The Story of Sandy McGee’s

It all started in 1986 from a little house in Rosenberg. Sandy began serving her creamy chicken salad, fruit salad, sandwiches, and soon-to-be-famous broccoli cheese soup to a few local residents. As loyal customers started to build their own custom combo plates, Sandy’s menu began to take shape. Favorites from those early days like the Ann’s plate (scoop of chicken salad, fruit salad, and broccoli cheese soup) and the City Secretary (half sandwich, broccoli cheese soup, and fruit salad) still exist on the current menu. Sandy’s late husband, Max, would spend his lunch hour helping serve the ever-growing crowd. Hurrying back to his bank job, Max would grab his own meal on the way out the door. To save time one day, he piled Sandy’s savory spinach salad INTO his turkey sandwich, and the impressive Max Out Sandwich was born. The 6th Street Sandwich - named for the street on which the restaurant resided - was embellished with lettuce, tomato, baby spinach, alfalfa sprouts, cheddar and Swiss cheese, with the guests’ choice of meat.

Word about Sandy's emphasis on freshness and presentation spread. Crowds of customers began to form lines down the sidewalk hoping to get a seat in one of the bedrooms-turned-dining rooms. Soon, they outgrew the little house, resulting in Sandy McGee's relocating to a larger space.

In 1996, the restaurant relocated to the corner of 4th and Morton Street in Historic Downtown Richmond. The 120-year-old building began has a history as storied as the restaurant itself. Built in 1900, 314 Morton Street first housed the Richmond Motor Car Company amongst the muddy streets of turn-of-the-century Richmond. In 1914, a post office and confectionary moved into the space. The building served as the local drug store to the downtown community. A burger counter was added along the way - ultimately known as The Post Office Pharmacy prior to Sandy McGee’s arrival. Sandy embraced the history upon relocation, adding burgers, malts, and shakes to her menu. Though she remodeled the entire space in 2007, the space still holds a quaint nostalgia honoring old Richmond. Legend has it that an attorney that once officed in the rear of the building still haunts the walls.