Pie Pantry

Customers are charmed by the Pie Pantry's uncontrived, small-town civility but drawn in by the voluptuous procession of pies, many crowned by soft white tufts of meringue. The restaurant has a fancy though conventional menu as well: The crab-stuffed shrimp and Asiago ravioli would be at home on the menu of Red Lobster, the Pasta House or T.G.I. Friday's. The spinach salad, heaped with chopped egg and inch-long strips of bacon, radiates freshness and simplicity.