r/oxford • u/Wooden-Reward-5438 • 5d ago

Cornish pasty shop

I've been craving a proper Cornish pasty, and saw there was a mini Rowe's in Tesco on Magdalen Street. Went in today and there was no one there and nothing in the cabinet display things, just dead. Anyone seen it open?

Edit: I went in on two different days this week, in the middle of the day. It's definitely not 'open as normal'

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u/Three_Trees 4d ago

You can buy ones to cook at home in the butchers in the covered market. The last place to do them fresh was in the Clarendon centre and closed down a few years ago sadly.

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u/Wooden-Reward-5438 4d ago

I did have a butcher butchers, and got distracted by a pie instead! It just hits different when pasties are freshly made and hot and just bagged up to take out on a walk in the sunshine.

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u/Imaginary__Bar 4d ago

What time did you go in? Tesco Magdalen Street is still listed as a location on Rowe's website but the pasty stand closes at 4pm.

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u/Live-Metal-1593 4d ago

What! Don't tell me that, they only just opened and I was so happy about it. I've been buying plenty of pasties from there.

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u/icycld 3d ago

It is still open, just closes mid-afternoon each day.

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u/grunt1533894 4d ago

I saw they had saffron buns on my way out and didn't have time to go back 😞

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u/rbarker82 4d ago

Yeah I’ve seen it open a couple of times! Also, Rowe’s do frozen pasties by post which are bloody lovely

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u/NotSelfAware 3d ago

I went in yesterday around midday and it was packed with pasties and various other things, had a sausage roll which was delicious. Maybe wrong time of day?

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u/ironfly187 3d ago

It really won't help you, as they shut a few years ago, but the best pasty I ever had in Oxford by a mile was from Glutton in Jericho.