“I’d certainly agree with Bern’s. Not only is the steak amd seafood superb, the atmosphere is great and their wine list is probably the best in the US. I believe their wine cellar holds the largest privately owned wine collection in the US.”
Didn’t bother reading the article. I’ll eventually go there and look at the steak houses only because I am guessing in my travels I ate at most of them.
If Bern’s is the place where on the menu it tells you what each cooking time means (I think there was one for 4 seconds on each side) the restaurant is incredible. I am assuming that is the place, because I took the wine tour and went upstairs in that little room for dessert.
Peter Luger. It’s to steak what Pine Valley in NJ is to golf.
There was a steakhouse in Madison WI I went to many years ago that had christmas lights strewn about. The steak was fabulous. Could have been Smoky’s.
Pappas in Dallas. Them and Taste of Texas in Houston have great steaks. Pappas allowed us to smoke cigars when I went there. Real man’s steak joint.
Old Homestead - Borgata Hotel in AC. Also, great steak. I think it is better than the one in NYC. But ambiance wise, NYC rules.
The Embers - Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Don’t know if it is there anymore. They had a meat market attached to it. Best NY strip anywhere.
Bones - Atlanta. When I was there, we had 12 people at the table. They did a great job getting us our steaks and sides together. Delicious.
Chicago Chop House. Chicago. Some prefer Gene and Georgetti. I like the Chop House twice cooked potato.
Honorable mentions:
Shulas
Little Rhein - San Antonio
Pick a real steakhouse in NYC.
I don’t recall seeing the cooking times, we ate there quite a while ago — but yes, that’s the place where you move to a different room for your dessert.
And when we visited years ago, we learned that the waitstaff is on a 1 year training period, where they wear a slightly different outfit from the regular staff and make sure they’re completely knowledgeable and professional, before they let them run tables by themselves.