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To: Jane Long; SamAdams76; wardaddy
Keens Steakhouse is awesome. The steaks AND SIDES were the best that I had when I worked in NYC (though the last time I ate there was 2012).

ALMOST better than the food, was the decor- specifically the pipes lining the ceiling.

I know it's fashionable to hate Manhattan - and to be fair, many of the locals have earned the hate. However, it IS a cool place, and there is a small but solid underbelly of tradition and conservatism that hadn't been snuffed when I was there last (2020). In a few years, we will see if it's time to put a fork in it.

61 posted on 02/08/2022 9:25:36 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob
specifically the pipes lining the ceiling.

You mean the old style fire extinguisher system? I wonder if it even really works now?
64 posted on 02/08/2022 9:39:11 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: DoodleBob
Yes, I have been there. I really like the NYC steakhouses with the paneled wood all around and all the photos lining the walls.

I've been to Sparks and Smith & Wollensky way more often because those are near where I work. Sparks did seem to be going downhill last couple times I went. But I haven't been there in about three years.

Across the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn is the Peter Luger Steakhouse which is also highly recommended and a bucket list destination for any steak lover.

There are others. I'm not sure if it's still there but the Palm II on 2nd Ave was also pretty good and walking distance from my office.

75 posted on 02/08/2022 10:13:53 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 15 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: DoodleBob

I ate at Keens about ten years ago. We were there for the Westminster Kennel Club show at the Garden. We were staying at the Hotel Penn right around the corner across from the Garden on 7th ave.


78 posted on 02/08/2022 10:27:03 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: DoodleBob

Yes....the pipes are such a wonderful part of Keen’s history.

We’ve sat at the first table, against the left wall.

We did NOT have the mutton chop :-)

The servings are huge!


79 posted on 02/08/2022 10:31:43 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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