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Show me The Handpies
AZ Food Crafters
961 West Ray Road Chandler, AZ 85225 602.692.4129

Hours:
Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m Housemade blackberry and raspberry jam pies are popular with patrons.

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gerine, we have a flavor that suits every taste,” says Castillo. “And we’re having a blast doing it.” You can find these delicious hand pies at AZ Food Crafters, a cozy cafe located on Ray Road in Chandler—it’s the first retail location and where they source the vast majority of its meat, vegetable and fruit ingredients from local purveyors and farmers. Top sellers include Green Chili Pork, Spinach Cheese and Lemon Crème Delight, to name a few. But, the future is bright for this dynamic pie-making duo as they continue to invent new flavors. “We’ll have more menu expansions including a greater variety of meat filled hand pies,” says Castillo. Our mouths are watering just thinking about it! “We’ll introduce traditional round pies, tarts, and our new floater pie,” he adds. “We like to say the hand pie led the way for our growth into other delicious offerings.” And, we’ll be waiting with mouths and “hands” wide open. 202

BakedHandpies.com

Cheesecake scratch-made hand pie with sweet filling.
From spinach and cheese to green chili pork, there are flavors for every taste.

ABOUT THE WRITER – Susie Timm is the founder of Girl Meets Fork Marketing & Media, specializing in gourmet food. She is an avid writer for her award winning blog GirlMeetsFork.com and a frequent contributor to local media.
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