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Posted: **January 27, 2006 7:35 am**

I am a steak princess. When I was younger my dad only ever bought the absolute best cuts, then marinated it, grilled to perfection and cut all the fat off, then we ate it. When he died and I ordered a steak at a restaurant, I nearly cried. I've learned I can only ever get steak at the three places below. Anywhere else I get a burger.

In this order:

1. Ruths Chris
2. Flemings
3. Outback

Tried Morton's...service was good but Outback's got a better steak than I had there. Maybe I went on an off night.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 9:28 am**

SharkOnLand wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:I have yet to find any place that beats a good chunk-o-Bambi on a searing hot cast iron fry pan in my kitchen.
Bambi was a male deer. Usually the females are better meat.

Nah.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 9:32 am**

RinglingRingling wrote:
OceanCityGirl wrote:I also can't get over that in Chicago they have something called a Buttsteak on the menu. Whenever we'd go to a place with that I'd just get the giggles over it. And their steakhouses serve serving sizes that are like well i don't know, just ridiculously huge.
Those are gluteous maximi cut from aldermen who got too greedy at the trough...

Chicago living sure is different then anywhere else in the world. HAHA. My bil works for the city out there on the road dept. Can you imagine how much politiician butt he has to kiss to keep that prime job.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 12:16 pm**

Morton's, Ruths Chris, etc don't hold a candle to my husband's meat!

My husband never scrimps on a good cut of beef, always buys Prime. (It's true what they say about becoming friends with your butcher.) We usually get the extra fat cap if we're going to keep the prime rib whole. Sometimes we'll slice up a 14 lb roast into 7 - 10 "mini roasts" depending on how many people are over for dinner. They end up being 2 - 3 1/2 inches thick. After letting the steaks rest he puts them in the smoker for a couple hours then onto the most amazingly hot fire (CHARCOAL ONLY) you can imagine. Burns the arm hairs. GBD! Golden Brown & Delicious!

Never had a better steak in a restaurant. A close second was a pan seared rib eye Austin's at Texas Station in North Vegas. They make a gravy, actually it's more of a reduction sauce, out of the juices in the pan.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 12:35 pm**

ph4ever wrote:

Big Texan Steak Ranch
72oz. Steak Facts and Stats

Nearly 6,200 people have succeeded in eating the 72oz. steak (since 1960).

Almost 37,000 people have attempted to consume the free 72oz. steak (since 1960).

Approximately two women each year successfully eat the steak of the 4 or 5 who try. About 50% of the women who try are successful.

Richard LaFeare chomped his way through 2 steaks on the "Donny & Marie Osmond Show" in 2000.

Frank Pastore, a professional pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, ate the complete steak dinner in a record that still stands today of just 9½ minutes back in May of 1987. This was Frank's 7th and fastest time to complete the steak contest in 11 years of running to spring training in Florida.

The oldest person to eat the steak was a 69-year-old grandmother; the youngest, an 11-year old boy.

Klondike Bill, a professional wrestler, consumed two complete dinners in the one hour time limit back in the 1960s.

So how much is the steak if you CAN'T eat it in an hour?

Posted: **January 27, 2006 12:37 pm**

ph4ever wrote:

Big Texan Steak Ranch
72oz. Steak Facts and Stats
The oldest person to eat the steak was a 69-year-old grandmother; the youngest, an 11-year old boy.

I wonder how much that 11 year old boy weighs today.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 12:42 pm**

LIPH wrote:
ph4ever wrote:

Big Texan Steak Ranch
72oz. Steak Facts and Stats
The oldest person to eat the steak was a 69-year-old grandmother; the youngest, an 11-year old boy.
I wonder how much that 11 year old boy weighs today.

4.5 pounds more than when he walked in the door.. at least.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 12:44 pm**

LIPH wrote:
ph4ever wrote:

Big Texan Steak Ranch
72oz. Steak Facts and Stats
The oldest person to eat the steak was a 69-year-old grandmother; the youngest, an 11-year old boy.
I wonder how much that 11 year old boy weighs today.

