Mamma Toledo’s

So I am three food trucks into my binge and I’m full, but I want to be like the people on the shows and try everything. Even though I have been splitting the food with a friend it’s been a long night. Lucky Mamma Toledo’s has mini-​pies, its mini and it’s pie so I figure I will take a closer look. As I walk up to the truck I notice the comely woman working the truck is the sexy pinup girl on the logo. How cool is that!
Tonya is supper nice and she sells pie (seems like a recipe for a happy life). Anyway we asked her about the pies and she recommended the raspberry cheesecake without hesitation. It turns out raspberry pie filling is very meaningful to Tonya. To be thorough we also tried the coconut cream pie. Unfortunately it was also mini so I will have to try the full sizes of each to complete this review…

Good Pie and a good crust but 8 dollars for 2 scrawny slices of pie is ridiculous. How about a larger slice of pie. Also no decaf lattes and no soy or almond milk. Had to take our slices out and buy the lattes elsewhere. Slices should be more than 2 bites and bring on some decaf with almond or soy and I will return.

The Green Chile Gringo breakfast pie had such potential…
Unfortunately, it ended up being totally bland. As others have noted, the pastry dough here lacks substance and taste. I’m not a fan of salt, and if I think the dish needs salt, that should say something. The dough tastes like it was made previously, frozen and then used. In this case the toasted cheese shreds on top were also completely without taste. The green Chile was palatable, the pork adequate, and I really couldn’t taste eggs or potatoes anywhere. I’d bet money these are made beforehand and frozen.
For a place that is completely dedicated to sweet and savory pies, you need to really step up your game. I’ve had better hot pockets.

AMAZING savory pies!!! The green chili gringo hand pie is RIDICULOUS. Perfect flakey crust, just the right amount of filling of Pork Green Chili, Eggs, Potatoes and Cheddar– great on the go breakfast! I also tried the 5″ Pork Green Chili POT PIE, which of course was wonderful. We need one more pizza and/​or desert shop across the street and we can officially call this stretch of Coronado bordering 7^th street: THE PIE DISTRICT.

Upon entering the pie hole there was the definitive smell of sewer. It was pretty off putting. The pie however was just ok at best. With all the hype one would expect outstanding pie but it’s just not the case. Love the business cards dislike the pie.

I had the chocolate cream pie and it was the best. Iwould highly recommend this place. And I sure will be back and tell everyone I can to come here. I am anxious to try one of their savory pies. Chicken pot pie it is childhood favorite.

My father’s birthday is this month and he’s visiting from the northeast. I called to see if they had a strawberry-​rhibarb, the pie that was in season when he was growing up. Tonya answered the phone and was able to bake the pie and have it ready that afternoon!
We brought the pie to a local restaurant to enjoy after a meal. Not only did my kids love their first taste of a strawberry-rhubarb’s tangy– sweetness of the fruit with the crunchy sweet crumble topping, but we offered a few pieces to the waitstaff. They had never had a strawberry rhubarb and loved it! Yum!

The first rule of pie making must be to have perfected crust. It should be flaky, delicate, sweet and tempt you to eat the entire perimeter [to really piss off your family]. Whatever the dry, flavorless stuff was that held this thing together might as well have been cardboard.
I got an apple pie, which should be the benchmark. if you can’t make an amazing apple pie, you should go into the cupcake business. The apples were wafer thin and under-​cooked, the spice was too strong, too much allspice or clove, over-​powering. Seasoning should be subtle and delicate with nice chunks of soft baked apples simmering a a delicious almost caramelized sauce… something to really blend in with Ice Cream if you go a la mode.
The most telling sign has to be this. My two kids ate two bites and left theirs untouched on the counter and a day later I have half the pie left. Even the crappiest $ 5 pie from Fry’s I pick at until it’s long gone within 2 – 4 hours tops. Today I brought the leftover to office, those vultures will eat packets of taco bell hot sauce.
Maybe my palate is not sophisticated enough to appreciate a $ 20 artisan pie. My palate doesn’t give two shits about anything but taste and texture, period. I can’t will myself to hanker for this.
Now my quest for a decent apple pie that I don;t have to bake myself continues. Thanks Pie Hole for reminding me my Grandma is dead and I can’t go home again.

Brick and mortar location — smelled musty /​moldy. Not even a hint of fresh baked pie or coffee smell. 2 business in same building on each side of this shop did NOT smell musty
Tried: chocolate peanut, lemon meringue, coconut cream, banana cream
Crust = has some layers but no flavor, some pieces had soggy crust
Whipped cream on pies = bland, one piece even tasted as if the cream may have been sour
Cream fillings — dense to the point that it may have been drying out with little flavor
Lemon custard — sweet, lightly tangy, average
Meringue– KUDOS, meringue texture, taste and look was awesome
Saw the savory pies but didn’t try any. Looked small for $ 7.95. Cornish Pasty is a much better value for an entrée pie

Amazing pies! Banana Cream and Peanut Butter Chocolate are out of this world.
Great service and very friendly. Will definitely be coming back!

