Made in Worcester, MA since 1924, Table Talk pies are a sweet and nostalgic New England favorite.
By Aimee Tucker|May 10 2022|
Coffee By Design | Portland, Maine
Photo Credit : Katherine Keenan
We love pie here in New England. Whether it’s wild Maine blueberry, apple with cheddar, or creamy pumpkin during the holiday season, the irresistible combination of golden, buttery pastry filled with sweet fruit or smooth custard is, for many, the perfect dessert. Love pie but hate to bake? Not to worry! Since 1924, Table Talk Pies in Worcester, Massachusetts has been supplying New England (and beyond) with a popular assortment of tasty pies in favorite flavors like blueberry, apple, lemon, chocolate eclair, pineapple, cherry, pumpkin, peach, banana creme, chocolate creme…and more.
Table Talk pies are a New England-made favorite.
Instantly recognizable with its cheerful red and white packaging, Table Talk got its start selling to restaurants and hotels, but expanded to retail by the 1930s. Before the days of convenience store chains and fast food, they were a welcome sight at coffee shops and other small stores. Table Talk makes a standard 8-inch pie, but they’re most known for their 4-inch “snack pie” (seen in the photos throughout this post). The company says they bake over 80 million of the snack-sized pies each year! As for ingredients, they also say they’re proud to use “wild blueberries from Maine, Washington and New York Apples, Georgia peaches, pumpkins from the Amish farmlands of Pennsylvania, sweet potatoes grown in the rich soils of North and South Carolina and pecans from Texas and Louisiana.”
The little pies, I can attest, are the perfect size for warming up and topping with a scoop of ice cream, and if your favorite part of the pie is the crust, having a whole “mini pie” guarantees you’ll get some in every bite.
Table Talk pies come in flavors like bluberry, apple, lemon, and chocolate eclair. Photo Credit : Aimee Seavey
Today, the pies come in disposable foil plates, but before that, they (and all mass-produced pies) were baked and sold in aluminum pans. Table Talk aluminum pans, boasting the phrase “New England Flaky Crust Pie – 10c Deposit,” have since become an easy and affordable collector’s item. Other pie brands, like Py-O-My and Bluebird, are also vintage favorites.
Another New England pie company, the Frisbie Pie Co. (owned by Table Talk since 1958), also conjures up fond memories for many New Englanders. Founded in 1871 in Bridgeport, CT, Frisbie is most famous for being credited with providing the original inspiration for the frisbee toy. Legend says that pie-loving students at Yale University used the empty tins as flying discs on the New Haven Green. Noticing the growing fad, an inventor developed a plastic version, dubbed “the frisbee” in honor of Frisbie’s Pies.
But is the story true? Well, kind of. Frisbee inventor Walter “Fred” Morrison had never heard of Frisbie Pies or even visited Connecticut when he started selling flying discs on the west coast in the late 1930s, but after selling his design to toy developer Wham-O in 1957, the name was changed to Frisbee after the Frisbie pie tins. In short: Yale students with their Frisbie’s tins didn’t inspire the original invention, but without them there would be no Frisbee flying disc brand name. Not bad for a New England pie!
Snack-sized pies, ready for sampling. Photo Credit : Aimee Seavey
It was tough to track down much more than the basics in the Table Talk story, but I did stumble across a few fun facts online. According to one source, Table Talk used to buy the entire 400,000 ton annual crop of Prince Edward Island blueberries for their pies! It also claimed that every year on Washington’s birthday the company would make 16,000 cherry pies to be sold at Lechmere for 88 cents each. In keeping with the fondness for fun, Table Talk is now an enthusiastic participant in “Pi Day” celebrations that take place worldwide each March 14th (or 3.14).
Alright, pie-lovers…are you a fan of Table Talk pies? Which flavor is your favorite?
This post was first published in 2015 and has been updated.
Growing up those snack pies were one of the first things we bought if we had any bottle money! Lemon was my favorite followed by blueberry. Imagine my delight when our local convenience store carried them a few months ago! I hadn’t had one in decades, but they still taste the same and are only a dollar!
As a young child growing up in a small Maine town our neighborhood grocery always carried Table Talk snack pies. My favorite was lemon and now living in CT I will often buy one at the supermarket.
We can’t find Table Talk pies anymore since the local White Hen convenience store turned into a 7/11 store. WE ARE SO BUMMED. Maybe we should call the company directly to find out where they are sold now.,
I’m trying to verify my memory from the mid 50’s that Table Talk maintained a bakery (or outlet) in Stratford CT, near the famous Sikorsky Aircraft factory. That’s where I grew up and it sticks in my mind that it was there.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I thought I was losing my mind. My family bought pies near Sikorsky Airport! I love Strawberry Rhubarb pie!!! I don’t know where to get them now! I’ve lived in CT all my life. Finding that specific flavor is tough! Is the outlet still there? Thank you!
living in Orlando fl, there is a place called BOSTON FISH. they carry all new England seafood and the belly clams, onionrings, lobster rolls, haddock and much more. they fly the food in from boston mass daily. they will also sell you the nissen rolls.; great place, great food.
