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Wednesday
Jan192011

When Pie Meets Bicycle: Street Food Profile on The Piecycle for Serious Eats

Photograph: Dawn WrightFact: food tastes better when it is made with love and delivered right to your doorstep.

But it gets even better when the food in question is freshly baked pie, and when the delivery mode is cute boy delivering it via bicycle. 

And in Seattle, that boy is Max Kraushaar, proprietor (and bike rider) of The Piecycle. It's exactly what it sounds like: pie, delivered by bike. By the slice, or by the pie--your choice.

I recently had the pleasure of profiling this sweet fella for Serious Eats--here's a sneak peek.

What's on the menu? It changes weekly. Whatever I feel like making. Recently it was Grandma's Lemon Meringue Pie and Vegan Choco-Peanut Butter (other flavors have included Vegan Apple Pie and Georgia Sweet Potato). I try to do at least one vegan flavor, and otherwise try to keep the flavors seasonal and if possible made using local ingredients. The cost is $3 per slice, or $20 for a full pie.

Hours and location? Anywhere in the University District of Seattle, Friday and Saturday evenings until 3 a.m., sometimes Sundays too. As for location, I come to you! It's delivery by the slice: I have my cell phone, and people text me requests. I have been called the "Jimmy John's of Pie."

How long have you been street-fooding? Since fall of 2010.

Why mobile over brick and mortar? I like riding my bike, and I don't have the capital to own a brick and mortar location. Plus, pie is better enjoyed in the comfort of your home or wherever you choose.

Describe a typical piecycle evening. I bake my pies in advance, then people will text me and I will bring them pie. I'm currently selling five to seven pies per weekend on average.

What do you do the rest of the time? School for theater and art, so I paint and act. I just got three paintings into the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Art, theatre, and pies.

For the rest of the profile, check out Serious Eats!

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Reader Comments (6)

wow that's super cool! way to go dude!
January 19 | Unregistered CommenterBecky
He is so lucky - with all the biking he does, he can probably eat all of his wares every day =)
January 19 | Unregistered CommenterAnne-Marie
Love it. Please move to chicago.
January 20 | Unregistered Commenterkathy b
Fact: When a group of friends and I ordered an entire peanut-butter chocolate pie from him earlier in the summer, I ate the leftovers for every meal for two days. Grotesque? Perhaps. But so, so good.
January 20 | Unregistered CommenterAmanda
This is awesome. Does he deliver whole pies too? I live in Seattle and would love to use this for an emergency dessert. Great idea.
January 20 | Unregistered CommenterDelishhh
Super-awesome! Congrats to you, Max and best wishes for your business!!
January 20 | Unregistered CommenterDeanna

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