60 Restaurants Worth the Trip

What's the best place for pie in the Midwest? For steaks or ice cream? Midwest Living® editors visit hundreds of restaurants each year. Here are our favorite places for some of your favorite types of foods.

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Pie by the slice Where to head when you've got a craving for pie--and what to order when you get there.

Das Dutchman Essenhaus, Middlebury, IN: Amish-made raspberry cream.

Jesperson's, Petoskey, MI: Cherry berry with a perfectly flaky crust.

A Slice of Pie, Rolla, MO: Light and fluffy coconut meringue.

Desserts by Ann, Dayton, OH: Strawberry-rhubarb with a hint of almond.

Pictured: Cherry berry pie at Jesperson's

Jesperson's (231/347-3601)

Das Dutchman Essenhaus

A Slice of Pie

Desserts by Ann