My grandparents both worked at Rockingham Park in Salem, NH, famous for horse racing for many years. My grandmother worked concessions, and when there were pies outside of the freshness date guidelines, she was allowed to take the pies home. Were we grandchildren in heaven! There was nothing better than a warm Table Talk pineapple pie a la mode to put an exclamation point on our traditional Sunday night dinner with Nana and Bumpa!
Growing up on Spruce street, I have many fond memories of the aromas of every pie baking.
It was always exciting when all of the big truck loads of pumpkins,apples,etc. arrived for unloading.
Not to mention the pie tin return money to spend on more pies and/or candy at Betty’s Spa!
Table Talk was part of many of my fond childhood memories and the change of seasons growing up in
the former Green Island area of Worcester, Ma.!
Table Talk actually shut down in 1984 and put many people out of a job including my dad. The pies you get now are not actually from the “original” company but from a newer, much smaller company. The company has actually not been in existence as long as reported.
I first discovered table talk pies in jersey about 10 years ago, however I’ve moved to Texas about 4 years ago and it’s very hard to find them. If anyone can tell me where I can find them in Killeen Texas pls let me know. Such great pies and feeling home sick for them, tks
Love these pies! Since we were kids and now in our sixties we still buy them weekly…our favorites are blueberry, Apple and lemon and because my husband is diabetic, we buy the”no sugar added” ones! Delicious!!
Raymond….I can’t believe someone else knows about that place LOL. I somehow have a lot of friends in Central Fla. and I came across that very store you’re talking about. I was floored when I saw the Table Talk Pies. I live in Auburn…right next to Worcester but i’m in Fla. often. Too funny…great store!!
I just read the article about Table Talk pies and it gave me wonderful memories and a big smile. My dad passed away in 2014 and I had the pleasure of being with him most days in the last year of his life. I would be making a trip to the grocery store and ask him what he wanted me to pick up for him. Almost every time he’d tell me to pick up a couple “Nickle Pies”. I knew exactly what he meant. His favorite was cherry, but blueberry was a close second. Thank you from my heart for keeping my dad happy and full.
Love them! My favorite is the Eclair. The pudding has a great texture. Got them back home in NJ all the time. Having a little more trouble finding them in upstate NY, though.
In Stop and Shop, look at their pies. They are made, according to an employee in the bakery dept., by Table Talk. Sometimes you can get them in Fall River at the Gold Medal Bread Thrift Store on Bay Street.
Before they changed their preservatives or strength about 5 years ago. I used to love them. Now they make me darn sick. I can eat large pieces of Shop Rite brand pies no problem but if I eat one whole little Table Talk Pie I feel nauseous for 1 to 2 hours. I’ve tried all different flavors and I get the same bad reaction with in around a 1/2 hour. I learned to eat only 1/2 of one of Table Talk Pies which lowered the sick feeling to an acceptable level. I called their company in 2014 and 2016 and both times I was told to call back and speak to some lab guy. Each time it was impossible to get to talk to him so it’s been a dead end. My suggestion is to be careful and notice if you feel sick from them too. I limit myself to one or two Table Talk Pies per year 1/2 at a time and I enjoy other brands no problem.
Just FYI, Kevin July 16, 2015
Table Talk actually shut down in 1984 and put many people out of a job including my dad. The pies you get now are not actually from the “original” company but from a newer, much smaller company. The company has actually not been in existence as long as reported.
I love these pies, but where they are available is limited to the northeast of the United States. I would get boxes of them when I can go to back to my hometown New York, but I now live in the south of the United States (Mobile, Alabama) and I can not find no vendors whom sells these pies, especially pineapple pies anywhere in the vicinity near at least within 3 hours of my home residence.
My old aunts who died quite a few years ago used to go on all the senior citz. bus trips that were offered and many of them were to the Table Talk pie discount store in Worcester, we live in Woonsocket,ri which is abt 20 miles away so they were in pie heaven quite often. That was at least 30 years ago. I really don’t think any TT pies are made any more.
I remember Table Talk Pies with much fondness. From 1973-74, I lived in Portland, Maine on a very limited budget. Every day, I’d come home from work to my dingy apartment, made brighter by the Table Talk apple pie I’d just purchased from a very old Shaw’s supermarket on Congress Street. The pies were mostly filling then and went for a quarter! Now and again, at age 64, when I want to satisfy my nostalgic palette, I buy a Table Talk apple pie. They’re still good, just a little more expensive.
Kevin is right- the modern post 1984 closure pies are from an essentially different company. Many varieties were discontinued,including the sensational cheesecake flavors. I remember pineapple and blueberry cheese,and perhaps cherry as well. Nostalgic marketing aside, the current product is a little lackluster.
I’m from Sterling, MA and worked at Lambert Orchards picking up “drops” and picking apples (from trees) as I go older. The last crop to pick was Baldwins. back in ’63 & ’64 we sold most of our crop to Table Talk. Ole Bert Dodge ran the operation and I was thrilled to be asked to ride with him in our farm truck on those deliveries. So, Yankee….Table Talk did use some of the apples from New England. Just trying to protect our Yankee heritage and let you know Table Talk recognized the high quality of the fruit grown tight here in Worcester County. What wonderful memories!
