Hubig's Pies
Manufacturer · Elmwood ·
Beloved New Orleans pies with fruit, chocolate, and sweet potato flavors
Beloved New Orleans pies with fruit, chocolate, and sweet potato flavors
"The beloved local sweet treat made a celebrated return in late 2022; a box of a dozen mix-and-match pies — now including the recently returned blueberry and sweet potato flavors — makes an excellent gift for New Orleanians who’ve moved away or friends in town who don’t want to hunt down favorite flavors." - Clair Lorell
"I learned that Hubig’s has confirmed limited quantities of chocolate Hubig’s Pies have hit shelves in New Orleans about six months after the first two flavors, apple and lemon, returned; chocolate pies will begin being delivered to stores in greater quantities starting Monday, May 8 and will soon be available online. The company resumed production in late 2022 after a five-alarm fire destroyed its Marigny factory, and coconut, peach, and pineapple remain to be re-released." - Clair Lorell
"I was shocked when Hubig’s owners popped up on South Carrollton Avenue, just blocks from the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival, selling lemon and apple Hubig’s Pies — two of the brand’s most popular flavors — and reportedly sold out of at least 9,000 pies that day (an initial run of 7,000–7,500 by 12:30 p.m., plus another 2,000 rushed from the production facility). Founded in 1921 and long considered a New Orleans staple alongside beignets and pralines, Hubig’s suffered a five-alarm fire that destroyed its Marigny factory in 2012, and Otto and Drew Ramsey (and family) have spent the last decade trying to revive the brand amid several false starts that left residents skeptical, making this pop-up especially surprising. The company debuted a new website where customers can order a box of a dozen lemon, apple, or mix-and-match pies for $60 (boxes were available for order Monday morning), with other flavors like chocolate, coconut, peach, and pineapple and seasonal varieties such as sweet potato, blueberry, and cherry to follow; however, planned deliveries to Rouses, Robert’s, Winn-Dixie, Dorignac’s, and Zuppardo’s were delayed after the factory reported a “production error” and a machine breakdown, so some stores had not received shipments as of Monday morning." - Clair Lorell
"After the Dauphine Street factory was destroyed by a fire, I’ve been on a decade‑long emotional rollercoaster with Hubig’s Pies; recently Hubig’s devotees were buoyed when a Reddit user spotted an executive’s Facebook post about hiring and owner Drew Ramsey confirmed the company is indeed assembling a team for a new production facility, though the job listing has since been paused after an overwhelming response and some customers remain skeptical—“I’ll believe it when I eat it.”" - Clair Lorell
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