The Pine Club, buoyed by Easter success, to repeat steak offer

Dayton steakhouse says it will deliver uncooked steaks locally every Friday and Saturday while restaurant is closed
The Pine Club says it will deliver uncooked steaks locally every Friday and Saturday while restaurant is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. 2015 file photo by TY GREENLEES

The Pine Club says it will deliver uncooked steaks locally every Friday and Saturday while restaurant is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. 2015 file photo by TY GREENLEES

Flushed with the success of an Easter weekend promotion, The Pine Club, one of Dayton's oldest and most celebrated restaurants, will repeat the offer every weekend that the steakhouse is shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic and resulting shelter-at-home statewide order.

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“We had a great response from the steak-box delivery (Easter weekend) that we are going to continue to deliver steak boxes locally every Friday and Saturday until we are able to reopen,” Chris Ryan, The  Pine Club’s assistant manager.

Ryan said going forward after today, orders received before noon on Thursday will be delivered for free in the  Dayton area the following Friday or Saturday. But the deadline will be extended today, April 16, to 6 p.m., for delivery in the Dayton area tomorrow or Saturday, Pine Club officials said.

The uncooked steaks can be ordered at thepineclub.com/shop/steaks.

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Last week, the offer of steaks for Easter drew a robust response from those who cleaned The Pine Club out of product. Supplies have been replenished.

The Pine Club, located at 1926 Brown St. in Dayton, shut down its carryout operation two weeks ago amid the coronavirus pandemic and statewide stay-at-home order.

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The restaurant’s offer last week reminded customers that, “Steaks are perishable, and someone must be home to receive the drop-off. For health reasons, we cannot leave a perishable package unattended.”

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In December 2013, the Pine Club was included in a list of “10 of the World’s Greatest Old Dining Institutions” by a writer for T Magazine, the New York Times Style Magazine, joining restaurants in Paris, London and New York City.

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Six months before that, Michael Stern, co-author of “Roadfood,” identified the Pine Club as his favorite steakhouse in the country in a USA Today story. The Pine Club has also scored shout-outs from Gourmet Magazine and Tastingtable.com, among others.

The steakhouse opened in 1947 at 1926 Brown St.

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