Yes they are still good pies..Could you list for us all their OUTLET stores so we can still enjoy them..more often??? I used to go to one in Warwick, R.I. I didn’t mind if the crust was damaged
Table Talk pies were also baked in Springfield Ma, at the end of the street my grand parents lived on, Randall Place off Allen St. Does anyone remember this?
In 1960 my parents bought a restaurant at Hampton Beach,NH and one of my fondest memories was the truck delivering Table Talk pies. Too bad they don’t deliver to Florida
Lemon or Pineapple pie, my folks had friends that lived in Worcester and when we went to visit them we would go to the factory and get pies that were still warm just out of the ovens, Oh so good…They were all good anyway !!!
I still have one of the original Table Talk pie tins with the deposit stamped on it. My mother gave it to me when I married and I have been using it since. I am 74 y.o. and cherish the memories I get every time I use it.
Always heard about Table Talk as a trade pie from my Dad, still have a few of the tins from Mom. I knew the pies had changed shortly after I got married (1980) because…well – they just weren’t as good! Never realized that it was from a different company, even though they were impossible to find for awhile(!) Now we have another thing to ‘track down’ when we go back to MA on trips. Easton, quite near Worcester these days with Rte. 495. So 120 Washington St. in Worcester may be a stop for desert after the nearby barbecue?
My grandparents house, where I always spent part of my summer as a pre teen was in walking distance of Frisbie pie, walking there you could start smelling it about a block away. I can still remember bringing home a warm peach pie for desert. Now those were the good old days!
As a kid I remember having Table Talk pies. At the time they were around $.15. The packing was a different color then. My favorites were blueberry and apple. I am 73 years old (that would explain the $.15 cost). I use to live in Massachusetts (Wakefield), but I now live in Utah (44 years to be exact). I have never run across Table Talk pies out here. So very sad! If they had them in the grocery stores out here I would most certainly buy a few boxes even though they would, of course, now cost way more than $.15 (probably way more than a $1).
I was surprised to find them recently at an independent grocery store in the small town of Boulder Creek, California. I didn’t buy any because from what I remember growing up in in Massachusetts they were mediocre pies.
tt had outside contractors for plumbing, electrical, and refrigeration. I was there frigeration man for years, working 2 to 5 days a week sometimes. they had a lot of separate systems, so there was always something to do. there was always some pie in the maintenance room for a snack. now I know why the small pies were called dime pies. I liked working there very much. I am seeing some tt pies in nh stores for the same price as they got for there 8 inch pie.
I am wondering if anyone remembers the Table Talk, Boston Cream pie from the 1970’s? It was filled with a white cream and oh so good. I called Table Talk a few years back and was told they only sell the custard in the middle now. I can’t find those anymore and I live North of Boston! Does anyone know where to get the Table Talk Boston Cream Pie?
My favorite flavors of the Table Talk Pies are Apple, Cherry, and Chocolate Eclair! The beach, a spoon, and a Table Talk Pie, it does NOT get much better than that.
Try ShopRite and Stop & Shop and . Both carry the small pies here in Connecticut. ShopRite carries a wider variety than Stop & Shop including the Boston Cream Pie. (The favorite of DH!)
Shaw’s has them on a table in the center of the bread and cheese aisle. My granddad loved these, grandma always seemed to have a couple in the pantry when he was home. I, also, remember kids bringing them to school, in their metal lunch boxes, to eat for dessert. I was never really into them, but recently bought the pineapple pie for my dh, who loves pineapple. He shared a bite with me and it was really good. I think I will start buying these occasionally. I always thought I might want to try the Boston Cream pie flavor and would have bought one of those too, but they either didn’t have it or were out. Next time, I go shopping I will pickup a couple of different flavors as they are just the right size and enough pie compared to the large pies in the bakery section. Price is right too. 🙂
Roy,,, Just to let you know ,I bought the same unbranded pie at Walmart. in Plattsburgh Ny and it was not the same as I found it to be molded and very bad.. I Immediately called Walmart and told them about there pie’s said to take them off the shelf. Went in the next day ,, They were still there .. But nothing like a good Apple pie from Table Talk ..
At 16 in the fifties worked in diner table talk came once a week couldnot wait for the Boston cream going to make one in the morning have some fresh eggs
There is an outlet store on Green Street in Kelley Square in Worcester on the ground floor of the Table Talk Factory. It’s called the Pie Store and they sell every flavor. Small individual pies are 50 cents and full sized pies are only $2.00. Yes, only $2.00. They do not have Boston Cream, but the have chocolate eclair flavor which is quite similar. They also sell pie shakes. They will blend up any pie of your choice into an ice cream shake. The shop is an easy on/off of Route 290 north or south. I was there Sunday and bought 5 full sized pies for only $10.00. We New Englanders love a bargain and this is sure to be a favorite. You can also get a delicious hot dog and chocolate milk around the corner at Georges’s Coney Island. That place has not changed in 60 years. It’s another New England classic!
I live in Virginia and our regional Food Lion sells Table Talk pies and they are a joy! My husband has been converted to good New England blueberry pies (he’s from VA). It’s nice to find something from your youth that tastes so good.
