Old Friends and Good Food . . .
Jan and I got really excited this morning when a little before noon there was a knock on the door, since we were thinking it might be some news about our repairs.
But it was better. It was our friends Dick and Phyllis Schell who drove over from the Verde Valley Thousand Trails to make a Costco run. And since they were in the neighbor, they decided to come by and say “Hi.”
And even better, after talking awhile, we decided to go to lunch together. Jan and I had had our eye on a nearby place called Speed’s Hanger Deli. With 4-1/2 stars on Yelp, and only about half a mile away, it was high on our list.
The place turns out to be the endcap in a non-descript office park, but inside it’s an eclectic mix of military poster art and souvenirs.
The 3 page menu has over 80 sandwiches listed, plus sides and desserts.
The sandwiches were enormous, and delicious. As you can see from the page above, all the sandwiches have military names.
I had the aptly-named ‘Fatman’, (along with ‘Little Boy’ one of the two atom bombs dropped on Japan) with grilled roast beef, capicolla bacon, pastrami, grilled onions, provolone, mozzarella, and pepper jack cheeses. I then added jalapenos and horseradish mayo.
Jan got the ‘Rosie the Riveter’ with roast beef, sautéed with mushroom and onions, topped with melted Provolone cheese.
Dick had the ‘Zero’ Meatball sandwich.
Phyllis got the ‘H-111 Heinkel’ Turkey sandwich.
it was easy to see how Speed’s got 4-1/2 stars, our sandwiches were great. We’ll definitely try to schedule a trip back before we leave.
As usual when RV’ers get together, we spent more time talking than eating, and didn’t go our separate ways until after 2pm.
Hopefully we’ll get out of here and back over to Verde Valley before Dick and Phyllis leave the area. But if not I’m sure we’ll see them down the road soon.
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Thought for the Day:
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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