A Rare History of the Steakhouse

History ^ | August 24, 2014 | Stephanie Butler

[SamAdams76]

[DannyTN]

I prefer the medium history of the steakhouse

[SamAdams76]

Medium-rare for me.

[wally_bert]

Medium well but I prefer burgers over steak.

[SamAdams76]

Love burgers too. Grass-fed. Wrapped in lettuce with cheese, mushrooms and onions underneath. Medium-rare.

[Viking2002]

Here, too. Sizzling on the outside, just a hint of pink in the middle. And there are several good steak sauces out there to fit my mood.

[snoringbear]

I prefer a double Crown Royal with my steak. When I was younger it was Wild Turkey but can’t handle bourbon anymore 😕

[2ndDivisionVet]

801 Chophouse, Des Moines
https://801chophouse.com/des-moines/menu/

[ClearCase_guy]

You don't see many of these anymore.

[Lurker]

Ribeye, medium rare and a properly made Rye Manhattan.

About as good as it gets.

L

[higgmeister]

bfl on

[GreyFriar]

Brings back memories of the Bonanza and Ponderosa steak house chains back in the 60s and 70s. I also recall going to Chicago on weekends from college to visit Kroch’s and Brentano’s bookstore and a small hobby shop down downtown. We’d do lunch at one of the steak houses downtown and then off to a movie at the Bismarck Theater.

[MV=PY]

"Love burgers too. Grass-fed. Wrapped in lettuce with cheese, mushrooms and onions underneath. Medium-rare."

Whoa! That'll give me a new direction for experimentation.

Do you grind your own?

[PROCON]

I'm a second-hand vegan.

Cows eat grass and I eat cows.

Ribeye, BABY, medium with a nice Cabernet Sauvignon.

[Ken H]

That was well done.

(Someone had to say it)

[NohSpinZone]

I like medium for steaks but well done for ground beef. Too many issues with ground beef for me to trust a fry cook.

[SamAdams76]

My main office is right across the street from Sparks Steakhouse in Manhattan. Yes, the same spot where a mafia boss was taken down back in 1985 (Paul Castellano). A shame they shot him going in instead of coming out. It would have been a decent last meal.

Anyway, have had a least a couple dozen steaks at Sparks as well as Smith & Wollensky a few blocks further north on 3rd Avenue and the Palm Too a block south and east of Sparks on 2nd Avenue.

Trump is in town this week for the nearby UN general assempbly - I wonder if he is at one of those three places as I write this.

[abb]

Maybe two Rye Manhattan’s?

[George from New England]

Classic place ...
Ken’s Steak House - Steak House in Framingham, MA

https://www.kenssteakhouse.com

Since 1935

Yes, the source of the salad dressings in the stores since 1941.

[SamAdams76]

I grew up in Boston area and the big steakhouse up there was the Hilltop Steakhouse in Saugus, MA - up on Route 1.

It was a HUGE place. About six massive rooms named after western towns. The lines would be a quarter mile long and all you heard in in the waiting area was "party of four - Sioux City; party of six Kansas City; party of 8 Dodge City..."

It was insane. We had THREE hour waits some nights.