I know a guy who weights close to 330 pounds. A couple years ago he was going to San Antonnio to visit some family members, and told me he intended to stop at that place on the way. I told him he'd better be careful. He said to me not to worry because no matter how much he eats, he never gains a pound.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 12:48 pm**

Been to several Ruth's Chris and Morton's and never had a bad meal but overall I agree they're probably overrated.

Best cut of beef I ever had was definitely Shula's in Tampa

menu is on a football you toss around the table and the place is a shrine to the '72 Fins. The food was incredible and the service was impeccable

Posted: **January 27, 2006 12:57 pm**

Anyone else ever been to Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse in New Orleans? Best steak I've ever had. They're reopening in April, i may have to go back.
I don't care for Ruth's Chris (also started in New Orleans), but I will certainly got to The Palm or Morton's.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 1:00 pm**

ph4ever wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
ph4ever wrote:I can't believe no one from Texas has mentioned Hoffbrau in Ft Worth. YUMMY!!!
What's the place in Amarillo that will GIVE their customers a 72 ounce steak FREE if they can eat it in an hour?
I don't think even I could handle that.

Big Texan Steak Ranch
72oz. Steak Facts and Stats

Nearly 6,200 people have succeeded in eating the 72oz. steak (since 1960).

Almost 37,000 people have attempted to consume the free 72oz. steak (since 1960).

Approximately two women each year successfully eat the steak of the 4 or 5 who try. About 50% of the women who try are successful.

Richard LaFeare chomped his way through 2 steaks on the "Donny & Marie Osmond Show" in 2000.

Frank Pastore, a professional pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, ate the complete steak dinner in a record that still stands today of just 9½ minutes back in May of 1987. This was Frank's 7th and fastest time to complete the steak contest in 11 years of running to spring training in Florida.

The oldest person to eat the steak was a 69-year-old grandmother; the youngest, an 11-year old boy.

Klondike Bill, a professional wrestler, consumed two complete dinners in the one hour time limit back in the 1960s.

If you order the DVD for Growing A Beard, an excellent documentary about Shamrock, TX where they have a contest every year to see who can grow the best looking Donegal beard between New Year's Day and St. Patrick's Day, it also includes a featurette on this steakhouse called The 72 Oz. Steak. Soundtrack to the main feature provided by Austin's The Gourds. Great movie, great soundtrack.

More info here:

http://growingabeard.com

Posted: **January 27, 2006 1:06 pm**

I want steak.

Now.

And crab legs.

Yummmmm.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 1:09 pm**

You can keep the steak, I want to grow a beard.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 2:31 pm**

Been to Flemings, Ruth's Chris, Mortons and The Capital Grille but, IMHO, none of them was as good as Peter Lugars.

Gonna try Abe & Louie's on Sunday (before the B.B. King concert) so I'll be able to compare that one as well.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 2:35 pm**

LIPH wrote:You can keep the steak, I want to grow a beard.

already done it.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 2:40 pm**

Caribbean Soul wrote:Been to Flemings, Ruth's Chris, Mortons and The Capital Grille but, IMHO, none of them was as good as Peter Lugars. Gonna try Abe & Louie's on Sunday (before the B.B. King concert) so I'll be able to compare that one as well.

I live right near the Abe and Louie's on Boylston Street so I frequent it a lot. If you get a salad try the Abe and Louie's salad (lettuce, apples, pistachio nuts, blue cheese, and Dijon vinaigrette) it is so good, also can't go wrong with the NY Sirloin.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 2:42 pm**

Sounds good ... thanks for the tip!

Posted: **January 27, 2006 2:43 pm**

What street is Peter Luger's on? I'll be in NY for business and I need to try this place. I was at the Capital Grille on 42nd street last week and got a so so piece of meat.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 2:51 pm**

The one I know is out on the Island, in Great Neck ... I think they have one in Brooklyn too. As far as I know there is not one in Manhattan.

Posted: **January 27, 2006 2:55 pm**

Caribbean Soul wrote:The one I know is out on the Island, in Great Neck ... I think they have one in Brooklyn too. As far as I know there is not one in Manhattan.

Brooklyn isn't too far. If you guys are telling me it's worth it, then I'll make the drive out there.

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