Abuelita's Chocolate Pie, The Pie Hole, Redondo Beach, CA:



My wife's first comment: Wow. That's good.

My comments: Definitely a superior pie. Fairly dense/rich with cinnamon and orange spices and flavors to accentuate the rich chocolate. As the Mrs. pointed out, it's hard to mess up a Graham cracker crust but it was also a superior crust as well.

Going back to the Coconut cream slice posted earlier, while it was fresh, it didn't have the same pop of flavor that the chocolate one had. And the crust was inferior since it had been overworked and wasn't flakey at all.

So more sampling required...and let corky go have her own way with a slice or two of her own choosing. And, yes it wasn't cheap but that's Riviera Village for you.

David