17-03-2025
Axios Miami's guide to the 305's best pies
It's Pi Day! So we're launching a "Best Pies in Miami" series, in which we taste delicious desserts and let you know about them. Fun!
State of play: We sampled a couple of pies from some of South Florida's most popular spots: Moises Bakery Miami Beach and Fireman Derek's Bake Shop.
Did we convince our editor to let us do this so we can expense free pie? You bet ya! Did we skip lunch? Also, yes.
Of note: Before you come at us with your "Hey, now, that's not pie!" takes, this is OUR pie tour and we get to do what we want. So, a few ground rules.
Cheesecake? Pie.
Flan? Also pie.
Pastelitos? You guessed it.
Sommer's pie: I went to Moises in North Beach because I'm loyal to my neighborhood. And I ordered a carne empanada ($4.66!) because we make the rules, and what's an empanada if not a meat pie?
The dough was soft overall, but the corners were perfectly crispy to offer a nice crunch.
The pie was decently stuffed with a sauteed onion and carne combo that had a nice kick to it, a hard boiled egg (take it or leave it in my opinion) and a random olive or two. Tasty.
Martin's pie: A chain-smoking UberEats driver delivered me a salted caramel pie from Fireman Derek's Fort Lauderdale location.
The rich and gooey filling, loosely held together by an oatmeal cookie crust, is almost too sweet.
Serving-wise, less is more. A quarter slice will put you to sleep.
The intrigue: I ordered an $11 slice but was accidentally given a $49 whole pie. My theory is that this sticky sucker is so tough to slice that the poor bakery employee said screw it.
I gladly accepted it though because this is a truly delicious pie.
Where's your favorite place to eat pie? Write to [email protected] with some spots we should check out.
