Every day I was in Snoqualmie Valley, Washington, I dropped by Twede’s Cafe in North Bend to give myself a present – a slice of cherry pie and cup of coffee. Since I don’t live in Washington state, I long that delicious treat when I return home to Florida. With March 14 being Pi Day (a nod to the first digits of the mathematical constant 3.14), I figured it was a perfect excuse to have Twede’s famous cherry pie shipped to my home via Goldbelly.
TWEDE’S CAFE PIE FROM GOLDBELLY
“Goldbely” was founded in 2013 by a four-person team working out of a town home in Noe Valley in San Francisco, California. In 2017, they moved their headquarters to New York City and a year later changed their name to “Goldbelly.”
Thanks to investments by Enlightened Hospitality Investments and others, the company had raised $100 million by 2021. On May 4 that year, Twede’s Cafe announced they had partnered with the company to have cherry pie shipped across the nation.
A few weeks later, Rachel, Max and the Twede’s Cafe team had plenty of orders ready to ship.
You can order an entire cherry pie or an entire cherry pie with coffee beans from Twede’s Cafe landing page on Goldbelly.
CHERRY PIE ARRIVES
I ordered the cherry pie on Saturday and it arrived via UPS on Pi Day, March 14. It was packaged inside a brown box which had a second box (did the Packard’s design this packaging – damn boxes!). There was an ice pack inside that kept the pie cool.
The pie was packaged in plastic to keep it fresh. Once the plastic was removed, it looks like pie I had ordered during my visit to Twede’s Cafe.
I tried to get a photo with my long-haired Chi-wow-wow, Nori, but all he wanted to do get whatever I was holding.
I let him take a closer look and he snuck a little lick of the delicious pie crust.
PACKAGING DESIGN
I love the sticker found on the outside of the pie box.
This card was included inside the box.
The back of the card explained Twede’s Cafe connection to the wonderful and strange Twin Peaks.
All said, it was a damn fine way to celebrate until I can return to the Pacific Northwest.
