The Upper Crust Pie Bakery

Their pies are super rich and delicious. Trust all the 4 and 5 star reviews. The only downside is that they nuke their pies to serve instead of keeping them under a headlamp. I’m not sure what the scientific differences are but I do know if you nuke something, the flavors can escape. Regardless our pie was delicious and had great suggestions. Would recommend going at the beginning of the day when the pies are fresh. At the end of the day, you are reduced to what seems like leftovers. Best of luck in your pie search!

Who doesn’t love the charm of a pie shop? After putting a hurting on some bbq, we were in the mood for something sweet. Unilocal came to the rescue and pointed us in the direction of The Upper Crust, hooray! We were a bit confused by the location but turns out it’s located in the back of one of the cutest kitchen stores I’ve ever been in (name is escaping me right now). Since it was later in the afternoon they were out of a few flavors, we got a slice of blueberry and a slice of German Chocolate. Yeah, German frickin Chocolate pie-​why I’ve never! The GC was absolutely fantastic and I wish I was’t so full so that I could enjoy more. The blueberry was nothing impressive but then again, I’m not a fruity pie kind of gal. Great place if you’re looking for a little something something for that sweet tooth of yours.

WOW. Seriously, WOW. This was definitely worth the mini trek, and I’m so thankful that fellow Unilocalers mentioned they are located in the back of a store (Pryde’s). Make sure you come early if you have a particular pie you are looking for, as we got there only a few hours before they close and a bunch of flavors were sold out (this mainly applies to the slices and cutie pies, since there was still a good selection of the whole pies). They also sell cookies and some other baked goods, but we decided to focus on just the pies. They do have some samples of goodies available, which is nice. We tried:
–Slice of Blueberry Pie ($ 4.50,
): Yum– super delicious, and loaded with blueberries. The crust is nice and flaky, and it has the perfect amount of sweetness– highly recommended!
–Bumbleberry Cutie Pie ($ 8,
): This is a mixed berry pie, and I can’t remember exactly which berries were in this version, except that this was DELICIOUS. The crumb topping ratio was perfect, and it was difficult to share this since you’ll want to keep eating it. Highly recommended!
This is a must stop for anyone who loves pies, especially fresh fruit pies. They aren’t cheap, but it is definitely worth the money for the quality that you get. Parking was easy to find since there is free street parking available.

We stopped at at The Upper Crust for some the most amazing apple pie I have ever had in my life. Their flakey crust is one I would travel for again and again… simply life changing, darling! Service was amazing, they are super polite and the place is adorable. I would love to come back for a cream pie!

W O N D E R !!! I thank god I can’t come here too often… :) :) :)

Love this place! The pies were absolutely delicious. We tried the pumpkin and the chocolate. The pumpkin was sensational and the crust perfectly baked and buttery. The pumpkin was creamy and smooth — well balanced with spices, too. We also tried the banana cookie which was one of the best cookies I’ve ever had (since I love all things banana). Next time I would try the cherry and coconut cream! Wish they had banana cream though.

The Upper Crust is a tiny little bakery tucked away in the back of Pryde’s in Westport. They do have a standalone location in downtown Overland Park if you are looking for a location that is open more than just Fridays and Saturdays.
I had first heard the stories about the pie here about four years ago. To my mistake, I waited too long to take the trip inside the shop to find out for myself.
Elaine greets customers with such a fantastic smile and enthusiasm that you feel right at home immediately. She carries dozens of flavors of pie on hand and even sells small serving «cutie pies» in those same flavors. It is easy to get pies with good filling at many places but these ingredients are fresh and fine tuned and the crust, which is what most other places overlook, is mastered here — perfect amounts of butter and flake. There are cookies and quiches that are equally amazing. The brown sugar iced banana bread cookie is unbelievable. They offer samples of the cookies regularly. The hardest part about shopping here is choosing what to come home with. The second hardest part is waiting to eat it if you were planning on taking it home. I recommend being brave and trying new things. The oatmeal pie has become a favorite of mine when I previously thought my favorite was banana cream. The staff is always willing to talk to you about their favorites and don’t judge when it takes you some time to go through the list and struggle to settle on just one.
Pros: lots of flavors including many successful innovative/​creative flavors, small servings by the slice or by small pies, good coffee, adorable merchandise, fun and energetic atmosphere, ability to preorder/​special order pies, great location.
Cons: only open for limited hours two days a week at this location, pies can sell out quick (get there early if you can), can be intimidating from the outside for new customers since it is tucked inside a store with few windows to see inside.
Honestly, it is probably a great thing for me they aren’t open more at this location because I would be there too much. Haha

