Several Edmonton restaurants are offering deals to help celebrate math with a meal on Pi Day.
The global celebration of Pi, the irrational number expressing the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, falls on March 13 each year (3/14 for the first three decimal points).
Pi Day – coincidentally Albert Einstein’s birthday and the date Stephen Hawking died – began in 1988 as a celebration at a San Francisco museum and grew from there.
Events are now held around the world, including competitions to see who can recite the most digits of the infinite number – with the Guinness World Record held by Rajveer Meena, who spent 10 hours reciting 70,000 decimal places.
The following places will be offering deals or specials in honour of the much-loved mathematical constant:
- Bon Ton Bakery in Lynnwood Centre is offering full-sized Pi pies in two flavours: Maple Apple Sour Cherry and Peach Mixed Berry. The specially decorated pastries are available on Friday only and pre-orders are encouraged.
- Fifendekel, which has four locations in Edmonton, will have a Pi Day lunch special featuring March’s feature paradise pie for dessert. The bakery will also be accepting Pi Day orders for take out.
- Blaze Pizza, with three locations in Edmonton, will be offering a deal on pizza pie with a medium 11-inch pizza for just $3.14 when ordered with a regular priced medium. The offer is only valid in-person at participating locations.
- Duchess Bake Shop on 124 Street will be taking online or in-person orders for three flavours of dessert that can be topped with a chocolate Pi symbol: Lemon meringue, banana cream or sour cherry. Pre-orders were available Thursday and will run until Sunday.
- Freson Bros., with two Edmonton locations, will be selling “cutie pies” for $3.14 each on Friday only. The five-inch fruit pies come in five flavours: Haskap Berry Crumble, Apple Cinnamon Crumble, Apple Cinnamon, Rhubarb Strawberry Crumble and Rhubarb Strawberry.
- Die Pie, near Queen Mary Park, is offering a deal to get any pizza for $3.14 with orders over $25. The vegan restaurant said it will also have assorted personal dessert pies, too.
If you prefer celebrating with math rather than munching, you can test your skills online through NASA’s Pi Day Challenge.
With files from The Associated Press
