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SALT LAKE CITY —It's time to celebrate National Pi Day. The holiday, which falls on March 14, is meant for celebrating the infinite number meant to measure the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, but it’s also become tradition to celebrate with the pie you can eat.
Pi Day has been officially celebrated since 2009 when the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution designating the holiday around the world to engage students with mathematics and science. It also happens to be famous physicist Albert Einstein’s birthday.
Whether you truly enjoy mathematics science, Einstein or you just want to eat pie, Utah will have tons of great deals on both sweet and savory pies and entertainment.
Marie Calendar’s
It can be hard to go to Marie Calendar’s and leave without some pie. The popular chain restaurant is serving up free slices to customers on March 14.
As long as it isn’t a cheesecake or a seasonal fresh fruit pie, you can use this coupon offered on its website to get your slice of pie.
The restaurant also offers free pie slices on Mondays. It features a new pie every month and this month there are two lemon pies; one is called “Lip-Smackin Lemon Meringue Pie" and the other is called “Luscious Lemon Cake Pie.”
There are two locations in Utah: 1109 E. 3900 South in Salt Lake City, and in Layton at 1600 N. 1000 West. For its menu and hours, click here.
Kneaders Bakery and Cafe
You can find this cafe all around Utah selling fresh breads, sandwiches and other baked goods. They’ve been around since 1997 and now have 59 locations in eight states, according to its Facebook page.
The cafe is offering pie slices for $1.50 with the purchase of any entree in honor of National Pi Day.
Kneaders offers pies from the traditional banana cream and key lime pies to more unique four-berry lemon cream and chocolate raspberry cream cheese pies.
They are also featuring an Irish special this month with Irish stew, soda bread and strawberry jam.
Kneaders has multiple locations throughout the state. For locations and hours, click here.
Penny Ann’s Cafe
This local gem, also known as “Home of the heavenly hotcakes” has won the Best of State award for Best Breakfast in 2017 and 2018.
Breakfast isn’t the only thing they do well though, they also serve up some delicious pies including banana cream, chocolate mousse, chocolate peanut butter, key lime, and lemon raspberry cream.
They are offering a slice of pie for $2.00 for National Pi Day, and if one slice isn’t sufficient, they sell whole pies for $17.00.
Penny Ann’s now has three locations: in Salt Lake City at 1810 S. Main St., in Draper at 280 E. 12300 South, and in Taylorsville at 1856 W. 5400 South.
Village Inn
We can’t forget one of the obvious places you could celebrate National Pi Day. With its already famous free pie Wednesday, the restaurant chain is no strangers to free pie.
The restaurant is offering $2.00 off whole pies March 13-14. It will also feature place cards for the pies with details of their metrics to honor the mathematical reason for the holiday.
During the month of March, it is featuring Mint Brownie Blast pie. It also has a giveaway on Instagram where you can win a free whole pie gift card by tagging a friend.
Village Inn has multiple locations throughout Utah. For a list of locations and hours check out its website.
Hungry Howie’s Pizza
Sweet pie isn’t the only kind to indulge in for National Pi day. If you’re someone who enjoys their food a bit more savory, you can get a great deal at Hungry Howie’s.
The national chain, popular for their flavored crust pizza, started offering a medium one-topping pizza for $3.14 with the purchase of any Howie bread at menu price, the approximate value of Pi in observance of the holiday.
The deal will be valid Wednesday and Thursday. To get it, you just have to use the code 19PI when you order online.
Hungry Howies has two locations in Utah: in Clinton at 1917 W. 1800 North A1 and in Orem at 1549 N. State St. #105.
Blaze Pizza
Another pizza restaurant getting in on the Pi Day action is Blaze Pizza, a popular national chain known for its quickness and quality.
It will be offering one pizza per-person for the festive price of $3.14 all day on March 14. The only stipulation is that you must get the coupon from its app and use it in-store.
Even if you don’t have a smartphone to get the app, “All are welcome!” according to its website. They will also offer their gluten-free crust with the Pi Day deal.
Blaze Pizza has four locations in Utah.