Does anyone have the recipe for the “white cream” that was in the Boston Cream Pie that was sold in the early 70S? not the custard but the fluffy white cream!
I lived in Boston (Brighton section) in the late 1950’s, and there was a Table Talk outlet store nearby. I loved Table Talk pies and was a frequent customer there. They sold older pies at a low price, and those were the ones I purchased. I recall bringing one home, cutting into it, and finding it filled with mold. I never bought a pie at that location again, but still did purchase them at full price at the supermarket. I loved Table Talk pies.
My grandmother, who lived in Connecticut, was a fabulous baker, but always had Table Talk pies in her pantry along with her own homemade cookies and desserts! I seem to remember her having apple, blueberry and peach.
I live in Central FL. ( unfortunately), and Table Talk pies are just one of many things I can’t get here. What a treat it was when my Mother would bring them home once in awhile, and everyone could have their favorite pie.
Still trying to find the table talk Boston cream pie everywhere. Why would you stop making such a popular product. Get it back on the shelves guys, and please let us know where you’re selling it. Thank you
I moved to the beautiful state of Minnesota several years ago and have never seen Table Talk Pies sold any where! When I lived in Connecticut, these pies were always in our home. Too bad Minnesota is missing out on such a wonderful Treat!! Geraldine Fleming Altrichter
Geraldine, why would you move to the snow belt? Winters are bad enough in New England (I’m Rhode Island born and bred). I now live in Maryland, where Table Talk pies are available and winters are a bit more merciful. TT pies, by the way, were one of the sponsors of the Range Rider western series.
I live in Florida for 33 years born in New England i miss everything new england winter spring summer and fall but most of all are the people and the FOOD!!!!!!!!
Miss New England most in the fall of the year. I’m also living in the “swamp” but really like it here when my friends in N. H. say it’s 20 degrees! Loved Table Talk pies when I was growing up. Cheers!
I lived on the next street Barton Street. Went often as a kid to buy discounted small pies. They wrapped a purchase of ten or so with a twine machine. Oh the good old days.
We lived in Worcester when first married in 1952-carried the pies to Maine on the holidays. Now in SC after 60 some years we find the mini”s at Wal-Mart and the large at Dollar General. They still have all the goodness. E. Swan
Having gone to nursing school at St. Vincent’s Hospital, the Table Talk factory was walking distance from our dorm. The factory store sold “damaged” snack-sized pies for 10 cents and, at that price, they were an affordable treat which we indulged frequently. At our 50 year reunion last year, our classmate who organized the even had a snack pie for each of us in attendance. A fun memory and an unexpected treat!
When I was growing up my family took its annual trip to Wellesley island and rented a cabin at dewolf point state park in New York
When we took our trips to the provisions store we always looked for and bought the TT apple pie, my Dad’s favorite.
If we were lucky, later in the eeek before we left for home we would get one to bring home!
Now I am 67 anc have been so happy to see the have stood the “test of time” and have been more visible in downstate NY and Long Island!
Thanks for the great memories.
I recall going to the Frisbie pie factory in Bridgeport with my father to purchase pies in the early 1950’s. We would return the empty tin pie plate and purchase a fresh pie. I always felt that the Frisbie Pie was a superior product – more fruit, less dough.
Our Kroger grocery store in Memphis usually has the little pies in the bakery/deli aisle for $1 each. They always call to me when I go by and most times I will pick up one for each of us for dessert that night. Having grown up in CT I recognized the Table Talk name but had no idea they were a local icon. They are really good.
Table Talk Pies did not compare to Jack the Pieman’s pies from Webster Mass. His pies were bought by all the well known area diners. Jack Mastoris made th most delicious pie crust around and had letters from all over from champion bakers praising his pie crust. His custard and chocolate creeam pies were unforgettable. I know all of his berry pies were hits too. I know because I am his granddaughter and my dad worked in the pie shop too, as well as my grandmother . I worked there on occasion myself. Cynthia Mastoris
Priceless memory – My French grandpa (Pepere) always celebrated special occasions with Table Talk pies – Blueberry for “my First Communion! No one made better pies than my mom, but Table Talk came in second for delicious desserts! I wish I still had the one pie tin I was given from my childhood kitchen, in Woonsocket, R.I.! Are the pies available anywhere around New Bern, N.C.?
I recently bought a cherry pie for Thanksgiving at Big Y and with my first piece, the pie was MOSTLY an applesauce texture and VERY little cherries. The applesauce texture definitely had a different taste and eating it was not satisfying. I threw the remainder of it out. Hence, I won’t be buying the large cherry pie again.
Have been loving TT pies since I was a kid in the 50’s. Later on at Springfield
College, we used to cross the Railroad Bridge over Watershops pond to get to
the TT outlet store on the other side. Blueberry and Lemon…YUM!!…JC
have never seen any other flavors except the usual apple and blueberry.
Must be your location. I’ve seen them all, tasted them too. All wonderful. I don’t live far from Worcester.
Growing up those snack pies were one of the first things we bought if we had any bottle money! Lemon was my favorite followed by blueberry. Imagine my delight when our local convenience store carried them a few months ago! I hadn’t had one in decades, but they still taste the same and are only a dollar!
