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| - Once again, another brilliant addition to the rejuvenation/promotion of the Downtown Arts District... a dangerous walking distance from the Hop Nuts Brewery tasting room! On a rainy Christmas Eve after slaying the beer board at Hop Nuts, bro and I sauntered over here to fill our bellies with pasty goodness. I've had pasties in London in my lifetime, but my brother is new to the concept, so here we go on our British food adventure!
We decided to split a Shepherd's Pie pasty and an order of the oven fries. Sadly we were already so full of beer that we couldn't fully enjoy the enormity of their amaaaaazing beer and cider selection! Plus, $4 car bombs!!! It's ok.... definitely next time ;) This place is SO BIG, so we opted to sit on the service side (where the seats are recycled church pews, haha). The other side seems to be more of a bar (with pool tables, shuffleboard, darts, etc.).
Anyway, the food came out fresh, after somewhat of a longer-than-expected wait. But let's keep in mind that each pasty is handmade and freshly baked, so that's completely okay :) But the Shepherd's Pie was perfection! Perfect ration of ground lamb to veggies, seasoned super nicely with a touch of spice (not heat, but more flavor), and the crust was to DIE for. Oven fries were also surprisingly flavorful -- you can't go wrong with sea salt, cracked black pepper and roasted garlic. (And of course we left the to-go box there, booooo.)
I cannot wait to come back here and show off Cornish Pasty Co. to all our friends and family! Especially the beer connoisseurs -- they will go CRAZY for this joint! Cheers to wonderful service, finely done food, and a super impressive beer board!!!
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