Such a great treat — and more classic than a cupcake. Who doesn’t love pie ala mode? The treats are all amazing: cookies, quiche, etc. But the pie is beautiful and delicious. I had blackberry with a scoop of vanilla for lunch yesterday.
It’s a little pricey, but the homemade taste is worth it. The crust is flaky and had crunchy sugar crystals across the top.
Friendly service and a unique location to boot!

P-​e-​r-​f-​e-​c-​t in every respect !

Guess what? I love this place. I love their cherry pie. I love their key lime pie. I love their raspberry peach pie. I love their lemon pie with meringue topping. I love their banana cream pie. I love their pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. I love their mince pie for Christmas. I love all their pies.
If you haven’t been here, do it. I don’t know how else to convey my excitement for such a lovely place. Tucked in the lower level of Pryde’s Westport, this little shop gives me a reason to live (other than my husband, family, friends and what-​not). The staff is always so nice and very friendly. And I really love the fact that they have «cutie-​pies» so that I can buy multiple pies without feeling like a total glutton.
If pie isn’t your thing, then try out their cookies. ALL OF THEM ARE GOOD. But I especially love the lemon sugar cookie. No matter what you get here, know that you will always be getting the most delicious and perfect baked good you will ever consume.
**This location is only open Fridays and Saturdays.
**You can always pre-​order for pick-​up.

I know everything here looks freakin’ adorable and delicious, but stay focused, my friends. Order only pie and cookies. The other stuff isn’t nearly as good.
— Key lime pie: holy moly! It’s so delicious. Also it has a sour cream top (not meringue) which I loooooove. Perfectly sweet & tart.
— Apple pie: Crust is too sweet; doesn’t balance filling well, but still pretty decent… it’s definitely no Elegant Farmer apple pie though.
— The peanut butter cookie: Yum
— Shortbread/​sugar cookie: not yum. Some kind of weird fake vanilla taste to this one.
— Blackberry bar: Also not my favorite due to overabundance of blackberry seeds.
— Banana cookie: Not good.
— Chocolate chip cookie: Also recommended.
Cutie pie (big enough to share) runs you about $ 8.
Hmm. Looking back at this review, it seems like I didn’t like that many things. However, the things that I did like I really really liked. You might even say loved. ;)

Based solely upon their Chocolate Pecan Pie. It should be called Chocolate Pie with Pecans because that’s what it really is. I’ve had what it should have been, this is just not a pecan pie.
The crust is really good and crisp, not soggy, even on the bottom. The chocolate pie is good. It just didn’t meld the flavor of the pecan very well.
I’m sure I will like these pies separately, and will go back for that.

OMG!
My wife brought home delicious treats as payment for watching my savage child all day while she went to work and out with her girlfriends. I have to say if I got these delicious treats every time I spent the whole day with my daughter I would make days on the calendar and send my wife away. They were just that good!
I had the salted caramel pecan bar and banana cookie with burnt sugar frosting. My mouth is salivating as I type those words.
The salted caramel pecan bar had the perfect balance of chewy and crunchy; sweet and salty. If I could have these for dinner I would die a 500lb man. But I would be extremely happy. Fat and happy.
The banana cookie was soft and tender. It had an excellent banana flavor. Neither my mother nor my grandmother ever made banana bread. But I imagine yours did. If it was really really really good, it probably tasted like this! The burn sugar frosting was a nice accompaniment and added sweetness without being over the top.
I’m in love with this place. I can’t wait to get my wife out of the house again so that I can have more!

