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You’ve likely driven by there dozens if not hundreds of times – that iconic white and red sign beckoning travelers on Interstate 80 to stop in for a slice of

After 70 years, the family-run market and destination pie stop maintains its charm off I-80, on the route from San Francisco to Tahoe.

For the best pies on the way to Tahoe, go to this roadside market FacebookTwitterEmail Ikedas is a market and roadside restaurant on the way to Tahoe.Julie Brown / SFGATE I’m speeding through the lowlands of Sacramento suburbia toward Lake Tahoe. Interstate 80 is a blur of tract housing, strip malls, fast food joints and RV dealerships. Citrus Heights to Roseville to Rocklin — it’s all highway signs and exit ramps curling up and away. I am tired, hot, hungry, thirsty and very much in need...