I would love to have tried this food, but they bailed on our American Cancer Society Relay For Life event an hour before it started. Bad customer service. If you can’t do event then just politely decline, don’t promise and not show, that seems like a recipe for disaster in the food truck industry.

The size close to a banquet pot pie for $ 5.50 you decide your worth.
I have tried the banana cream and chocolate crème pie and they are good.
Would like to try the key lime pie but have to wait until next time.
The pies are in the food truck but not baked there where they are stored in ice chest inside the truck.
If you don’t have cash don’t worry they will take your plastic.
Good individual size pies but it is borderline whether the cost is worth it.

Started to dig into my Key Lime pie, so creamy, tangy and delicious. When I ate the crust I thought something is strange here. I started itching and my mouth started swelling. It seemed to me that there were nuts in the crust. No mention of a nut crust on their menu board. I called the next morning to ask about the crust, yep, sure enough, pecans in the crust. What the hell Pie Hole? The woman who answered the phone blamed me for buying the pie, actually berating me. I’ve had lots of Key Lime Pie in my life lady and never has anyone put nuts in the crust. Thanks for ruining my night Pie Hole. We will definitely not be returning.

I have had Mamma’s pie when she was located at Short Leash, they are good and I will probably go there again. I went there at 2pm on pie day and they were out of pie. Really? How do you not plan for this? Girl behind counter said come back later, that they are trying to restock. I am with a 6 year old princess who wants pie on pie day!

I was bummed when The Pie Hole closed their original location on Roosevelt Street. Understandably, Tonya Saidi’s business had grown too big for their tiny location on Roosevelt and they needed a bigger space to grow. Fortunately, they found it barely a mile north of their original location on 7^th Street south of Thomas. I hadn’t made it out to their new location until… what’s that? It’s National Pie Day? Yeah, it was time to visit their new location.
The business occupies what was previously Miss Anita’s Pie Shop so Mamma Toledo’s seems like an obvious replacement. When you walk in, the space is probably 10 times the size of their old location and almost feels more like a coffee shop than a pie shop. The furniture and décor feel more like a sit down coffee shop, but don’t worry, the front counter is there to remind you what made Tonya famous in the valley. The display case up front showcases a wide variety of pies and other baked goods made fresh in house by Tonya and her staff. They also now feature all the staples of a coffee shop including the requisite cappuccino machine and they source their coffee locally from a Tempe vendor. On this most sacred of pie days, I decided to get a couple of mini pies to go. A raspberry tart and a key lime. There were also a number of other options available that day including coconut crème, chocolate crème, peach cobbler and many others. Total for the two mini pies was $ 11.
Both pies were as good as I remember from her old location. Super tasty filling in the middle with a firm flavorful crust on the outside. The key lime is especially outstanding and along with her chocolate crème are my two favorite pies from Tonya’s place. And they’ll still take orders for whole pies for pickup (including Thanksgiving when they get crazy busy) and you can still get pies by the slice too. And in addition to coffee, it seems that they are starting to venture into other food items including various breakfast items and pot pies. Guess we’ll see how things evolve from here.
Its pretty cool to see a local food truck business favorite all grown up. Just as Pizza People and Short Leash grew into the brick and mortar sector, Mamma Toledo’s has too. But don’t worry, Tonya still has the food truck and still uses it often. The pies and her staff are just as awesome as when it was just the food truck. Go over to their new location and grab a slice. And when National Pie Day rolls around next time, you’ll know what to do.

Mamma Toledo’s Pies are not very good. They taste like they are Sugar Free and they are overpriced.
Costco, Village Inn, Safeway, etc. pies are better.

Came in to try the pie and we will definitely be back — and we will probably order some pies to take home for a holiday party too. The French Silk was especially good. The chocolate mousse filling was excellent. The fruit pies available in the case had crumble topping so were a little too sweet for my taste but, again, the fruit filling was very good. My one complaint is that I wish they had a bit more selection available for people who drop in for a piece. But, otherwise, I highly recommend this place. So nice to see a local pie shop in town!

Cute little storefront with an awesome selection of pies. There are more options of cream-​based pies rather than fruit but that’s fine by me. The coconut cream is something to savor. Love it!

As a big advocate for downtown restaurants, I’m glad to see Mamma Toledo’s is doing sufficient business as to be unconcerned with inventory, variety, pricing or service.
Tonight, I stopped in to buy a whole pie. Sadly, but not uncommon to my experience, they didn’t have any whole pies and what was available was VERY limited. They did have ¾th of an apple pie. Whole pies are $ 19.00. I offered $ 15 for it (more than ¾th of the $ 19 whole pie price). The woman at the counter told me she could only sell me the pie at the per-​piece price which came to $ 21.50. I said thanks but no thanks. I prefer the Pie Snob’s pie anyway.

I know I should write a more descriptive review of this place… but this is what you are going to get.
Go eat there! Get the mango chile lime mini pie! It is to DIE FOR!
I can’t wait to go back and see what other goodness they create!