As a young child growing up in a small Maine town our neighborhood grocery always carried Table Talk snack pies. My favorite was lemon and now living in CT I will often buy one at the supermarket.
Pineapple pie was the best!
I still have original Table Talk pie tins with holes in the bottom. They baked evenly and every pie came out perfectly. Thanks!
I actually found Table Talk pies one time in Morristown, Tennessee! I get so homesick for New England food in the South — this made my day!
We can’t find Table Talk pies anymore since the local White Hen convenience store turned into a 7/11 store. WE ARE SO BUMMED. Maybe we should call the company directly to find out where they are sold now.,
I’m trying to verify my memory from the mid 50’s that Table Talk maintained a bakery (or outlet) in Stratford CT, near the famous Sikorsky Aircraft factory. That’s where I grew up and it sticks in my mind that it was there.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I thought I was losing my mind. My family bought pies near Sikorsky Airport! I love Strawberry Rhubarb pie!!! I don’t know where to get them now! I’ve lived in CT all my life. Finding that specific flavor is tough! Is the outlet still there? Thank you!
living in Orlando fl, there is a place called BOSTON FISH. they carry all new England seafood and the belly clams, onionrings, lobster rolls, haddock and much more. they fly the food in from boston mass daily. they will also sell you the nissen rolls.; great place, great food.
My grandparents both worked at Rockingham Park in Salem, NH, famous for horse racing for many years. My grandmother worked concessions, and when there were pies outside of the freshness date guidelines, she was allowed to take the pies home. Were we grandchildren in heaven! There was nothing better than a warm Table Talk pineapple pie a la mode to put an exclamation point on our traditional Sunday night dinner with Nana and Bumpa!
Growing up on Spruce street, I have many fond memories of the aromas of every pie baking.
It was always exciting when all of the big truck loads of pumpkins,apples,etc. arrived for unloading.
Not to mention the pie tin return money to spend on more pies and/or candy at Betty’s Spa!
Table Talk was part of many of my fond childhood memories and the change of seasons growing up in
the former Green Island area of Worcester, Ma.!
Table Talk actually shut down in 1984 and put many people out of a job including my dad. The pies you get now are not actually from the “original” company but from a newer, much smaller company. The company has actually not been in existence as long as reported.
I first discovered table talk pies in jersey about 10 years ago, however I’ve moved to Texas about 4 years ago and it’s very hard to find them. If anyone can tell me where I can find them in Killeen Texas pls let me know. Such great pies and feeling home sick for them, tks
I live in Oregon and Walmart carries them here. I see they carry them on Amazon too.
We get them once in a while at Market Basket. There’s less pie filling and more crust than in the old days. But they’re still good.
My favorite is mince meat but I don’t think you make that kind just wondering why?
Love these pies! Since we were kids and now in our sixties we still buy them weekly…our favorites are blueberry, Apple and lemon and because my husband is diabetic, we buy the”no sugar added” ones! Delicious!!
Raymond….I can’t believe someone else knows about that place LOL. I somehow have a lot of friends in Central Fla. and I came across that very store you’re talking about. I was floored when I saw the Table Talk Pies. I live in Auburn…right next to Worcester but i’m in Fla. often. Too funny…great store!!
I wish you guys would bring all of your flavors to Stop&Shop instead of just plain old boring apple
I wish someone wood make a list of the states their sold in.
I get apple, cherry and pecan in Spring, Tx and blueberry, cherry and apple in Surprise, Az.
Taylor Carter
Any state with a brain.
I just read the article about Table Talk pies and it gave me wonderful memories and a big smile. My dad passed away in 2014 and I had the pleasure of being with him most days in the last year of his life. I would be making a trip to the grocery store and ask him what he wanted me to pick up for him. Almost every time he’d tell me to pick up a couple “Nickle Pies”. I knew exactly what he meant. His favorite was cherry, but blueberry was a close second. Thank you from my heart for keeping my dad happy and full.
Love them! My favorite is the Eclair. The pudding has a great texture. Got them back home in NJ all the time. Having a little more trouble finding them in upstate NY, though.
Friehofers outlet in Geneva NY carry’s them we ordered 150 pies to give away as favors at my daughters wedding this past weekend.
In Stop and Shop, look at their pies. They are made, according to an employee in the bakery dept., by Table Talk. Sometimes you can get them in Fall River at the Gold Medal Bread Thrift Store on Bay Street.
Before they changed their preservatives or strength about 5 years ago. I used to love them. Now they make me darn sick. I can eat large pieces of Shop Rite brand pies no problem but if I eat one whole little Table Talk Pie I feel nauseous for 1 to 2 hours. I’ve tried all different flavors and I get the same bad reaction with in around a 1/2 hour. I learned to eat only 1/2 of one of Table Talk Pies which lowered the sick feeling to an acceptable level. I called their company in 2014 and 2016 and both times I was told to call back and speak to some lab guy. Each time it was impossible to get to talk to him so it’s been a dead end. My suggestion is to be careful and notice if you feel sick from them too. I limit myself to one or two Table Talk Pies per year 1/2 at a time and I enjoy other brands no problem.
You might be diabetic.
