Boston Creme Pie

Visiting Boston and want to be sure to enjoy all the originals like Sam Adams etc.

Does anyone know where Boston Creme Pie was invented and where we can get authentic version ?

Boston Creme Pie

That%26#39;s quite an interesting question. I have no idea, but I%26#39;ll look it up later if I have time. You can find them at most grocery stores or supermarkets (whatever the ones in Boston are called-where I live we have mostly Weis Markets and Giant), although I don%26#39;t know if you could consider their pies to be authentic. I have never cared a whole lot for them, but they are my brother%26#39;s favorite.

Boston Creme Pie

Try visiting http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpies.html, although Trip Advisor doesn%26#39;t like us to post links to other websites on here anymore (I am not sure why). As long as the links are helpful and are related to the topic, I don%26#39;t see any reason why they can%26#39;t be posted. Maybe it%26#39;s for the Las Vegas forum, where people can be quite nasty and often make a lot of unhelpful and inappropriate comments.

Mike%26#39;s Pastry in the North End has a Boston Creme Pie.....don%26#39;t know if it is authentic, but Mike%26#39;s is a very popular spot and heavily visited by both locals and tourists.

You can also sample some of the many fine Italian restaurants while in that section of town. Bon Appetite!

If I%26#39;m not mistaken, Boston Creme Pie was invented at the Parker House (now the Omni Parker House) as were Parker House rolls. From what I%26#39;ve heard, you can still get a piece of the pie at the hotel restaurant.

You%26#39;re correct Sue, it was the Parker House and they still serve it and it%26#39;s delicious.

Just to add it was first invented by a French Pastry chef who worked at the Parker House, called Monsieur Sanzian in 1855. If the pie is topped with chocolate it%26#39;s called the Parker House Chocolate pie.

Interesting! Thanks, Carolann!

Interesting that you%26#39;re visiting Boston as you list your location as Boston.

Another bit of Parker House trivia... I understand Ho Chi Minh once worked there as a sous chef.

As did Malcolm X as a bus boy.