While singing my heart out last Friday at our favorite local bar Lido (200 Columbia St), I made a quick run to Dub Pies across the street for a tasty treat. Dub pies are traditional Australian/ New Zealand meat pies of about 5″ in diameter and filled with a variety of meaty, veggie, cheesy, potatoey flavor. I must admit I’ve only had the Shepherd’s pie (with mashed potato topping) but it is absolutely delicious and I look forward to sampling the rest. I’m a sucker for anything in a crust so I might be a bit bias.

Not only are the pies delicious but the folks there are really friendly. Last night (while again down at Lidos) I ran over for a coffee. Even though they had just closed the fella (owner?) unlocked the place for me and fixed me a cup of coffee. Being the sometimes ditz that I am, I asked if this was some sort of Jamaican inspired pie (mistaking the “Down Under Bakery - DUB” for a Jamaican musical reference and ignoring the huge sign outside that clearly says Australian/New Zealand) which prompted a nice discussion of the of meat pie family tree. He explained that the Jamaican meat pie and the Australian meat pie are both children of the British meat pie. But I can assure you they are both vastly improved versions. This nice guy also pointed out that it was in fact the Egyptians who may have first developed the meat pie. So there you have it - eat meat pies.

Check out their menu.

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