I was just sent this blog http://thepieologist.blogspot.com.au/ by a my old man.

It's full of gems on the ins and outs of Aussie pies, reviews and tips for punters as he passes by:

Use Your Hands, Son!

going for a run to get 2 pies

living the dream

A place near me called Pie in the Sky won Melbourne's best pie award last year - I think they're OK, not as good as a Yatala but the tourists go fucking nuts over the place. Every Saturday & Sunday it's about a 15 minute wait to get served for take away and about a 30 minute wait to get a seat to dine in.

yeah you been d0mino????????

Heh, Piefection is on the Blog site as well. In the "Leaderboard (in descending order of awesomeness)"
Right at the top of the list: JD Pork Rib, Piefection

i love steak pies!

OMNOMNOM

i could smash a pie right now, but there is nothing good in or around the valley unfortunately
most bakeries dont even bother making their own pies anymore, which is kinda pathetic for a bakery

Montville pies ftw.

Yatla pies were good before they moved and changed owners.

everyone raves about yatala pies. Every time i've had one they've been satisfactory, but certainly not mentionable let alone raveable.

This.

Humble Pie in Northern NSW used to be pretty good but they too seem to have gone downhill. They distribute to cafes etc so they are reasonable widely available. We did call in late one afternoon driving back to Brisbane and they were closing and had already closed off the tills, so they gave us about 10 pies for free, win!

Yatla pies were good before they moved and changed owners.

AFAIK, they never moved. The highway moved.

Beefy's has the best pies I've tasted, I was sceptical because of the multiple locations but they own all the other independent bakeries I've tried.

Plain old 'meat pie' with Mushie peas to sweeten things up a notch; pretty tough to beat.

Hell yeah, mince beef pie with peas = domination. Don't know how it would go with the solid pieces of meat ones though. :)

CJ's at caboolture/wamuran/woodford have really nice pies, but they have a huge amount of pepper in em. also good for a sausage roll.

tamborine mountain bakery has a nice curry pie i'm told, also the best cheese and bacon sausage rolls you've EVAR had.

kilcoy bakery does a nice chunky steak pie.

and i've heard good things about the fernvale bakery.

+1 for dribbling uncontrollably.

why does his pie blog have pretzels for the background?

‘No problem’, says I, and turned my attention to the extensive – gourmet – menu. ‘What’s good?’

‘They’re all good’ Translation: ‘I’ve only worked here a week and haven’t tried any’; OR ‘I’m a vegetarian and no way one of those filthy things is going to touch my lips’.

Very wise words.

I was pushed/insisted a very meaty dish called 'beef cheeks' by a vegetarian waitress once at this really fucked up piece of shit place called Zanetti's in Mitchelton. She used the line "you gotta try everything once" - yeah I was stupid to listen to a vegetarian suggesting that, but they were stupid to hire her. It was so fucking disgusting I almost spewed, and then I got attitude from the staff/chef about it. The chef was like a female cop from the show 'Cops' you know where they are totally unreasonable and over the top and trying to make a point about feminism by being an absolute cuntbag. Not the first time I was disappointed by that place, in the morning they make terrible coffee and really floury tasting pancakes too. Then they served me a tough burnt steak to make up for it, but really I think it was meant as punishment because they thought I wouldn't complain again. So I wound up sending back two meals and left without paying for anything. Totally ruined my night and I had to have maccas. Never going back there and never trusting a vegetarian again.

also, motorbike riding has its advantages - ie: finding madleet bakeries :)

what does riding a motorbike have to do with finding bakeries?
cars can't stop at bakeries?

I don't follow

pukka supermarket pies are better than most bakery-bought pies I ever had in my entire life in australia - especially yatala

Favourite bit so far -

This is the Andrej Pejic of pies (Google him).

from this post http://thepieologist.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/shit-faced-at-pie-face.html

I'm glad I saw this ... I was thinking about trying a pie face tomorrow for breakfast. I've been hitting up Bourke St Bakery a fair bit ... their pies are pretty good.

Does Yatala Pies do eftpos at the counter yet? The pies are alright but can be a pain if you don't happen to be carrying cash.
Sad to hear Humble Pies have gone downhill as well. :(

and i've heard good things about the fernvale bakery.

Heh, someone's pulling your leg.

heh that was my other gripe with yatala pies in addition to their pies being a let-down after all the hype - no eftpos - fail

edit fixed my accidental negative

I was pushed/insisted a very meaty dish called 'beef cheeks' by a vegetarian waitress once at this really fucked up piece of shit place called Zanetti's in Mitchelton. She used the line "you gotta try everything once" - yeah I was stupid to listen to a vegetarian suggesting that, but they were stupid to hire her. It was so fucking disgusting I almost spewed, and then I got attitude from the staff/chef about it. The chef was like a female cop from the show 'Cops' you know where they are totally unreasonable and over the top and trying to make a point about feminism by being an absolute cuntbag. Not the first time I was disappointed by that place, in the morning they make terrible coffee and really floury tasting pancakes too. Then they served me a tough burnt steak to make up for it, but really I think it was meant as punishment because they thought I wouldn't complain again. So I wound up sending back two meals and left without paying for anything. Totally ruined my night and I had to have maccas. Never going back there and never trusting a vegetarian again.

So, you're saying you haven't been to Zanetti's in over 4 years. I can guarantee that they haven't had a female chef or served beef cheeks in at least that long. Also, I would agree about the coffee from that era too.

you're saying you haven't been to Zanetti's in over 4 years.

Nope, it was 2010, I was going to see Iron Man 2 afterwards, but I was so distraught I didn't go. Still haunts me to this day.

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Nope, it was 2010, I was going to see Iron Man 2 afterwards, but I was so distraught I didn't go. Still haunts me to this day.last edited by thermite at 18:40:37 08/Feb/12

Then I think you're hallucinating :). I was one of the owners of Zanetti's from 2008 until the end of last year. The only female chef we had we let go within 6 months of owning the restaurant. Since then, the chefs have all been male. Plus, we never had beef cheeks on the menu ;)

Muzza's Pies on OC Road, Coorparoo or gtfo

Fuck yeah. Snakeman took me there once and their pies kick some serious ass. Can't believe they aren't mentioned in that blog thingy.

village hotbake pies in dubbo. were the best pies i've had (granted, last time i had one was late 2010)

if you're travelling the pie shop at Gin Gin has the best non standard pies, and normal, but lots of variety.

You scottish skythra? Love scottish meat pies. Peppered just right.

@ Moorooka shops there's an Asian bakery on the CBA side. You have to try the chicken pie. It is very unique and tasty. The pastry they use to have, use to be yellowish and flaky but they've changed it. Minus a point for the pastry change but otherwise still good.

it's probably hard to use your imagination to conceive a situation where you and your family pull into a pie shop for lunch and want to buy 6-8 pies and some drinks and whatever, and don't carry much cash around cos it's not 1980 anymore - but I can tell you it does happen

How the fuck is Pie Face even getting a mention itt. I dunno about the ones up in QLD but they are fucking atrocious down here, no matter which store you go to.

Miss the pie options from QLD, everything down here has fucking Curry in it.

My votes:

Sunrise Beach Bakery: Chilli Pie
Sunshine Beach Bakery: Wagyu Beef and Caramelised Onion Pie
Guy At Bracken Ridge That Sells Them Out of his Vintage Truck and has done for decades: Beef, Bacon & Cheese with Peas