New York Richie’s: Restaurant Review

Jun 16, 2010 Kennewick Business

New York Richie’s is one of the newest restaurants to open in Kennewick, and I think it’ll become one of the places I visit a lot with family, friends, and business partners. I had my first meal there today at lunch to talk business with a friend, and am already thinking about when to bring the family back for their first taste of New York Richie’s.

It sits in a somewhat small space in the strip mall at 5011 Clearwater Avenue, and that’s one of the first impressions you get — it’s smaller than I expected, with maybe 15-20 tables/booths. It’s clean, and the atmosphere inside is good. I think there were 3-4 big screen TVs up on the walls, all showing a World Cup soccer match. It wasn’t too loud at all.

There’s no traditional waiter service; you walk up to the counter and place your order, then a staffer brings it out to your table. Our lunch was ready in about five minutes, it seemed. Perfect timing.

Even though the restaurant advertises “New York Style Sandwiches and Pizza,” they serve a Philly Cheese Steak. And since I grew up right outside Philadelphia, I had to try it out today. I have pretty high standards when it comes to restaurant cheese steaks (i.e., very few establishments that serve “Philly” cheese steaks should be allowed to use the name), but my cheese steak today was very good. First off, it was huge. It had to be bigger than the foot-long sandwiches you can get elsewhere. It was served in halves, and each half had to be 7-8 inches long. And filled with plenty of meat. It wasn’t quite as good as a true Philly cheese steak, but to be fair … nothing is. I’d definitely order it again in the future.

Not knowing in advance how big the sandwich was, I also ordered a side of french fries. Didn’t need them, which explains why the sandwiches don’t come with fries. The fries were good, and there was a lot of them. But I didn’t need to spend the extra $3 (which seems a tad high regardless of how full I was after the sandwich).

New York Richie’s is well-known for its pizza; I’ll have to try it the next time. I saw 4-5 people at other tables enjoying the pizza, and the slices were as large as advertised. For reference, a full-size pizza is a whopping 20-inches, so picture a slice of that.

Overall, the prices were very fair. The cheese steak was only $7.95, which is a good deal considering its size. The fries were a little spendier than I thought they should’ve been. The two of us ate today for a total of $24 and change. If I’d known that I wouldn’t need the fries, the meal would’ve been closer to $20 — that’s super for a two-person lunch.

To wrap it up … New York Richie’s is good and I’ll be back again. It fills an interesting and needed space in the local restaurant landscape: a quick, relatively inexpensive, sandwich and pizza place that’s perfect for casual meals.

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