The Great Pasty Hunt!

Kendall has long wanted to find the best pasty in the universe, so why not incorporate this quest into the 70/70 quest?! For our 62nd entry on our 70/70 quest, we very purposefully queried, researched, and zig-zagged our way through the Upper Peninsula to find The. Best. Pasty!

 

Our results (in the order in which we sampled pasties during our search): 

 

Rigoni's Bakery, Ironwood

Kendall's rating: second best traditional pasty.

Paula's rating: best vegetarian pasty

 

 

Randall Bakery, Wakefield

Kendall's rating: Best breakfast pasty

Paula's rating: vegetarian pasty had cheese (minus points), good crust

 

 

 Bread of Life, Bessemer - forgettable

 

Lawry's, Ishpeming

Kendall's rating: pretty good when cooked slowly (from being frozen)

Paula's rating: no veggie available when we stopped by

 

Irontown Pasties, Negaunee

Kendall's rating: huge, ground beef

Paula's rating: meh

* note on this rating: at this point of the hunt, we were not hugely hungry...

Lehto's, St. Ignace

Kendall's rating: #1 traditional

Paula's rating: #2 vegetarian (but #1 most interesting tasty vegetarian; definitely best to eat fresh!)

These are the pasties we traditionally take home to eat for dinner our first night in Petoskey. In both directions to/fro Boulder/Petoskey, we always stop at Lehto's for pasties!

 

A behind-the-scenes look at the Great Pasty Hunt!

The hunt would not have been possible without a freezer at hand (hooray for Hedwig!) - especially for vegetarian pasties which are often only available in frozen form at pasty shops.

The haul that made it home to Petoskey:

 Lots of good eating here! <burp!>