If you shop at Local Harvest Grocery, Baumann’s Fine Meats or the Clayton Farmers Market, you may have already tasted the pies made by baker Jane Calllahan. Now Callahan is bringing her business, Pie Oh My!, to even more St. Louisans as she makes the move from a commissary kitchen to open a shop of her own.
Callahan recently signed the lease on a space in Maplewood. And while she declined to give the exact address, she did note that it was on Sutton Avenue, adding that she looked at spaces throughout the central corridor, ultimately choosing Maplewood because it was a “supportive, inviting business community.”
When Pie Oh My! opens this fall, customers will find from-scratch pies of every size and flavor. There will be full-size pies, five-inch mini versions, two- and three-inch single-serve tarts, and even bite-size tartlets perfect for the waist-conscious sweet tooth. As for pie flavors, Callahan focuses on using seasonal fruit, which means her selection is always changing. Callahan noted that, although there will be no customer seating at the small store, the space will be designed in such a way that patrons can see through to the kitchen to watch the pie-making in action. “I think there’s this mystique about how you make pies,” she said. We’ll update with the address as soon as we learn it.
This article appears in June 2012.