Short answer: The St Agnes Bakery in Churchtown is the pasty to get: 4.8 from about 650 Google reviews, with reviewers calling the traditional one of the best in Cornwall. It opens 8am–3pm Monday to Saturday (closed Sunday) and sells out by mid-afternoon. Martina's on Vicarage Road sells Etherington's pasties. For fish and chips, the village chippy in Churchtown opens Wednesday to Saturday evenings.
St Agnes is a serious pasty village, and one bakery dominates.
The famous one, in Churchtown: 4.8 from around 650 Google reviews. Reviewers rate the traditional pasty one of the best in Cornwall, and the giant sausage rolls have their own following. There's a lunchtime queue and stock runs low by mid-afternoon. Monday to Saturday 8am–3pm, closed Sunday.
A cake shop and bakery on Vicarage Road (4.9 on Google). Reviewers love the cakes and say the pasties are Etherington's; one quoted £4.60 for a medium and £6.10 for a large. Closed Sunday.
The coffee shop in Churchtown also sells pasties, and opens on Sunday mornings when the bakeries don't.
The village chippy in Churchtown is open Wednesday to Saturday, 5–8pm. Reviewers praise the local pollock specials and the haddock, though some recent reviews mention smaller portions after a change of hands.
For a sit-down plate, try the pubs: best pubs in St Agnes. For a takeaway pizza instead, The Cornish Pizza Company on Vicarage Road (Wednesday to Saturday evenings) is excellent.
Both bakeries close. Go to the Sorting Office in the morning, or drive to Redruth: best pasty in Redruth.
Everything else: the St Agnes guide.
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