Grandma's Pies

Since 1977, Grandma's Pies and Restaurant served thousands of pies, especially around the holidays. In August 2020 the legendary restaurant closed for good. Now the building will be torn down and gone forever. But we do know what will be built in that space.

A report from the Times Union says that Grandma's Pies, the iconic Colonie restaurant and pie shop, may have served up it's last slice of down home goodness on Sunday.  Sad news for the longstanding restaurant that many people here in the Capital Region have a strong nostalgic connection to.

It's never great to see one of your favorite local restaurants close and this year, there were quite a few. In case you missed it, here are the places you can't go to eat locally anymore.

When I was a kid; Thanksgivings, birthdays, and family get togethers weren't complete unless there was a pie from Grandma's Pie and Restaurant. The homestyle spot with decor straight out of granny's living room had been a staple on Central Ave for years.  It was always sort of assumed that somehow, someway, Grandma would always be there.  Today I learned , with a heavy heart, that's not the case. 

A piece of land in Colonie that occupies Grandma's Pies and Restaurant is up for sale and let's hope this doesn't mean the end of this timeless eatery because that would truly be depressing.  When we were kids, the holidays were incomplete unless there was a pie from Grandma. Blueberry, Dutch Apple or Cherry, no meal was complete without it.  Rumors have been swirling that if the land is sold, Gra