The Pasty Corner

If you visit Iron River you must eat here! Perfect pasties!!! The selection is limited but that is the point. Pizza nuggets are a great alternative for kids.
Ask for lots of ketchup.

Simpler is better. This is the real deal pasty place. They don’t waste time on frills because they put all of their energy into their pasty perfection. Friendly folks with a simple menu. A beef pasty with or without rutabaga. This local mom and pop quick stop won’t disappoint!

About Pastes: First of all there are some places trying to make pastes trendy by creating bastardizing recipes to appeal to the Hipsters. So go to it, but I’ll stick with the traditional U.P. traditional Cornish Pasty. You could not get me to eat a rutabaga on it’s own if you bribed me, but baked in a pasty adds flavor. There used to be more pasty stores in the U.P. but that has faded a little as the population has declined in the past twenty years. Savor The Pasty Corner a neat clean little restaurant on the West side of town. A perfect lunch or supper. One should be plenty but two will fill any massive hunger. I like a little spicy mustard to go with and since I can’t get a proper pasty where I live I have to depend on the little mustard packets in the store, which is rather plain. I have fond memories when I was a child and we would buy a bag full of pastes to take up to the deep woods of Iron County and eat in a rustic cabin while they were still warm. This store is professional, helpful and friendly and very reasonable. Don’t sound ignorant and pronounce as a Paste-​ees that of course is entirely different. These are Past-​Tees!

We vacation in the Upper Peninsula every summer, and we’ve tried pasties from all over – but these are the best we’ve ever found. We’ve often driven 40 miles to visit the Pasty Corner. They are best enjoyed fresh in the store, but you can stock up with some frozen ones, and they are pretty darn good, too.

If you want a good pasty, this is the ONLY place to go. Simply the best!

Pizza pastys are amazing, but only available on Wednesday’s. Every other kind is good too. Go early since they run out fast!

I’m a pasty fiend and have been known to make the 5 hour trip north on a whim because honestly, the crap they call a pasty here in Milwaukee just doesn’t cut it. For several years a buddy and I made a yearly trip in summer to, among other things, eat as many pasties as possible. Pasty Corner is always the first stop. I love what would be considered the standard model, mystery meat (the best mystery meat i can imagine!), potatoes, onions in a wonderful flaky crust. Honestly it’s just not right how good these things are. Go. Go now. Right now. And bring one back for me.

It was Friday morning and I wanted breakfast. I read a few local reviews and came across the words «breakfast pastys» (eggs, ham, cheese, potatoes an onions) at the Pasty Corner, and was stoked. Had I read carefully, I would have known they were only available on Tuesdays. Damn.
Alas, I was recommended to try the regular pasty, as a first-​timer. It smells, looks and tastes like a pot pie with meat, potatoes and onions. Friday’s special is a veggie pasty with broccoli, cauliflower, cheese, carrots, potatoes and onion. I’m not one for healthy foods, but I actually liked the veggie one better — the broccoli (and cheese) was so tasty. The regular was a tad bland.
Most pastys are $ 3.50 fresh or $ 3.25 frozen. Small pastys (of the regular kind) are also available for $.50 less.
The place is open 9 – 6 M-​F, 9 – 5 on Sat.
FYI — pasty is pronounced like past-​ee, not pay-​stee. The latter are usually not consumable.
For you history buffs — the Pasty was started in Cornwall, England where coal miners took them to work — eaten like a sandwich but consisted of a meal in a crust.

Ever want a real homemade Pasty? This is it! Fluffy crust, delicious filling! Also, if you are lucky enough to get there before they are sold out… Try, the pizza nuggets! Everyone, loves them! And, they always sell out very quickly! They also have pasty nugget’s, which are pretty darn good to! They have home made cole slaw, get it when it’s not sold out! The men love to take the pasty’s out in the woods when they go hunting for the day! And, they sell them frozen, so you can bring home a dozen or so! You, won’t believe how many order’s you will get when your friends find out you will be near the Pasty Corner! Not open on Sunday’s!

Pasty Corner has specialty pasties offered on certain days of the week. Tuesdays it’s the Breakfast pasty (eggs, bacon and cheese inside), Pizza pasty on Wednesday — my favorite, filled with pepperoni, cheese and tomato sauce, and Vegetable pasties on Fridays. Seems the breakfast pasty sells out the quickest.
You need to pre-​order them to be assured of their availability on the particular day.
The owner of the shop is a devout Christian so the place is closed on Sundays. And the sign in front always features a religious message for all passerby’s to read.