Honey Pie

Ahhh… food. When it’s at it’s worst it can be horrible, when it’s merely half-assed it can sometimes be pretty good, and when it’s delicious it can be a transcendental experience. Honey Pie on KK in Bayview falls into the last category.

Housed in the former home of the craptastic Annona Café, Scott Johnson and partners’ newest creation may have been their best one yet.

Thursday night found the place packed. My dinner companion, this evening played by my lovely wife, got there just as it really started to fill up. We got a table for two next to the window, but the people behind us had to wait.

The menu has a few appetizers, a few dinners and an expansive selection of sandwiches. There is also a huge selection of beers and a very tempting dessert display case; more on that later.

We started with the Pork Stacked Fries appetizer; delicious French fries, covered in a bar-b-qued pulled pork, cheese gravy, jalapeno slices, and bacon. What sounded like it would be merely a mess, turned out to work amazingly well together. The jalapenos tasted fresh and had a good bite, the cheese gravy was much more substantial than any cheese sauce could ever hope to be. Overall, the flavors balanced in an amazing dance of beautiful gastronomic excess, the sweetness of the bar-b-que sauce was countered by the pepper’s sharpness, and fries just taste better smothered in cheese.

My wife had a salad with a Citrus Basil dressing. The small taste I had reminded me of fruity vinaigrette, but significantly more substantial.

Dinner arrived. My wife got the Chicken Pot Pie. It was served in a bowl with a golden brown crust easily covering it. The insides consisted of a creamy gravy with a good amount of dark meat chicken and loads of vegetables.

I got the burger special; two pork and beef patties, with pepper jack cheese, a spicy chipolte aioli, and bacon. The special board specified that the burger had tons of bacon, upon seeing the burger, the statement was almost not hyperbole, there was a lot of bacon. This was of course accompanied by another pile of delicious french fries, plain, but I’m not complaining. I could make a meal of those deep-fried tubers.

Dessert seemed to be necessary to complete the experience. I chose the White Russian Cream Pie, my wife got a piece of Turtle cake. I’m not sure what I expected, but I got exactly what was advertised. A piece of home-made cream pie that tasted just like a White Russian. It was good, but not great. It had a bit too much of a strong alcohol flavor, but it was well made and I might be nit-picking. My wife’s cake was delicious and moist. She enjoyed it very much. By the time she offered me a bite, it was too late. I was filled to the top.

Prices were reasonable. Our dinner ran us a little more than $40. Soda refills were happily given, although the waitress seemed to be pretty busy. The place is small so extra servers might end up running each other over, but everything was well worth the wait.

The menu has a good amount of vegetarian and vegan offerings including the option of
”vegan-a-fying” many of the meat dishes.

The food is not healthy, but it is absolutely delicious. Home-cooked comfort food at it’s finest. Put it on your list of places to stop in at. You won’t be disappointed.