Restaurant review: PieBird

For dessert, I tried their signature Chocolate Cream Pie. It was good with a gooey pudding like chocolate filling. Definitely big enough to share!  

The sweet little bird decor is one of my favorite motifs these days and I really like the upscale-diner-with-chalkboard-menu trend. It was a pleasant and warm place to have lunch with great natural light. The sautéed garlic greens were delicious! In fact, I'm craving them as I write this. The spinach and feta hand pie that came next was good, although at first the whole caraway seeds (or maybe they were fennel) seemed a little overpowering but after a few more bites the flavors blended nicely.

The hand pie and the side of greens definitely left me with room for dessert so I ordered the peanut butter pie and some coffee. The peanut butter pie was surprisingly salty so I'm glad I had the coffee (which was served in a cute little french press) to wash it down with. I wish they had some sort of lunch special or a special offer because $20 was more than I personally like to spend a light lunch but I would recommend PieBird to friends!

I enjoyed the chopped salad (cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, avocado, on a bed of mixed greens – sans the red onion and bleu cheese crumbles) with a cup of vegan chili, both served impeccably fresh. Props to our server, too, who asked if I would like a side portion of the salad since I was also ordering chili – service like that is much appreciated!

The only downside to my entire lunch at PieBird? Having to walk out without having sampled the chocolate brownie pie! P.S. – I checked in on FourSquare while there and paid with my American Express, which apparently will be earning me a $5.00 credit on this month’s AMEX statement. That’s quite the deal, since my lunch was under $10.

My pie was black bean and green chiles and came topped with a cold, crisp pico de gallo. The effect was of Tex-Mex in a crust -- not at all spicy, but thoroughly satisfying.

For dessert I had the "bluebird of happiness," which has no blueberries involved. It was described as chess pie on an oatmeal cookie crust. The result was dense, chewy and reminiscent of caramel.

Altogether, I found Pie Bird to be an excellent choice for quick, tasty and thrifty lunch. Had I not opted for dessert, I could have gotten out under $10.