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Originally posted by DeltAlum
OK, I Love Steakhouses...
NYC -- The Palm (Palm, too)
Chicago -- Gene and Georgettis
Tampa -- Bern's (probably my favorite anywhere)
Denver -- The Aurora Summit or Burke's Steakhouse
Las Vegas -- Smith and Wolinski's (Also in NYC)
KC -- The Golden Ox (It's not really great, but owned by a brother Delt)
SF -- Pompei's Grotto (OK, not a steakhouse, but a little place on the wharf)
Have to mention a chain:
Denver, Columbus, NYC, SF, LA, KC, St. Louis, Philly, New Orleans, Vegas, Atlanta, San Antonio, Orlando and a few other cities I can't think of right now:
Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Excellent everywhere.
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Smith is a chain and so is the palm. The Palm I take issue with because it is an extremely overpriced crap steakhouse. In NY, the bext steakhouse hands down is Peter Lugar's. I do however think that making a steak is not frigging magic and it's just a giant piece of meat.
And Kath, Trotter has one real restaurant where he is the resident chef and it's in Chicago. He just opened one up in NY at the time warner but I doin't even think it's up and running just yet. He also has a restaurant he opened up in Mexico called C but it's different. There is a fast food "trotters to go" not too far away from me but again, not a restaurant. So chain? No, not at all. I do have a feeling he's going to dedicate more of his time to the NY restaurant because the building houses the best chefs in the world once all the restaurants are up.
There is also a big difference to me in terms of places to go that are hip. In NYC, you have Nobu. Forget the fact that I don't particulary care for sushi, I still don't think the food is that great and it's living off the hip reputation. That's why in Chicago, I picked Ambria even though it attracts an older crowd and the menu isn't that radical. I've been to the hip places like thyme and ...eh, nice decor but not nice food.
-Rudey