Gooseberry pie. That’s all you need to know. It’s an acquired taste, much like that needed for single malt scotch. For those of us that can take the heat, we love being in the kitchen.
I really enjoy going to Prydes and I really enjoy getting my daughter and myself a cookie at upper crust. My wife shops. My daughter and I drink coffee and eat cookies.
In the words of the poet and fellow pie enthusiast, Lil’Wayne:
Cause when you wilding you ain’t looking, you just looking high
and when we hungry you look like PIE
Sweet potato ass *&^%!, you lemon merangue, apple custard, cherry jelly…

I prefer the other Upper Crust location to this one, but this place uses the same recipes and whips up the same creations as the other. This location is just a bit smaller and feels like another corner of Pryde’s; overall, it lacks a bit of the charm of the other bake shop.
Every single bite is delicious. Order pies by the slice, mini «cutie» pies, cookies, and other bites, or pick up a whole pie! My absolute favorite is their salted caramel pecan bar.

An Absolutely Delight!
My bestie & I traveled to Kansas City for the Women of Faith conference. Upon our arrival there, she says, «I need pie.» So I used Unilocal,Urban Spoon, & Restaurant Finder looking for «Desserts». No luck. Finally, she says, «Oh, just Google ‘pie’.» I did, and the first thing that pops up is the Upper Crust! We loaded up & headed that way.
Upon our arrival, we discovered that the Upper Crust is in the basement of Pryde’s — the world’s MOST AMAZING kitchen store. If there is a gadget, if there is a linen, if there is a pan, spoon, spatula or tea-​strainer you want or need, you will find it at Pryde’s. It took us an hour and a half to make it downstairs to the Upper Crust!
And the pie, cookies & tarts at the Upper Crust did not disappoint. They were fantastic! My bestie had Strawberry-​Rhubarb Ala Mode, and I had THE MOST AMAZING TART — it was filled with apples, walnuts & Gorgonzola cheese! We took a single-​portion pecan pie & cookies with us to-​go.
This gem was the highlight of our trip! We will be talking about it for years to come… and we WILL be back!

Have you noticed that in a lot of eateries the pies look Fabulous and then just don’t live up to your expectations? Well, at The Upper Crust Bakery that isn’t going to happen. Sis, Hubby and I made a trip over to Pryde’s in Westport on Friday to celebrate Julia Child’s 100^th birthday and we chose to go on Friday because that way we could have a piece of celebratory PIE. The only thing missing was a birthday candle, but I don’t think Julia would have minded since the pie was superb.
This location is only open on Friday and Saturday so it may require a special trip, but the trip will be so worth your time. This time Hubby ordered a ‘slice of amazing’ with a Blackberry Cream that he offered to let me taste — a little different than just a berry pie and so good; Sis got one of her favorites: Lemon Meringue and I went for just plain olé Peach. But at Upper Crust they do it better and it was lovely.
I was torn on what to choose because they had Key Lime also and I’ve never tried that one here but Peach Pie just says Summer to me and I hardly ever turn it down when the peaches are fresh so Peach is what I got. I thoroughly enjoyed my slice with the complimentary coffee that Pryde’s is famous for.
Oh, yes, we couldn’t resist bringing home a whole Rhubarb pie and have been enjoying it all weekend!
Pryde’s is celebrating Julia’s birthday for the whole month of August so I may just have to get myself down there again before the end of the month and hope they have Key Lime on the menu again. This time I’ll try to remember the birthday candle.

