Indiana takes pie seriously, and sugar cream pie is the official state pie, so a slice of something creamy counts as local culture around here. This list covers eight shops across the state that fill their cases with cream pies on a regular schedule, from sugar cream and coconut cream to peanut butter, chocolate, and red raspberry.
Some are small-town diners that open at dawn, some sit in the middle of Amish country, and a few are tiny carryout counters where pies go home in boxes by the stack. Save this one for your next road trip, check the hours before you go, because several of these spots close early or only open a few days a week.
1. Mrs. Wick’s Restaurant & Pie Shop, Winchester, IN
Thirty-six varieties of pie a day is a lot of pie for one small town. The Wick’s pie operation in Winchester dates back to 1944, and the restaurant on North Cherry Street is where you can sit down and actually eat a slice instead of just buying a boxed one.
Sugar cream is the headliner here, and it makes sense. Indiana named sugar cream its official state pie, and this is one of the places most closely tied to it…