Marionberry Pie appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Marionberry Pie · Portland
Oregon's signature pie, made from the state's signature berry: a deep-purple cross developed at Oregon State in 1956, with a flavour somewhere between blackberry and raspberry but darker and more wine-like.
The marionberry was developed by USDA breeder George F. Waldo in Marion County, Oregon, between 1948 and 1956 as a cross of Chehalem and Olallieberry. It became the dominant Oregon blackberry by the 1970s and now accounts for over half the state's annual blackberry harvest. The pie became the canonical Portland dessert by the 1990s, with Lauretta Jean's and Random Order Pie Bar running benchmark versions. The flavour is darker, more vinous and less sweet than a blackberry pie; the canonical service is warm with vanilla ice cream.
Where to eat in Portland:
- Lauretta Jean's
- Ken's Artisan Bakery
- Sweedeedee
- Cheryl's on 12th