Jean Kays Pasty's Marquette MI The Best.

Brian makes theirs with steak. Got them with Rutabaga and without.
I have been buying Jean Kay's Pasty's for 25 years.

Muldoon's in Munising are good also. I have several other good Pasties in da UP. the BP station in Bruce Crossing had good ones.

Lawry's tasted the worse to me, I don't buy them anymore. One thing good about Lawry's is they have "Dry Ice" in the summer if you need it.

Don't buy Pasty's near the Big Mac Bridge, at one time I thought they were ok, Then I got Pasties in the upper UP; it makes those near the Bridge Sad.

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Mark Spence Jr. has a place just east of the Mackinaw bridge on Hwy 2 that has some good pasties.

Hi 30-06,

The Crossroads has really great food best I have found.
The only problem is first you have to find a place to park there, it gets really crowded.
Then hope you don't starve while you wait to get in the place

East of the bridge on U.S.2?You must mean west of the bridge

the way they tell it around here , the crusts were left for the Tommy knockers a mythical subterranean gnome-like creature in Cornish folklore if you fed them they didn't get into mischief that caused mining accidents

Never heard any of those stories,but we're in the southern U.P.,the mines are all further north of here.

Joes pasty shop in Ironwood.

Yes, I meant west of the bridge.

I.M.??? Would that be Iron Mountain?

Hmmm never had one

You're missing out. Got to get them with bagas though.

We took a family vacation to north woods last August. Spousal unit's brother has a place in northern Wisconsin, and from there, kids and grandkids wanted to go see Mackinac Island. Brother in law kept mentioning the need to sample some pasties, so we went north one day to Joe's in Ironwood plus Randall bakery in Wakefield. Couple days later took that long day's stroll east down Hwy 2. Was hoping to pick up some samples along the way. After a stop at the Pasty Oven in Quinnesec was told that last stop was my last stop or else I might be walking home. Still stopped one more time at Lehto's. By then cooler I had was full and wasn't wanting to push my luck any further.

Since then, have burned through the whole stash. All of them good as far as I can tell. As for something to look at, Pasty Oven had them all beat hands down. Had a fancy decorated "handle" on the fold.

Not something well known outside of that region, and only food I've ever heard of that includes rutabaga as an ingredient, but liked them well enough to consider having a dozen or so shipped south for the freezer.

But appreciate the leads for next time I'm up there. From where we stay, Joe's is the closest.......and not a bad option.

As for Lehto's and that smoked whitefish, still wondering about that. If nothing else, could probably be used to get a coon to stick his head in a bucket set. Expensive bait though.