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A decadent Aussie pie shop opens this week in Burnaby

When a Peaked Pies customer gets up to the front to order a pie, co-owner Kerri Jones asks them the same simple question. “Do you want that peaked?” Getting it “peaked” means having mashed potato, mushy green peas and gravy heaped on.
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What makes it a 'peaked' pie? Gravy, mashed potato and mushy peas. Peaked PIes photo

When a Peaked Pies customer gets up to the front to order a pie, co-owner Kerri Jones asks them the same simple question.

“Do you want that peaked?”

Getting it “peaked” means having mashed potato, mushy green peas and gravy heaped on.

“People will be standing and line and see it get ‘peaked’ and they’re like, ‘yes please,’” Jones says with a laugh.

Burnaby residents will get to say “yes” too when Peaked Pies Australian Bakery Café has its soft opening on Wednesday at 4114 Hastings St. in the Heights neighbourhood.

The new business has about a dozen different pies to choose from, including the traditional Aussie version, beef curry, vegetable, lentil, steak, butter chicken and the “hopper” made from ground kangaroo. Then you just say “yes” to the peaked and away you go.

Peaked Pies also offers breakfast versions, plus an array of freshly baked desserts and coffees. According to the company, the crust for the pie is made from grass-fed butter and the gravy also comes in a vegetarian option.

Peaked Pies started about seven years ago with a location in Whistler before adding one in Vancouver’s West End.

The Burnaby Heights location was supposed to open earlier this year, but then the COVID-19 pandemic delayed things.

Since the pandemic hit, it’s been a stressful time for Jones and co-owner Alex Relf. There’s been trying to renovate and open a space when you have to limit the contractors doing the work to a different one each day. Then there’s the months of waiting for B.C. to reopen restaurants, all while your costs mounts without revenue coming in.

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Savoury Aussie meat pies fresh out of the oven. Peaked Pies photo

And then there’s also trying to save your other two locations that were closed down.

“It’s been really tough,” Jones said. “It’s been the most stressful time.”

But now restaurants are reopening, customers are coming out to eat and Jones is excited to be located in such a cool neighbourhood as the Heights – the centre of foodie culture in Burnaby.

“I had always heard of Cioffi’s and now to be located just down the block from such a legendary place is amazing,” Jones said.

Peaked Pies will be open seven days a week with an initial schedule of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Follow Chris Campbell on Twitter @shinebox44.