Free Pie Wednesday

Although Village Inn calls it Pie Rush Wednesday. From 10 am to 10 pm at any Village Inn across the country they have free pie with any purchase.

There is, of course, some yada yada stuff with that, they feature certain “supreme pies” that are free but not all and while the young lady at the Village Inn close to work said “literally any purchase, a piece of toast, etc”. I imagine that really depends on the location and the staff (and how cantankerous you seem) on what they will allow to qualify as any purchase.

As you can see from my pumpkin pie with whip cream, it is a good size piece of pie – for FREE! Well, okay, I did have to eat at Village Inn but can I just say the one here in Chandler AZ at Queen Creek and Alma School is really pretty tasty.

The couple of times Machelle and I have eaten there it has been good. I will also throw out that if you are pinching pennies or a starving college student, they have this V.I.B menu item, advertised online for $6.79 but my location charges $6.99, where you choose 4 different items all day everyday.

It is just CRAZY!

At this point, I do have to take a small detour to discuss demographics. I just can’t help it.

As we sat in Village Inn or vi as they have branded themselves, we were a good 25 years south of their lunch customer demographic. Granted, I imagine that is much different at 2 am.

But it is interesting to see how “hip” they are really trying to make themselves.

As an example, the restaurants I have seen renovated are doing so with more retro colors, such as blue greens and light oranges.

Their new logo, as seen on this coffee cup, screams “we are trying”!

A coffee cup action shot with the Master Chief. 😉

It seems a little strange for a restaurant categorized with the Denny’s and IHOPs of the world to have an emoticon in its logo. Maybe it really isn’t, maybe this is their attempt to reach the “next” group of patrons. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time a business has gone shopping for younger customers.

Their trademark statement Good Food…Good Feelings. I have to say, works.

I find vi strangely comforting; between the emoticon that speaks to my geekiness and the chicken fried steak with biscuits and gravy (ala VIB) which speaks to my southern gal appetite PLUS FREE PIE.

What else could you ever want in a place to grab a decent lunch?