Just FYI, Kevin July 16, 2015
Table Talk actually shut down in 1984 and put many people out of a job including my dad. The pies you get now are not actually from the “original” company but from a newer, much smaller company. The company has actually not been in existence as long as reported.
I live in Mississippi; originally from Maine. Are they sold anywhere “down south”?
KROGER in Memphis
Live in Iowa City, IA. Any hope for us?
I love these pies, but where they are available is limited to the northeast of the United States. I would get boxes of them when I can go to back to my hometown New York, but I now live in the south of the United States (Mobile, Alabama) and I can not find no vendors whom sells these pies, especially pineapple pies anywhere in the vicinity near at least within 3 hours of my home residence.
Try Walmart. Not table talk brand but they sell little pies like that in the bakery section for .50 cents. Not as good but a decent substitut.
i was reading an article about table talk and it stated that the lil pies in the cardboard box you find at wal mart are made by them,
I had two favorites, cherry and squash.
Do they still make squash pies?
My old aunts who died quite a few years ago used to go on all the senior citz. bus trips that were offered and many of them were to the Table Talk pie discount store in Worcester, we live in Woonsocket,ri which is abt 20 miles away so they were in pie heaven quite often. That was at least 30 years ago. I really don’t think any TT pies are made any more.
Lemon!
I remember Table Talk Pies with much fondness. From 1973-74, I lived in Portland, Maine on a very limited budget. Every day, I’d come home from work to my dingy apartment, made brighter by the Table Talk apple pie I’d just purchased from a very old Shaw’s supermarket on Congress Street. The pies were mostly filling then and went for a quarter! Now and again, at age 64, when I want to satisfy my nostalgic palette, I buy a Table Talk apple pie. They’re still good, just a little more expensive.
Kevin is right- the modern post 1984 closure pies are from an essentially different company. Many varieties were discontinued,including the sensational cheesecake flavors. I remember pineapple and blueberry cheese,and perhaps cherry as well. Nostalgic marketing aside, the current product is a little lackluster.
I’m from Sterling, MA and worked at Lambert Orchards picking up “drops” and picking apples (from trees) as I go older. The last crop to pick was Baldwins. back in ’63 & ’64 we sold most of our crop to Table Talk. Ole Bert Dodge ran the operation and I was thrilled to be asked to ride with him in our farm truck on those deliveries. So, Yankee….Table Talk did use some of the apples from New England. Just trying to protect our Yankee heritage and let you know Table Talk recognized the high quality of the fruit grown tight here in Worcester County. What wonderful memories!
Yes they are still good pies..Could you list for us all their OUTLET stores so we can still enjoy them..more often??? I used to go to one in Warwick, R.I. I didn’t mind if the crust was damaged
Table Talk pies were also baked in Springfield Ma, at the end of the street my grand parents lived on, Randall Place off Allen St. Does anyone remember this?
I grew up in Springfield , Mass and remember driving by the Table Talk factory.
In 1960 my parents bought a restaurant at Hampton Beach,NH and one of my fondest memories was the truck delivering Table Talk pies. Too bad they don’t deliver to Florida
Lemon or Pineapple pie, my folks had friends that lived in Worcester and when we went to visit them we would go to the factory and get pies that were still warm just out of the ovens, Oh so good…They were all good anyway !!!
i live in Daytona Beach and i found them at BJ’s, and still Good. From Norwich ct. And owned Mike’s Bait and tackle in Voluntown ct. 40 yrs ago
I would like to know where I can buy an apple cream pie. My dad owned a restaurant years ago and that was our best pie. T;hank you
I still have one of the original Table Talk pie tins with the deposit stamped on it. My mother gave it to me when I married and I have been using it since. I am 74 y.o. and cherish the memories I get every time I use it.
Always heard about Table Talk as a trade pie from my Dad, still have a few of the tins from Mom. I knew the pies had changed shortly after I got married (1980) because…well – they just weren’t as good! Never realized that it was from a different company, even though they were impossible to find for awhile(!) Now we have another thing to ‘track down’ when we go back to MA on trips. Easton, quite near Worcester these days with Rte. 495. So 120 Washington St. in Worcester may be a stop for desert after the nearby barbecue?
The Roche Brothers in Easton sells all the smaller pies, in fact they are displayed on an island in the front of the store.
My grandparents house, where I always spent part of my summer as a pre teen was in walking distance of Frisbie pie, walking there you could start smelling it about a block away. I can still remember bringing home a warm peach pie for desert. Now those were the good old days!
As a kid I remember having Table Talk pies. At the time they were around $.15. The packing was a different color then. My favorites were blueberry and apple. I am 73 years old (that would explain the $.15 cost). I use to live in Massachusetts (Wakefield), but I now live in Utah (44 years to be exact). I have never run across Table Talk pies out here. So very sad! If they had them in the grocery stores out here I would most certainly buy a few boxes even though they would, of course, now cost way more than $.15 (probably way more than a $1).
