When we’re in the mood for nice prime steak, I get some from Costco and we make it at home.
Seems as if the prices never settled back down after that big winter freeze and storm several years ago that caused the loss of a lot of cattle. Maybe exports have kept the price up, I don’t really know. What even a decent ribeye runs at a butcher shop now is what I recall paying for the same thing served to me cooked with a salad and a baked potato ten years ago. Generally speaking, other than those splurges a few times a year that I mentioned, I don’t eat steak anymore. They want too much money.
Costco’s steaks are amazing. Neither of us knows how to grill, or cares to know, so I do it on a Cuisinart electric grill. It’s delicious.
As for tipping, having been a waitress during my college years I think I tip pretty well. Base is 17%, then higher for great service.
I'll bet you're a fun date - LOL