

Tim is always looking for ways to grow the Sweetie Pie’s brand by creating new products and services. For more than four years Tim helped his mother manage The Original Sweetie Pie’s and Sweetie Pie’s at the Mangrove but when Miss Robbie opened The Upper Crust in 2012, Tim took over the management of Sweetie Pie’s at the Mangrove. Upon his release, he vowed to make something positive out of his life so he joined the family business. At the age of 17, Tim was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to serve 10 years in prison. His father passed away before he was born, so he and his mother have always been very close. Louis, MO by his single mother Robbie Montgomery. Active in charity outreach programs, Miss Robbie helps provide job training to formerly incarcerated men and women and food to those in need. These days Miss Robbie manages the day-to-day operations of The Upper Crust and is also currently exploring writing a cookbook. Opening in 2012, The Upper Crust was built from the ground up and includes a restaurant and a banquet space. Then at the age of 71, Miss Robbie undertook her most ambitious endeavor yet-Sweetie Pie’s: The Upper Crust. Eight years later, her second location, Sweetie Pie’s at the Mangrove, opened its doors as well. With the help of her son Tim, she opened the first Sweetie Pie’s in 1996. Louis to reinvent herself utilizing her other formidable talent-as a cook. When a collapsed lung ended Miss Robbie’s singing career, she returned to St. Since finding a welcoming restaurant could be difficult for African-Americans during the ’60s, Miss Robbie often ended up cooking for the group while on the road, honing her mother’s recipes along the way. Her stint as an Ikette launched a singing career that spanned over 20 years, including gigs as a background singer for The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Pattie LaBelle and The Rolling Stones, among others. singing backup for Ike and Tina Turner during the 1960s. Prior to running her own restaurants, Miss Robbie toured the U.S.

Best known for her made-from-scratch comfort food like macaroni & cheese, smothered pork, baked chicken and peach cobbler, Miss Robbie’s restaurants have attracted a popular following among both local St. Miss Robbie Montgomery is the owner and resident matriarch of Sweetie Pie’s at the Mangrove and The Upper Crust, the nationally acclaimed soul food restaurants she founded in her hometown of St.
