apple pie & julian

Last week, Drew and I headed inland and south for a quick mini-vacation in Julian and Temecula. Julian is a small, rural town known for its apple orchards and apple pies. I'm not really sure if its known for anything else, but we headed there for apple pie. There are a few places that purport to have the best apple pie, but we went with the Julian Pie Company, which ranked the highest on yelp.

After driving 2 hours to get to Julian, we were looking forward to stretching our legs, walking around, and of course, eating pie. We had the original apple, served with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream, and the caramel apple.

It might be a bit crazy to go out of the way for apple pie, but this isn't just any apple pie. The crust was super tender and flaky, and the pie was among the best I've ever had (and my grandma makes pretty good apple pie).

After gorging on pie, we walked around Julian's old town, which spanned only a few blocks. Of course, no old town is complete without an old time candy shop. Because of this, I have come to the conclusion that back in the day, everyone just ate candy. We couldn't resist stopping, and we picked up some caribbean rum pecans and apple butter.

Julian's old town was mostly little shops and restaurants, and even though we didn't stop in any, we still enjoyed walking around.


After stretching our legs, Drew and I headed north to Palomar Mountain.