"Nicole Rucker’s lauded pie shop Fat + Flour delighted Angelenos when it opened up a permanent counter at Grand Central Market in 2020. In late 2023, when Rucker opened a standalone bakery on a quieter stretch of Washington Boulevard in Culver City, Westsiders also celebrated. Fat + Flour offers indoor seating, shoppable items like kitchenware and cookbooks, and of course, the pies that put Rucker on the map. Flavors rotate, but you can’t go wrong with classics like chess pie with decadent chocolate custard or the cult-favorite Key lime with its towering sour cream-tinged whipped cream and salted graham cracker crust. The gluten-free cosmic brownie is so rich that it may have to be eaten in phases." - Eater Staff, Matthew Kang