Marshall's Pasties — Restaurant in Grass Valley

CASH ONLY. Small shop off one of the side streets in downtown Grass Valley. Came here because I thought I'd try something different and because of all the reviews.

Pasties are pastry-covered, little "pies" that are normally savory, but they offer an apple one here. Known as the national dish of Cornwall in the UK, they were popular in this neck of the woods as miners from Cornwall came out here to try out their gold finding luck. Pronounced "pa-stee" as opposed to "pay-stee" -- those little things that strippers are found of. (But to be fair, a stripper could be partial to both.)

You can order pasties in a smaller size or regular. I recommend the regular, if you're kind of hungry. If you are really hungry, you might need two! The price for a regular size averaged about $4.95 or so.

They had choices of beef, chicken, vegetable, broccoli and cheese, apple, and I know I must have missed a couple of other ones. My daughter, being vegetarian, ordered the vegetable one and she could taste a distinct fridge flavor, so she wasn't too thrilled about that. I had the beef - the meat portion seemed more like broken up beef sausage, not mincemeat or steak cubes.

I ordered an apple one to try at home. They packed it with some icing that was delicious! Although the pasty itself had fridge flavor to it. I was advised to heat up in the microwave, but I stuck it in the oven as I wanted my pastry on the flakier side.

The seating area is tiny! So you may not be able to score a place to sit down. I noticed that they probably do a brisk business with catering orders, etc. as they sell cocktail pasties, a dozen for $14. I'd come back to get some of those if I was having...

I really wanted to love this place, because I drove a 1/2 an hour to get here. I love pasties. I just didn't love these pasties. I grew up loving them, and that's one of the reasons I wanted to love these. I've been looking for a great place to find great pasties, and so far, no success. There was a lot of meat and a lot of potatoes inside and the crust was palatable. The problem was that they are just too dry. You should be able to just pick them up and eat them maybe have something to drink with them, but not necessarily. With these pasties, You must slather than in gravy, have something to drink, ladel them with butter, or something. They are just so very dry! After hearing about this place and having wanted so very much to love them, I was so very disappointed that they weren't great as I had heard. I will keep looking for a really good...

We planned our whole trip around this tiny pasty shop. We had never had one before and this was the place everyone said to go. And boy oh boy are our lives changed!

You are greeted by these wonderfully charming ladies who are so excited to see you. We ordered the beef pasty and the sausage pasty. Each one is this huge pastry filled with hot meat and onions. It’s like a warm hug from the inside. We only wish we could have been eating these with the cold chill of winter instead of the heat of peak summer.

If you are traveling there bring a cooler! You will want to take some frozen ones home so you don’t go through pasty...