If anyone would like to follow the author's road trip, here are the highlights of the tour.
Crescent Café For terrific rhubarb pie with a flaky crust (514 1st Ave. S., St. James, MN; 507-375-3961). The Dam Store Pie (and burger) season in this bait-store-cum-café runs from April 1 to the day before Thanksgiving (54116 Glory Ln., Rapidan Township, MN; 507-546-9997). Hometown Café Down the street from the Crescent Café, with great peach pie (403 1st Ave. S., St. James, MN; 507-375-4955). Hungry House Café For fresh-picked-blackberry pie (531 N. Marquette Rd., Prairie du Chien, WI; 608-326-4346). Grantiques An antiques store and coffee shop with delicious apple and rhubarb-custard-meringue pies (307 N. Grand Ave., Spencer, IA; 712-262-6742). O'Farrell Sisters Open only for breakfast and lunch; the sisters begin offering pie at 11 and often sell out by noon (1109 Lakeshore Dr., Okoboji, IA; 712-332-7901).
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