The best Boston cream pies in Boston

The Omni Parker House Hotel is one of the most historic in the city. It was here, at Parker’s Restaurant, where the Boston cream pie was born. This creamy, delicious traditional version consists of a light sponge cake filled with pastry cream and topped with chocolate. Walk off the calories by checking out the hotel’s historic environs and interesting memorabilia.

Joanne Chang’s beloved spot for pastries and baked goods offers a delicious, artfully-crafted version of the Boston cream pie. Layers of fluffy yellow cake and vanilla cream are toppped with a smooth chocolate ganache and coffee syrup.

Bova’s opened in the North End in 1932 and has remained a family-owned business all these years. Their Boston cream pie is a richer version, made with both vanilla and chocolate cream, and topped with a thick ganache. Best of all, Bova’s is open 24 hours, perfect for a late-night cream pie craving.

Mike’s, the classic North End bakery, is best known for its cannoli, but it offers a worthy version of the Boston cream pie too. The ingredients are classic, moist and creamy. Though the name suggests otherwise, the dessert is more of a cake than a pie; Mike's version resembles an actual slice of pie.

Modern Pastry, another iconic North End pastry emporium, offers old-world cakes, cookies, pizelles, and chocolates. Their spin on the Boston classic involves layers of white cake filled with chantilly cream, then covered in chocolate with white ganache accents and dusted with white cake crumbs.

Start your weekends off the right way with this French bistro’s Boston Cream Pancakes. Available only on the brunch menu for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday indulgence, their version is a stack of flapjacks layered with vanilla cream and chocolate sauce and topped with a cookie crumble.

Cambridge’s beloved near-century-old deli might be known for its piled-high sandwiches and “grandma’s favorite” matzo ball soup, but don’t sleep on this Inman Square spot’s desserts. Feast on the Boston Cream, which features layered rich golden cake and sweet vanilla custard with a rich chocolate ganache.

This eclectic French-style boulangerie in the Omni in the Seaport will delight customers with Boston Cream Pie donuts on the menu every Friday in July. The cultured butter in the ultra-fluffy dough gives it a tiny bit of tang that perfectly balances the Valrhona dark chocolate glaze and vanilla pastry cream filling.