mmm-yoso!!! is the food blog. Cathy is writing today, because Kirk and ed (from Yuma) aren't.
Hello again. Everyone seems to be feeling under the weather lately. The 'rain' (we measure in 1/100ths of an inch out here) and 'cold' (there was frost on my car windows this morning, but is 71 now) seems to have wrecked havoc with everyone.
The other day, The Mister was starting to come down with (what now is) a massive head cold and cough and He wanted some comfort food. I did not want to cook.
So we went down El Cajon Boulevard. 
In front of one of the colorfully decorated utility boxes, was the old standby, 
The San Diego Chicken Pie Shop.
It has been in various locations since 1938, with this location unchanged since 1986 or so…
I did blog about this place in 2006, and we do eat here fairly regularly (Tuesdays and Saturdays if I can manage it, because the Pie of the Day is coconut cream…) and I figured I could take my camera and do an update. So here goes…
The cole slaw is the same, as always. Finely chopped cabbage and carrot in a light sauce that needs salt and pepper.
The dinner rolls are the same, as always. Fresh baked in store, hearty white bread. Soft crust. Fluffy insides. Served with real butter.
The Mister's meal came with a cup of soup. He chose the pea soup. Fresh made, with carrots, kind of lumpy. Very thick and chicken broth based.
The Mister got the chicken liver dinner (it includes the soup, rolls and dessert as well as the vegetable and whipped potato).
This meal takes the longest to prepare when you order it. The livers are lightly breaded in a flour and spice mix and then pan fried. Lots of juicy livers. Wonderful, fresh, tasty. As always.
A slice of fresh made pie comes with each of our meals. I got the coconut cream and The Mister got rhubarb. His had two crusts, mine had whipped cream. The crusts are different than the chicken pie crust. Flakier.
The interior is the same, the food is consistently the same (they sell between 2000 and 3000 pies a day- you can buy cooked or frozen to go.
There is one difference. Back in 1984, the Pie dinner was $3.10. Now it is $6.50. The liver dinner is now $7.00. Otherwise, nothing has changed.
Apparently time has moved on. Two years later, our orders, including dessert choices were the same as in my original post. Comfort food.
San Diego Chicken Pie Shop 2633 El Cajon Boulevard 92104 (619)295-0156 Open 7 days 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
In case there was any doubt, I got the pie dinner. Same as always- chicken, turkey and gravy inside the freshly made pie crust.