupon for a free meal for two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511.md?page=1)