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Is The Upper Crust Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 11 Overland Park, Kansas

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, The Upper Crust is listed open on visitoverlandpark.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The official Visit Overland Park business directory currently lists The Upper Crust as an operating bakery with its current pie, quiche, and cookie offerings and seasonal pie-flight pre-orders. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The Cooking Channel's 'Best Thing I Ever Ate' episode 'Pie's the Limit' spotlighted The Upper Crust's scratch-made pie, one of the shop's classic or seasonal varieties. The bakery opened in downtown Overland Park in 2005, founded by sisters Jan Knobel and Elaine VanBuskirk, who based their recipes on family baking traditions. According to the Visit Overland Park business directory, The Upper Crust continues to operate at 7943 Santa Fe Drive, selling full-size 9-inch pies, quiche, smaller 5-inch 'cutie pies,' rotating pie slices, and large cookies, and it periodically offers pre-order-only pie flights on the third Friday of the month. The bakery has also drawn coverage naming it among the best pie makers in the Kansas City area, building on its reputation as a longtime downtown Overland Park fixture.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 11

Episode 7
Air date not confirmed
Title: Pie's the Limit · What was featured: A scratch-made dessert pie, one of the bakery's classic or seasonal varieties

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  1. visitoverlandpark.com https://www.visitoverlandpark.com/directory/the-upper-crust/
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