A pie shop on Myrtle Ave that gets the ratios right

The whole thing is about ratios. Most pies get it wrong — too much crust, too doughy and bready, or a wall of overly sweet filling. Petee’s gets the proportions right: a good amount of filling to crust, and the crust is flaky without going dry. I can’t stand a pie that’s mostly bready crust, and this is the opposite of that.

Nothing here is too sweet, which I loved. The salty chocolate chess was the standout — rich but restrained. The strawberry rhubarb is a pretty standard slice, but it absolutely nails the flavor. And none of it is chewy at all; it really is all about that crust-to-filling balance.

The vanilla bean ice cream was fine — kind of standard, mid. There’s an option where they mix it right into the pie that we should’ve gotten. Next time. A little on the expensive side, too.

This is the bigger Petee’s — the Myrtle Ave cafe, with seats for maybe six or eight, not the Lower East Side storefront where there’s nowhere to sit. They even offered to warm the slices before plating them. Nice touch.