Grand Traverse Pie Company opens in Rochester Hills

Sweet Sixteen

The Grand Traverse Pie Company opened their 16th location Wednesday in Rochester Hills. Owners Mike and Denise Busley were down from Traverse City to proudly open the new location on the corner of Rochester and Tienken Roads next to the Papa Joe’s Gourmet Market. In fact, they are right on the corner with an entrance from Papa Joe’s, as well out the main outside entrance.

Breakfast wraps, quiche, and oatmeal may start your day, sandwiches and salads will cover you for lunch and dinner, and pie – good anytime of day – will give visitors a wonderful selection any time, any day. Pie flavors include cherry, apple, blueberry, peach, and cream pies. View the entire café menu.

The Power of Pie

“We’re proud of the place the Grand Traverse Pie Company calls home. It is a land defined by the seasons, influenced and inspired by water, wind, snow and sun. A land of bounty that goes far beyond our famous cherries, where rolling hills shelter and nurture strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, peaches and apples. It is a place of small, close-knit communities where families know and support each other, where people are connected to each other and to the land. Our pies are a reflection of our deep relationship with the Grand Traverse area and its people.

First and foremost, we are pie makers. Pie is a celebration of family and tradition, neatly and deliciously packaged in a flaky crust. Our passion is to recreate those memorable “pie moments” from long ago. Our bakers take great pride in crafting each or our pies by hand and baking them slowly until they are just right. Like our grandmothers, they have the “eye for pie.” To that end, we celebrate pie. Every one of us, every day.

Our vision is to spread this love of pie throughout everything that we do and make at the Grand Traverse Pie Company. Our breakfast, lunch and dinner menu items are created with care to order. Delicious selections made from fresh ingredients that can be enjoyed in the warmth of one of our welcoming locations or to take with you. We ship our pies to all corners of the country for you to share with friends and family. We are committed to using Michigan products and suppliers whenever possible, and strive to be a “connecting point” in each of our communities.

We will continue to focus our collective efforts on our people, our passion and our purpose so that we may make significant, life changing impacts in our communities. Pie is simply the vehicle – combining our positive intention and our team’s alignment – in the pursuit of our vision. That’s the Power of Pie.” ~Grand Traverse Pie Company

Michigan Partners

Items such as the photography and wood tables are from Michigan artists, as well as much of the food sources. Since their first store in Traverse City, Mike and Denise have been supporting Michigan businesses, growers, and organizations. All the fruit for their cherry, apple, and blueberry pies come from Michigan Farms, so does a lot more. Here is a list of their Michigan Partners:

• Amos Orchards {Elk Rapids}
• Bewitched Farm {Old Mission}
• King Milling Co. {Lowell}
• Michigan Turkey Producers {Grand Rapids}
• Pioneer Sugar {Bay City}
• Smeltzer Orchard Co. {Frankfort}
• True Blue Farms {Grand Junction}
• Ferris Coffee & Nut {Grand Rapids}
• Fruit Belt Foods {Lawrence}
• Great Lakes Potato Chip Company {Traverse City}
• Higher Grounds {Traverse City}
• Hudsonville Ice Cream {Holland}
• Light of Day Organics {Traverse City}
• Mug O’ Love Hot Cocoa {Lake Leelanau}
• Alfie Embroidery {Traverse City}
• Americraft Carton, Inc. {Sturgis}
• Delfield {Mt. Pleasant}
• Flower Station {Traverse City}
• Glastender, Inc. {Saginaw}
• Gordon Food Service {Grand Rapids}
• Grand Traverse Container {Traverse City}
• Lankford Design Group {Traverse City}
• Lipari Foods {Warren}
• Michigan Maple Block {Petoskey}
• PCA {Grandville}
• Pure Michigan {Michigan}
• Image360 {Traverse City}
• Stafford Smith {Kalamazoo}
• Winter’s Sausage {Eastpointe}
• L Walker {Lansing}
• G&A Bakery {Taylor}
• Water Street Coffee Roaster {Kalamazoo}
• MSU Dairy Store {East Lansing}
• Washtenaw Dairy {Ann Arbor}
• Sherman’s {South Haven}
• Guernsey Farms {Northville}

Rochester Media had the pleasure of a sneak peak, along with others, and got to taste the goods one day early. Now it’s your turn, let us know your thoughts after you visit …

Visit the Rochester Hills Location Now

6920 N. Rochester Road

Rochester Hills, MI 48306

248-438-5110

www.GTPIE.com

About The Grand Traverse Pie Company Owners

There was a time when the Grand Traverse Pie Company owners, Mike & Denise Busley, knew little about making pie. In the mid-90s, the Michigan natives had been living in San Diego with busy careers and two children, but as they approached 40, they felt something was missing. Passion, purpose, connection, home. Their lives changed when they first visited Julian Pie Company in Julian, California and met owner, Liz Smothers. Liz took them under her wing and taught them all they needed to know about Pie. They brought this knowledge back home and, in 1996, opened the first Grand Traverse Pie Company shop in downtown Traverse City, Michigan.

They started small with one pie shop and six employees. Today, they have 16 Grand Traverse Pie shops across Michigan and Indiana supported by a grand group of over 300 pie people. Whether a franchise or a company-owned shop, each GT Pie shop bakes fresh pies every day with the same passion that Mike & Denise did so many years ago.