Pie. Heavenly delicious pie.
Let’s start with three things you absolutely, positively must know about this place. One: it’s tucked inside of Pryde’s Old Westport. Two: they’re only open on the weekends. Three: they are not a mass-​quantity bakery, so if you get there too late in the day, you may not get the pie you want.
Is it worth all that time, trouble, and effort? Yes. Yes. Yes.
The pies are flaky, the fillings just right, and the service as warm and comforting as the pies themselves. $ 4 gets you a slice, $ 8 gets you a «Cutie-​Pie» (a tart pan that holds roughly two slices), and $ 20 gets you a full pie. That’s way more than Mrs. Smith’s at Hy-​Vee, sure. But Mrs. Smith doesn’t bake her pies from scratch on site, nor does she go to the trouble of imprinting floral designs on the crust.
Recently, I had a slice of oatmeal pie. Just think of awesome that is – oatmeal cookies baked into a pie.
Go. Now. Well, not now, if it’s during the week. But go. You must.

«Where can we get a good pie at?» i was asked.
«The Uppecrust,» I answered, and ordered the pie.
I bought a beautiful apple pie. It is so pretty, and heaping and full of apples. My, do they do a good job… but I also bought a strawberry mini pie, it has chocolate ganache, and blue berries too. It sits below Pryde’s Olde Westport (where I don’t go, unless I’m paid that week, cause…). To be honest, I’ve never been to the pie restaurant, cause I’m not sure it was open.
The bakery sells coconut macaroons, and sugar cookies. I didn’t buy the cookies, but should’ve. I can’t say, reading the other reviews, that the pies are pricey, cause Tippins used to be down the street. That pie was worth the money it cost, and I’d do it again. I’m not an apple pie person, but I did it for my 90 year old step dad’s birthday. I love strawberry pies, and sugar cookies, and this by far, is one of the best I’ve had.

Four stars not because of quality but because of price and hours of operation.
I could even look past the price because these pies are made with extra love (and butter I would presume). The hours are like unobtainable for me. This hurts my heart (could be the butter though)…
So, when I went there I started off in the wonderland of pots, pans and soft boiled egg holder thingies… just wandering around waiting for my friend who was actually wandering in a separate section of the store. I was looking at the tea and tea drinking accessories… and this lady offered me a cup of the tea they had made up to sample. FOR FREE. So, that was really great. I met my friend and we went looking around for pie… It’s very speakeasy like. If you don’t know about it beforehand, you might just miss out and never know pie was there.
Not just pie, but quiche and cookies and ice cream too! Shazam! So they have pie slices or mini pies or big pies. I had called ahead for them to make me full size Bumbleberry pie… can’t go wrong with mixed berries. They had two quiches to choose from so we tried them both — mini size (like an individual sized portion). Both were delicious. They rotate the quiche flavors weekly, so it’s always a surprise. We each also got a mini pie (Cutie Pie) with ice cream. Brandon got blueberry and I got gooseberry. I feel sorry for gooseberries. I imagine they never get picked first… not when there are pies with tidal wave looking meringues and names like German Chocolate Cake Pie. So, of course mine was tart in flavor… and I liked that.
We sat and ate and we drank our peach tea… and when that ran out we refilled from their water cooler and sampled their cookies. What a great day. They were really very nice and answered all of our questions with enthusiasm. We made some friends there with some other customers. There are like 7 (approx) seats and they are close together… so you can aggravate others about what they are eating and how it tastes. People who love pie sure are nice people.
I hope to make it back there… I really hope this half price pie legend is true. I’ll ask them, if I ever make it back. It seems logical… I mean it’s the last hour they are open for another week — what are they going to do with all that pie?
Speaking of last minute pies and quiche… don’t dilly dally if you have your heart set on something. They tend to sell out fast, but you can call ahead and have one ready for you.
Update: The legend true. I confirmed that they do indeed have half price pies during the last hour they are open (Saturday 5−6pm). Not much left by that time, but there you go.