Blue Plate

Disciples of Blue Plate’s excellent key lime pie on the 23-year-old Mission District restaurant’s dessert menu know that they can also order a whole pie ($38) to eat at home. This is the platonic ideal of key lime pie: a custardy but firm texture, full-force lime flavor and sturdy graham cracker crust. It all gets topped with an ample dollop of fresh whipped cream and lots of lime zest. — E.K.

3218 Mission St., San Francisco. blueplatesf.com