POTTER'S PASTIES & PIES
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612.819.3107
A bona-fide Brit—she has the accent to prove it—brings Potter's Pasties & Pies to downtown St. Paul. Fiona Duncan met her husband, Alec, a Minnesota native who started his cooking career at 128 Café, when the two were teaching in Peru, and after several years spent living in Southeast Asia, the world travelers decided to bring their version of the U.K.'s famous portable pies back to the Twin Cities.
11 Kellogg Blvd. E.
St. Paul, MN 55101
Category: Restaurant > American
Region: St. Paul (Downtown)
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Alec spent six months perfecting his buttery dough, which he forms into crescent-shaped pockets and fills with everything from meat and potatoes to Thai vegetable curry. The pasties—pronounced pah-stees—are par-baked each morning and then finish cooking on the truck. One delicious version called "the Pig" is stuffed with so much shredded pork and sweet apple that it could fuel a full day of hard labor or hiking. (Alec says his off-season project is to figure out how to sell his par-baked pasties at retail, so hopefully we can soon get them in the winter, too.)
When you eat at Potter's, make sure to save room for the truck's sweetest treat: a slice of traditional British banoffe pie that's nearly impossible to find in these parts. The pie's crust is sealed with a layer of bitter dark chocolate to balance out the sweetness of bananas, whipped cream, and caramelized sweetened condensed milk.
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Vellee's Korean BBQ burrito is another great Asi-can treat. A flour tortilla contains marinated, grilled beef short rib, rice, and spicy kimchi, creating a first-rate flavor combination. It's one of the best burritos in the metro.
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Chef Steve Ramlow is a veteran of such Twin Cities institutions as the Nicollet Island Inn and Muffuletta, and he is assisted by his daughter, Katie Newham. While his biscuit sandwiches are convenient, they're not as craveable as the breakfast burrito. The flour tortilla is stuffed with eggs, potatoes, and spicy chorizo, which sure beats a bowl of cold cereal. All it's missing is a side of fresh salsa.
One more bonus: If you're lucky, you might get a sample of Simply Steve's chocolate chip cookies.
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The bright orange van parked along Nicollet Mall doesn't look that conspicuous until you notice the cartoon cupcakes painted on its exterior, and the small tray mounted on its hood to hold the coffee fixings.
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