Fifendekel

Solid place for soups and sandwiches! The pies on display are delicious looking, but I never make it that far! Usually the soup and sandwich does it for me. Took my picky parents there, and even they enjoyed it! WIN! It’s clean, quick and to the point. I’ll go there again, for sure!
Some notes:
Sometimes the soups are home made, and sometimes they’re not. Depends on what you order.
It can get really busy around lunch. Head there a bit before to save line time.
There’s not a lot of space between the door and where you order. Decide fast so you’re not holding up the line!

This place is great if you want a quality sandwich and some delicious pie (the Pumpkin, when they have it, is the best.)
It’s nothing fancy, laid out more like a cafeteria, which is fine by me! Their menu is basic, with a list of sandwiches, some soups and desert. Generally we get in there and grab it to go and usually they’re really fast and friendly with their service.

Ugh. Never again. Decided to tag along with a co-​worker for a bite and was quite disappointed. The sandwich was dry, amount of meat was pathetic and the price was high for what I got in the end (8 $ for bread, 2 pieces of roast beef and a slice of cheese). The hipster-​esque ambiance is not a substitute for an overpriced and boring sandwich.

This place thinks it’s a lot better than it is The sandwiches are chronically dry no matter what you try to get the staff to do. They always say oh you don’t want that or you already have this etc. The soup isn’t home made. And it’s honestly quite expensive.

I saw Fifendekel as I was passing and I was hungry, so I decided to stop and check them out. They bill themselves as a pie shop with a café attached and I was excited to try one out. The interior is a cafeteria style, with a large seating area and a staircase at the back offering a slightly more private area to eat.
Their advertising says «Fifendekel Pies — We’re famous for our pies!» and «…all of our pies are made with only the finest fruits and fresh dairy products.» Oh yeah… I could really go for an awesome piece of pie. When I sidled up to the counter, and saw the prices ($ 3−4/slice; $ 15-​$ 17), I thought, these better be as good as Vi’s. My heart sank when I saw the lady behind the counter shoveling premade cherry pie filling from a big white bucket and noticed the dozen buckets behind her. Ugh. What was all this about fresh fruit pie? I reread, the oh so deceptive, sign in front of me «…all of our pies are made with only the finest fruits and fresh dairy products.» Okay, I initially read that as «finest fresh fruit», but it’s the dairy that fresh, the fruit is just the finest, which is a descriptor that essentially means nothing. Perhaps it’s the finest premade corn syrup enhanced cherry pie filling. Perhaps. But I’d bet that it’s a bucket of Sunspun cherry pie filling. I have hand made my own pies, with fresh fruit, or in the case of pumpkin, fresh gourds. I’ve also used the premade filling from a can. Although my kids only care when the pie is coming out of the oven, I can taste the difference. If I’m paying $ 3−4/slice, perhaps I’d want it made with fresh fruit. Despite my bias, I wanted to at least give them a chance, so I picked up a pecan pie slice.
So, expecting a miss on the pie, I decided to order a sandwich (~$ 6). I grabbed a chicken salad with some green peppers, cucumbers, and havarti cheese, on sunflower bread, with the sandwich comes a soup or salad. Clam chowder was one of the two and it’s one of my favorites, so that was chosen.
After paying, I launched into the sandwich. It was pretty big and pretty good. The soup was okay, but very watery. Some decent chunks of clam, but mostly potato. The pie… sucked…yep, I was right. In fact, it was baked too long. The crust was just past perfectly done into the over browned, but not over done.
If it wasn’t for the sandwich, this would be a 1 star rating. I would actually come back for one of those, but probably opt for a salad. Sandwich and salad for about $ 6 is pretty good.

I’ve been to the other location and loved it there, this location looks new and less homely. It had a modern cafeteria look very clean and classy.
My friend and I walked into a very quiet restaurant which was great! The ingredients looked fresh and ready, the server behind the counter was attentive and fast. Great staff seriously.
We both decided on the chicken salad sandwich but I had dark rye and my friend had multigrain.
I like seeing the freshness of the veggies being put on my sandwich it makes me feel better that I have insight of how my foods getting made (just like sushi bars).
They also had an assortment of salads, soups and desserts but I think we wanted just a light lunch so we just ended with the sandwich and sparkling water.
The sandwich tasted great!
I like how they put raisins in with the chicken salad it give it a sweeter taste.
The place was kept very clean by the staff and by the time we left it started getting really busy.
I will definitely be back soon!

I heard of Fife N Dekel recently from someone else claiming their pies were excellent. Located in the same plaza as McDonalds, the pie café is bright and cheerful and has lots of seating. It’s has a cafeteria/​deli feel where they make fresh sandwiches in front of you and at the end you can choose the kind of pie you want. They have a good variety of pies in their window although they look less attractive pre-​sliced, sitting on styrofoam plates. I only had a slice a pecan pie for $ 3.95. It was quite delicious. You can pre-​order pies (24 hrs notice) especially if you want a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

Oh no! I stopped here for lunch on the way to work. I was pretty disappointed from the set up and food there. Most my reviews are super happy so I feel bad writing this one.
The sandwich area which takes up most the space didnt have that many options… I dont want mayo! How about hummus or avocado??? It was an average sandwich at a high price $.90 for A slice of cheese. I also got the leek and potato soup, gross watered down heavy cream, not much flavor I didnt even eat more then a few bites. Coffee was not even warm. The pie was actually ok, I got rhubarb. I actually normally love pie crust but this one was a bit bitter. Big bummer, womp womp.

I actually checked into the wrong location, thinking they had mistakenly put a different (but closeby) address, but lo-​and-​behold, this one’s new! I’ve likely been living under a rock for quite some time to have never really heard of Fife N’ Dekel, but I am SO glad to be out and have lost my FN’D virginity.
What a welcome addition to 34^th Avenue, where your options for lunch are mostly limited to fast food, asian cuisine or hole-​in-​the-​wall sports bars with average pub fare. From what I understand talking to the ladies at the counter, the other location is consistently packed at lunchtime, so opening a second location in the area was a no-​brainer. And no kidding — this is the place to be! It’s busier than the Tim Horton’s at lunch time, but the line moves like a well-​oiled machine and the food is a million times better. A freshly-​made sandwich, hearty soup and delicious slice of pie, all for a very reasonable price. There’s plenty of space in the dining room, but they also make it easy for you to take your meal away.
For how frequently I’m shuttling around between stores for work, I’ll be glad to never have to search for a decent place to eat down on Auto Row again!