Blog 21

Let's say that I was fasting for some reason or another. This would be the place I break the fast at. Richard's is one of two hometown pizza places, and though I don't frequent their pizza these days (I had plenty of it as a kid though in the era before Pizza Hut, Papa John's and Domino's) the "famous" steak sandwich is in my opinion jsut that. It is simply phenomenal. It's in my top five of foods that I would eat if I were on my death bed. A little aside that Richard's served Mexican food when I was kid (pre-Taco Bell, 30 years ago) and I can remember eating a taco and burrito quite often. Those items vanished about 2- years ago but the memories still taste great. Richards has a holiday steak sandwich sendoff and has shipped them to steak sandwich lovers all over the United States. People send them to relatives and friends - and even place orders for themselves says owner Karen Underwood.

Here's how it works:

Each order of six sandwiches - precooked, frozen, packaged in dry ice in
heavy-duty reusable coolers and complete with reheating instructions - can
be sent anywhere in the United States. (Prices higher to Alaska and Hawaii).
Unfortunately, customs regulations prohibit shipments to foreign countries.

All of the sandwich ingredients are packaged separately including six 88%
lean beef patties, sweet Spanish onions, crunchy pickles, tasty
secret-recipe sauce, and toasted Italian buns.

Orders can be placed in person, by phone, or on the website. People phoning
in orders or using the website may use Visa, MasterCard, American Express,
or Discover.

To avoid shipping problems with perishable products during the holiday
season, we take orders each year from November through December 31 and ship
the sandwiches on January 8 to arrive before January 11. We will send each
recipient an acknowledgment card and free gift from Richards. All orders
placed before the deadline of December 12 will have the card and gift
arrive before Christmas Day. The final order deadline is December 31.

Prices vary each year depending on the shipping rates and fuel surcharges
charged by the shipping company. The prices for the 2007 Send Off (for all
states except Alaska and Hawaii), including shipping, are:

$68 - 6 regular steak sandwiches (original sauce, pickle and onion)
$71 - 6 steak sandwiches with cheese added
$74 -6 steak sandwiches with cheese and mushrooms.

If you have additional questions, you can send an email to steaksendoff@richardspizza.com, or you can click here to order.