Pure Pasty Food Cart

This pasty is not something you’ll find in a steamy, smelly, testosterone filled joint in West Virginia, but instead a… steamy, smelly, meat and vegetable-​filled baked delight.
I think I may have hit them on their first day… I’d first like to applaud the guys on doing what they’re doing; heck of a scene to jump into, but I’m happy to have them.
As already mentioned, they have a handful of flavors for now at $ 6.50/ea and some sausage rolls, which I’ll have to try next time. Bottled water, soda, and high-​end potato chips fill out the menu.
I opted for a curry chicken pasty. At first look, I thought «$ 6.50 for that?», but once I got down to it, it turned out to be pretty filling. Heck, I shouldn’t complain; chowed down to an $ 11 salad today… Crust was very good as was the filling. Not out of this world, but no complaints. Coworker had the beef pasty and commented that it was a bit heavy on the pepper.
I will definitely be going back, but I’m not in any rush. A nice addition to the food cart world, but… It’s ~100 degrees out… I pray they stick around until the weather cools because they’ll be a much more welcome treat then.

The Pure Pasty Co, a shop in Vienna, just started a food cart in Arlington. It will be in Welburn Square, next to Ballston Metro, at lunchtime on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, according to the nice gentlemen in the food cart.
At the moment, the menu is three pasties and a sausage roll. The pasties are $ 6.50 apiece and the sausage roll was a bit cheaper. Pasties are British savory turnover-​type items. The cart offers a beef, a chicken curry, and a third one I don’t remember, probably veg. And the sausage roll. They also have a basket of upscale potato chips, and probably some beverages (I didn’t notice).
The chicken curry was pretty good, definitely enormous, which is important for my $ 6.50. Though I’d rather pay $ 4 for one half that size, but maybe that’s just me. The pastry crust was good, which is key — it wasn’t heavy and it didn’t break apart in my hands, either. Honestly, British food isn’t usually «knock your socks off» amazing, and this is no exception. But these are authentic pasties, so that counts for something.
The cart was run by two young guys, one in a «Pure Pasty» t-​shirt and the other in a «Mind the Gap» t-​shirt. Mr Mind the Gap politely informed me that I had mispronounced «pasty,» and it should be «PAST-​y, not PASTE-​y.» Which was on the line between friendly and rude, but a cute guy with a British accent can get away with a lot, right? So go for it, Mr Mind the Gap. Spread the gospel of PAST-​y over Arlington.