Comments on: Pie Pie Birdie

By: PJ Maddox

PJ Maddox — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:26:53 +0000

I grew up in Ocean Beach. The ORIGINAL Chicken Pie Shop was started in Ocean Beach,and was located on Voltair Street. It was a small cafe & very popular. After a couple of Years, they opened a larger location in Hillcrest, and closed the one in Ocean Beach. The Hillcrest spot grew and by the 1960′s had lines of people outside waiting to be seated for dinner. It had lost it’s ambiance; for a “mess hall atmosphere. but still had great Chicken Pie.

I don’t live in San Diego now; so I have not tried the newest location. Glad to see they are still goring strong.

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:07:26 +0000

My biggest complaint about the San Diego Chicken Pie Shop is that, despite its being only a block away from me during lunch hour, eating a Pie Dinner for lunch would render me completely useless for the rest of the work day.

Also, I would be getting it all wrong.

By: Judy

Judy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:42:25 +0000

“Twenty years before Elvis was drafted, the San Diego Chicken Pie Shop was expanding hips instead of shaking them.” haha that’s beautiful.

Love the pictures of the interiors and the post. those pies look gargantuan!

By: James Boo

James Boo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:41:13 +0000

WANT

By: wasabi prime

wasabi prime — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:29:02 +0000

Yowza. This is too dangerous for me to read right around dinnertime! What a great find and proof that places don’t have to be fancy to have simple, delicious food.

By: Single Guy Ben

Single Guy Ben — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:06:52 +0000

I love chicken pot pies and enjoyed this nostalgia-tinged read about this San Diego place. I never heard of prole food but totally get the concept. What’s better than chicken pot pies? Um, chicken pot pies with gravy on top! Mmmm.