It will cost about $15 to buy one now. About $2 for,the pie, and $13,for the gasoline to go get it
I was surprised to find them recently at an independent grocery store in the small town of Boulder Creek, California. I didn’t buy any because from what I remember growing up in in Massachusetts they were mediocre pies.
tt had outside contractors for plumbing, electrical, and refrigeration. I was there frigeration man for years, working 2 to 5 days a week sometimes. they had a lot of separate systems, so there was always something to do. there was always some pie in the maintenance room for a snack. now I know why the small pies were called dime pies. I liked working there very much. I am seeing some tt pies in nh stores for the same price as they got for there 8 inch pie.
Those dime pies are now,aboutm$2 lol
I am wondering if anyone remembers the Table Talk, Boston Cream pie from the 1970’s? It was filled with a white cream and oh so good. I called Table Talk a few years back and was told they only sell the custard in the middle now. I can’t find those anymore and I live North of Boston! Does anyone know where to get the Table Talk Boston Cream Pie?
My favorite flavors of the Table Talk Pies are Apple, Cherry, and Chocolate Eclair! The beach, a spoon, and a Table Talk Pie, it does NOT get much better than that.
Is chocolate eclair different then Boston cream?
Amen, Kyle!
Try ShopRite and Stop & Shop and . Both carry the small pies here in Connecticut. ShopRite carries a wider variety than Stop & Shop including the Boston Cream Pie. (The favorite of DH!)
Shaw’s has them on a table in the center of the bread and cheese aisle. My granddad loved these, grandma always seemed to have a couple in the pantry when he was home. I, also, remember kids bringing them to school, in their metal lunch boxes, to eat for dessert. I was never really into them, but recently bought the pineapple pie for my dh, who loves pineapple. He shared a bite with me and it was really good. I think I will start buying these occasionally. I always thought I might want to try the Boston Cream pie flavor and would have bought one of those too, but they either didn’t have it or were out. Next time, I go shopping I will pickup a couple of different flavors as they are just the right size and enough pie compared to the large pies in the bakery section. Price is right too. 🙂
I Love these pies,I have had them for over 50 years,I buy the unbranded at Walmart for 58 cents.i like the Blueberry the best,but like them all.
Roy,,, Just to let you know ,I bought the same unbranded pie at Walmart. in Plattsburgh Ny and it was not the same as I found it to be molded and very bad.. I Immediately called Walmart and told them about there pie’s said to take them off the shelf. Went in the next day ,, They were still there .. But nothing like a good Apple pie from Table Talk ..
At 16 in the fifties worked in diner table talk came once a week couldnot wait for the Boston cream going to make one in the morning have some fresh eggs
Does TableTalk stik make the Boston cream pie if so where can it be purchased if not please ask them to bring it back it is the BEST! Thankyou
Are there any outlet stores left for TT pies?
There is an outlet store on Green Street in Kelley Square in Worcester on the ground floor of the Table Talk Factory. It’s called the Pie Store and they sell every flavor. Small individual pies are 50 cents and full sized pies are only $2.00. Yes, only $2.00. They do not have Boston Cream, but the have chocolate eclair flavor which is quite similar. They also sell pie shakes. They will blend up any pie of your choice into an ice cream shake. The shop is an easy on/off of Route 290 north or south. I was there Sunday and bought 5 full sized pies for only $10.00. We New Englanders love a bargain and this is sure to be a favorite. You can also get a delicious hot dog and chocolate milk around the corner at Georges’s Coney Island. That place has not changed in 60 years. It’s another New England classic!
I live in Virginia and our regional Food Lion sells Table Talk pies and they are a joy! My husband has been converted to good New England blueberry pies (he’s from VA). It’s nice to find something from your youth that tastes so good.
Does anyone have the recipe for the “white cream” that was in the Boston Cream Pie that was sold in the early 70S? not the custard but the fluffy white cream!
I lived in Boston (Brighton section) in the late 1950’s, and there was a Table Talk outlet store nearby. I loved Table Talk pies and was a frequent customer there. They sold older pies at a low price, and those were the ones I purchased. I recall bringing one home, cutting into it, and finding it filled with mold. I never bought a pie at that location again, but still did purchase them at full price at the supermarket. I loved Table Talk pies.
My Mom had one of the old pie tins. Now it’s mine!
My dad owned a restaurant in Lynn, MA and these are the pies he served. I grew up on Table Talk, wonder if they ship them to NC.
I question the “400,000 ton annual crop of Prince Edward Island blueberries.” That’s equal to 800 million pounds! Can’t be right…
Have a look at this http://islandblueberrygrowers.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1215-December.pdf
The link you provided says the total purchases in the US was 43 million pounds. So your figure can’t be right.
My grandmother, who lived in Connecticut, was a fabulous baker, but always had Table Talk pies in her pantry along with her own homemade cookies and desserts! I seem to remember her having apple, blueberry and peach.
I live in Central FL. ( unfortunately), and Table Talk pies are just one of many things I can’t get here. What a treat it was when my Mother would bring them home once in awhile, and everyone could have their favorite pie.
I live in palm bay and i miss meatball sub Italian bread and definitely my whoopy pies
if you live anywhere in Upstate New York try your local freihofer bakery outlet I know for sure they carry them
Still trying to find the table talk Boston cream pie everywhere. Why would you stop making such a popular product. Get it back on the shelves guys, and please let us know where you’re selling it. Thank you
I can buy Table Talk pies at a small grocery store in Eastsound WA!
