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"Upstairs at the H Street shop the owners realized a longtime dream by adding a 70-person concert venue with a stage and a rotating lineup of musicians across genres; they see pie and concerts as similarly social and unpretentious—"Pie is a social food. It should be unpretentious, comforting, and enjoyed by folks from all walks of life," Sandra Basanti says, adding that "concerts have the same philosophy." - Adele Chapin