San Diego Chicken Pie Shop
A campy San Diego original.
Synopsis
Somewhere between your midwestern mother's kitchen and your elementary school cafeteria lies the San Diego Chicken Pie Shop.
Data
San Diego Chicken Pie Shop • 2633 El Cajon Blvd • San Diego, CA • 92104 • map
(619) 295-0156
Neighborhood: North Park
Dress code: Sensible shoes
Hours:
7 days a week, 10am - 8pm
Comments
The San Diego Chicken Pie Shop is a classic-- they have been in business since 1938, and from what I can tell, they have changed very little over the years. Waitresses with their hair in buns scurry from table to table, taking orders and returning with wheeled carts overflowing with plates of food.
The chicken pie dinner is the most popular item on the menu. $5.25 gets you a chicken pie, potatoes, mixed vegetables, cole slaw, a roll with butter, and a slice of pie for dessert. Read that again to let it sink in. The chicken pie itself is a tasty celebration of carbohydrate-laden comfort food: flaky crust, generous with the meat, and rich gravy. Their pies are also available to-go, in both baked or unbaked form.
Their cole slaw is the best I have found in San Diego, so if you like your slaw on the sweet and creamy side, give it a taste. The roll is the kind your grandmother made: simple, fluffy and warm. A pat of butter, thoughtfully provided with the meal, provides the perfect complement.
The atmoshere is a cross between a dining hall and diner, with lots of chicken kitsch decor. The patrons are a big part of the Chicken Pie Shop experience-- the restaurant is big with the senior crowd. In fact, if the gray haired patrons ever challenged the others to a pickup rugby game, my money is on the seniors-- what they might lack in strength and agility, they more than make up for in sheer numbers.
No checks, no credit cards, no debit cards. It has been a cash business since 1938.
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Synopsis
Somewhere between your midwestern mother's kitchen and your elementary school cafeteria lies the San Diego Chicken Pie Shop.
Data
San Diego Chicken Pie Shop • 2633 El Cajon Blvd • San Diego, CA • 92104 • map
(619) 295-0156
Neighborhood: North Park
Dress code: Sensible shoes
Hours:
7 days a week, 10am - 8pm
Comments
The San Diego Chicken Pie Shop is a classic-- they have been in business since 1938, and from what I can tell, they have changed very little over the years. Waitresses with their hair in buns scurry from table to table, taking orders and returning with wheeled carts overflowing with plates of food.
The chicken pie dinner is the most popular item on the menu. $5.25 gets you a chicken pie, potatoes, mixed vegetables, cole slaw, a roll with butter, and a slice of pie for dessert. Read that again to let it sink in. The chicken pie itself is a tasty celebration of carbohydrate-laden comfort food: flaky crust, generous with the meat, and rich gravy. Their pies are also available to-go, in both baked or unbaked form.
Their cole slaw is the best I have found in San Diego, so if you like your slaw on the sweet and creamy side, give it a taste. The roll is the kind your grandmother made: simple, fluffy and warm. A pat of butter, thoughtfully provided with the meal, provides the perfect complement.
The atmoshere is a cross between a dining hall and diner, with lots of chicken kitsch decor. The patrons are a big part of the Chicken Pie Shop experience-- the restaurant is big with the senior crowd. In fact, if the gray haired patrons ever challenged the others to a pickup rugby game, my money is on the seniors-- what they might lack in strength and agility, they more than make up for in sheer numbers.
No checks, no credit cards, no debit cards. It has been a cash business since 1938.
Menu
Links
- GLT review
- San Diego Reader review
- San Diego CityBEAT review
- SignOnSanDiego review
- AOL cityguide review
If you know of anything else that belongs here, let me know. I just might add it.
posted by Doug Gates at 8:40 PM
11 Comments:
hi doug! cool blog. i would suggest a restaurant but all the places i like to eat at were originally recommended by you! i guess i will need to explore some more...
Found your blog while searching for a review on Sushi Hut in Clairemont.
Beg to differ with you on the Chicken Pie Shop. It has changed over the years, unfortunately for the worst. It still provides a lovely walk down memory lane as well as a place for seniors to meet and share a reasonably priced meal.
This place is great when your bank account is empty - complete meal for about 5 bucks
Vaguely reminiscent of my high school cafeteria. High camp value, true, but the food fell way short. Bonus points for the hookers in the parking lot (that corner is a longtime prostitution spot)
I used to love this place but now its just not so good, not sure if my taste have changed (which is probably the case) or if they have
This place Is Great For the money
It's not Mr A's!!!Always Good Food At A Great Price The turkey Dinners On Sunday Are The best!!
They had a "B" hanging in the window, but I still eat there.
My grandparent's used to take me here when it was where the Starbuck's is now on the corner of Robinson & 5th...my grandfather always had the rhubarb pie w/chocolate ice cream for dessert...GOD I miss that man! Now that I'm a mother...I plan to take my son there...even though it's hospital food...it's the spirit of the place that really fills you w/satisfaction. ;-)
Cindy M. Kirby
THE BEST!!!!!!! YUM YUM WISH I HAD ONE NOW!!!! LIVE IN VEGAS GOING BACK TO MY HOMETOWN...SAN DIEGO!!!YEAAAAAAAA...TO GO EAT THE CHICKEN PIE.....
LOVE IT..RAADING ALL THIS GOT ME HUNGRY.. SO NOW IM GONNA GO GET ME THE BEST..CHICKEN PIE EVER!!!!
the food is great and cheap but the service is horrible..... i got served by i think the youngest waitress there an asian and the service was the worst ive ever had im never going back
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