Dangeroursly Delicious Pies closes in Federal Hill
A reader posted news about the apparent and sudden closing of Dangerously Delicious Pies here.
Apparently it's true, per a message on the DDP website.
Due to unforeseeable circumstances, Federal Hill will be closed indefinitely. If you purchased a living social coupon for Federal Hill, we will honor it in Canton.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
Thank you for your understanding!
I had stopped into the Federal Hill shop recently. I liked the new little Atomic Books-like shop in the back and the guys that were working there that night were super nice. Wonder what happened? I guess I better try to find out. Sigh.
UPDATE: I just talked to Rodney Henry. He confirmed that the Federal Hill store had closed. I said, "awww, that's too bad." And he said, "no, it's awesome! That store was giving me angina."
Henry said the Canton store is where most of the production is done anyway, and that maintaining the Federal Hill store was a drag on morale. "It's more fun when we're all together, "Henry says.
Look for Dangerously Delicious Pie trucks (two of 'em) to hit the streets sometime around the week of May 16th.
Comments
ooh, we have Icedgems cupcakes on Fridays at JHH. Pie on a Monday would really hit the spot!
Posted by: fea24 | May 3, 2011 12:39 PM
What!?!?! Noooooooooooo. Good for Henry anyway, if that's really what he wants.
Posted by: Baltimanda | May 3, 2011 1:28 PM
sucks for us that live in federal hill but i understand the business side of things
Posted by: lb7800 | May 3, 2011 2:05 PM
I don't feel bad about this at all. No one was ever there, they had bad customer service. Couldn't even pick up my pie from them because they wanted me to go out to Canton to pick it up. Then the Canton location wasn't open when they were supposed to be. Canton should close next.
Posted by: Calvin | May 4, 2011 8:33 AM
someone who likes me a lot was kind enough to get me a meat pie from DDP. I think it had sliced steak and gruyere cheese. It was so good, I want one now.
If I lived closer, I would eat that meat pie a lot.
But its funny, because they did tell me that they had to go from one location to the other to get everything that was ordered. Just like Calvin. However for the someone who got my pie, it was no big deal. It happens, no worries.
Posted by: JJ | May 4, 2011 9:47 AM
The Canton location is also doomed. I never see anyone inside, and they must be paying a fortune in rent to be on that prime corner on the square. I just don't foresee the numbers working out for very long.
Posted by: cantonite | May 4, 2011 11:44 AM
I really hope that they are not doomed.
Try the meat pie - you will return.
Posted by: JJ | May 4, 2011 1:33 PM
If it is so much better for them to all be together then why are they starting food trucks? Won't that just separate them again?
Posted by: Mark | May 4, 2011 2:49 PM
But who's going to pay the hipsters in Federal Hill to read Facebook?
Seriously, I hope Dangerously Delicious is taken over by someone who is better at running a business. The Federal Hill location was inconsistently open, didn't take credit cards and never had more than 1/2 of the pies from the board available when I visited.
Their pies are fantastic but $30 for an Apple pie, really? And if you are going to charge me a restaurant level price of $6 a slice then you are going to have to provide me a restaurant level of ambiance. Maybe if the whole operation was better run they'd generate more revenue and not have to make so much on each sale. I find it hard to believe that the costs require those prices. I assume the parts of the business we don't see are run as poorly as the parts we do see.
My girlfriend and I tried to help this place succeed by giving it our business but left too many times disappointed.
Posted by: Dylan | May 9, 2011 1:07 PM