I moved to the beautiful state of Minnesota several years ago and have never seen Table Talk Pies sold any where! When I lived in Connecticut, these pies were always in our home. Too bad Minnesota is missing out on such a wonderful Treat!! Geraldine Fleming Altrichter
Geraldine, why would you move to the snow belt? Winters are bad enough in New England (I’m Rhode Island born and bred). I now live in Maryland, where Table Talk pies are available and winters are a bit more merciful. TT pies, by the way, were one of the sponsors of the Range Rider western series.
I love them all but my Top 3 are: Lemon, Cherry, and Peach.
I live in Florida for 33 years born in New England i miss everything new england winter spring summer and fall but most of all are the people and the FOOD!!!!!!!!
I couldn’t agree with you more, missing everything you listed and much more. Is good to know that I am not the only one suffering in this swamp.
Miss New England most in the fall of the year. I’m also living in the “swamp” but really like it here when my friends in N. H. say it’s 20 degrees! Loved Table Talk pies when I was growing up. Cheers!
Does anyone remember the Table Talk pie store on Westminster Street in
Providence , R.I.?
Oh yes. Once a week my mom & I would go there ????????????
I lived on the next street Barton Street. Went often as a kid to buy discounted small pies. They wrapped a purchase of ten or so with a twine machine. Oh the good old days.
I’m borderline diabetic and stick to the ” no sugar added” pies but they’re very hard to find. Any plans to bake more?
I can find table talk pies at Wegmans in Brockport New York and I love the taste of the pie it is so good Thanks table talk pies
I can buy them here in Washington State at a grocery store on Orcas Island!!
We lived in Worcester when first married in 1952-carried the pies to Maine on the holidays. Now in SC after 60 some years we find the mini”s at Wal-Mart and the large at Dollar General. They still have all the goodness. E. Swan
Having gone to nursing school at St. Vincent’s Hospital, the Table Talk factory was walking distance from our dorm. The factory store sold “damaged” snack-sized pies for 10 cents and, at that price, they were an affordable treat which we indulged frequently. At our 50 year reunion last year, our classmate who organized the even had a snack pie for each of us in attendance. A fun memory and an unexpected treat!
My sister worked at Table Talk.First as an office girl and 28 yrs.later as a computer analyst.
Love Table Top Pies!
I was born (9/19/1941) in Burlington, Vermont and grew up in Southern Connecticut. Love da Frisbie pies (lemon).
When I was growing up my family took its annual trip to Wellesley island and rented a cabin at dewolf point state park in New York
When we took our trips to the provisions store we always looked for and bought the TT apple pie, my Dad’s favorite.
If we were lucky, later in the eeek before we left for home we would get one to bring home!
Now I am 67 anc have been so happy to see the have stood the “test of time” and have been more visible in downstate NY and Long Island!
Thanks for the great memories.
I recall going to the Frisbie pie factory in Bridgeport with my father to purchase pies in the early 1950’s. We would return the empty tin pie plate and purchase a fresh pie. I always felt that the Frisbie Pie was a superior product – more fruit, less dough.
All Table Talk pies are delicious but my very favorite is the lemon!!
Our Kroger grocery store in Memphis usually has the little pies in the bakery/deli aisle for $1 each. They always call to me when I go by and most times I will pick up one for each of us for dessert that night. Having grown up in CT I recognized the Table Talk name but had no idea they were a local icon. They are really good.
Table Talk Pies did not compare to Jack the Pieman’s pies from Webster Mass. His pies were bought by all the well known area diners. Jack Mastoris made th most delicious pie crust around and had letters from all over from champion bakers praising his pie crust. His custard and chocolate creeam pies were unforgettable. I know all of his berry pies were hits too. I know because I am his granddaughter and my dad worked in the pie shop too, as well as my grandmother . I worked there on occasion myself. Cynthia Mastoris
Priceless memory – My French grandpa (Pepere) always celebrated special occasions with Table Talk pies – Blueberry for “my First Communion! No one made better pies than my mom, but Table Talk came in second for delicious desserts! I wish I still had the one pie tin I was given from my childhood kitchen, in Woonsocket, R.I.! Are the pies available anywhere around New Bern, N.C.?
I recently bought a cherry pie for Thanksgiving at Big Y and with my first piece, the pie was MOSTLY an applesauce texture and VERY little cherries. The applesauce texture definitely had a different taste and eating it was not satisfying. I threw the remainder of it out. Hence, I won’t be buying the large cherry pie again.
Thank you. I remember the Table Talk store on Access Rd in Lordship, CT in the 60’s. I thought I was losing my memory as well.
Yes, it was on Access Rd. in Lordship, Stratford, CT
Have been loving TT pies since I was a kid in the 50’s. Later on at Springfield
College, we used to cross the Railroad Bridge over Watershops pond to get to
the TT outlet store on the other side. Blueberry and Lemon…YUM!!…JC
I remember the packaging being mostly red my mom would put a cherry pie in my lunch box back in the 60s
I’m in Port Charlotte FL and can’t find TT pies. Some have said Walmart pies are made by them. Not!!! Walmart pies are all crust and hardly any filing