For the holidays, customers can preorder handmade pies from The Meating Place Barbeque and Bakery. The pecan pie is a popular choice at The Meating Place and is made with dark corn syrup and a homemade, all-butter crust, restaurant baker Hanna Hesse said. Hesse said she likes to use a dark corn syrup to make it sweeter “I like to do an all-dark corn syrup. It has more molasses, so it’s a little sweeter, [and] it has more of a Southern flare to it,” she said. The restaurant also offers pumpkin, apple, buttermilk, coconut cream, key lime and chocolate cheesecake pies for the holidays. Each pie sells for $20, and a piece of pie is $3.50. Customers can order a slice of pie alongside the eatery’s barbecue menu or take a pie to go. “There’s just something about having a nice savory piece of barbecue,” Hesse said. “You want that sugar fix after you get all that savory stuff in your system.” The Meating Place Barbeque and Bakery 35421 Hwy. 249, Pinehurst 281-259-6328 www.facebook.com/themeatingplacebbq Hours: Tue.-Sat. 8 a.m.-8 p.m., closed Sundays and Mondays