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.
I did look at the menus of those restaurants you mentioned, and they looked fantastic, in and of themselves. I’ve aways been a bit of a purist about steak. It’s the cut and the method of cooking that is most enjoyable to me, and the tenderness. I’ve never really been a big fan of them being crusted in Bleu cheese and skillet seared, or having a peppercorn sauce ladled on top, or anything like that. There are steak snobs out there who would consider me ‘pedestrian’, but the cut of beef and means of locking in the juices count the most. I’m happy with a bottle of A1, Lea & Perrins, or London Pub sauce. A potato done right, with butter, sour cream, and cracked pepper or broiled fingerling potatoes, if available. Cold Iceberg lettuce salad (OK, that’s where the Bleu cheese comes in). Hot rolls and butter. My doctor will now officially perform a mercy killing before my triglycerides do. LOL!
We need a Manhattan Steakhouse in Sparks...
We were in Manhattan for just a couple days in December, and stayed next to Gallagher’s. What do you think of them? Great views of their aging room from the sidewalk, it looked great. Thought I should try it if I get back up that way.
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Had dinner at Sparks with my one and only a year ago. Fantastic. Nobody got shot though.
