Overview
- Ikeda’s was voted the top pie shop in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards in mid‑June after a public voting contest that included daily appeals from the family.
- The business began in 1970 as a farm stand founded by Sam and Sally Ikeda and grew into a pie shop when the next generation started baking with fruit that could not be sold fresh.
- Co-owner Derick Ikeda told local reporters the shop uses farm‑quality or high‑quality fruit and has been making pies for roughly 50 to 60 years.
- Ikeda’s operates two locations, in Auburn and Davis, and has long been a roadside staple for I‑80 travelers seeking fruit pies, cobblers and other baked goods.
- The family celebrated the award on social media, saying the result meant a great deal to the aging founders, and the win could boost local visits and food‑tourism traffic to the shops.