Ripoffs at high end steak houses

[JEDI]

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2013/09/13/7-deadly-steakhouse-sins/?hpt=hp_c3

There is no chef, no recipes for the most part, and little in the way of service or sexiness here. The steak house takes the approach, crude indeed but honest, that a man is essentially a bag for putting meat into.

1) 'Prime' meat isn't
2) dry aged meat -> mold issues because they cram too many steaks into a limited area
3) Steak house meat is so often and so brutally burned that the places aren’t even ashamed of it! They advertise images of steaks that are half black and half gray

4) The Up-sell -> wine from a ghetto liquor store at nose bleed pricing

5) slathering “meh” meat with butter or suet to make it taste better.
ie: steakhouse in Brooklyn,ny next to a bridge. (anyone know which one?)

edit: Peter Luger Steakhouse

6) Swindle -> 3 pieces of store bought bacon for $9
also from the same steakhouse next to a bridge in Brooklyn,ny

7) Steakterfuge -> Ribeye steaks w/o the ribeye cap
or porterhouses from the very end of the loin, with enormous gristly nerves disfiguring their strip loin sections

 

[Dirigible]

5) slathering “meh” meat with butter or suet to make it taste better.
ie: steakhouse in Brooklyn,ny next to a bridge. (anyone know which one?)
Williamsburg???

Peter Luger

 

[yh125d]

That's why I loved growing up in Oklahoma. Beef is cheap and pretty good. My moms family keeps a herd of around 80 head of cattle I think, butcher a few a year and we all have as much steak/alternator sized briskets as we can carry. It may not be Kobe, but a good sirloin down here is as good as most ribeyes from a middle of the road steakhouse.

A good club is my cut of choice

 

[Gibsons]

 

[MontyAC]

Peter Luger

My son got food poison from them years ago.

 

[brianmanahan]

well yeah, those places are a major ripoff. if its > 20$ for a meal then i aint eating it.

 

[LegendKiller]

I was just having this discussion with my brother today. I *HATE* going to most steak restaurants. Most times the steak is done terribly, it is either too done or not done enough. It's either too salty or bland tasting. It's either incredibly dry or too fatty. You can get good cuts of meat for 1/4 the price of a usual restaurant and just cook it up on your own.

I've been to all sorts of steak places all over the country and it is all the same.

 

[MontyAC]

I rather get some prime steaks from Costco and grill them.

 

[OCGuy]

Haha......I have had some over-priced steak, but that information just reeks of bitterness.

There are awesome steaks at the right places. I've never seen one burnt, and I promise you the wine wasn't purchased at a liquor store.

 

[SlitheryDee]

How come I always know who starts these threads before I see the username? Relax man, only some businesses are out to get you. I'm not telling you which ones though.

 

[Ns1]

3) Steak house meat is so often and so brutally burned that the places aren’t even ashamed of it! They advertise images of steaks that are half black and half gray

If I'm paying $60 for a steak and it comes out fucked up, it's going back.

 

[OCGuy]

If I'm paying $60 for a steak and it comes out fucked up, it's going back.

Yep. And what fucking real steak house advertises?

 

[KlokWyze]

All restaurants are "overpriced". You are paying for the food to be prepared and brought to you. Granted, some places like to keep their food costs low to maximize profit, but that's your job as a consumer to decide where to go.

 

[lxskllr]

Fuck steak. I'd rather have a bacon cheeseburger from the local pub. 800% of the enjoyment at 10% of the cost.

 

[Ns1]

Yep. And what fucking real steak house advertises?

They don't advertise on radio/tv, that's for sure.

 

[Mixolydian]

lol.

that is all.

 

[waggy]

I have been to sopposdely high end steak joints and wasn't impressed. best one i have had was texas roadhouse and even then it was ok.

though i want to go to one place in chicago. sopposed to be one of the best around

 

[ultimatebob]

Hey now... Peter Luger's thick cut bacon is some tasty business. After eating it, it's tough to go back to that flimsy crap that most places serve for breakfast.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Just grill your own steak.

 

[ultimatebob]

Just grill your own steak.

I do, but they aren't as good as Peter Luger's. It's tough to find good prime beef at a grocery store, let alone dry aged beef.

 

[OCGuy]

Anyone who says they can grill their own steak as good as you can get at a high-end Steakhouse is fooling themselves.

 

[Markbnj]

Haha......I have had some over-priced steak, but that information just reeks of bitterness.

There are awesome steaks at the right places. I've never seen one burnt, and I promise you the wine wasn't purchased at a liquor store.

This. I have been to some mediocre ones, but when it is good, man it's really good. Some places where I have had an awesome steak: Del Frisco, Las Vegas; Morton's, Chicago; Morton's, San Francisco; The Post House, NYC; Smith & Wolensky, NYC; BLT Steak, NYC; The Capitol Grille, Charlotte; The Palms, Orlando; Chops, Atlanta.

Lots of lower cost ones as well: Arthur's in Morristown, NJ; the Red Wolfe Inn in Belvidere, NJ. I don't think a great steak _has_ to cost $35 a la carte, but that doesn't mean every steak that costs $35 a la carte is a terrible steak.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

I do, but they aren't as good as Peter Luger's. It's tough to find good prime beef at a grocery store, let alone dry aged beef.

You aren't going to find it at the vast majority of grocery stores. You have to order it from the same sort of places that the steakhouses do.

http://debragga.com/

 

[Ns1]

Just grill your own steak.

Cooking technique is only half of it - I mean let's be real, which one of us AT gangsters have IR grills that go up to 1600'?

The other half is meat quality - wet/dry aged beef (and other similar tiers) are $20-80/lb. Me personally, I don't have the balls to cook a $40 steak cuz if I fuck it up, I have nobody to blame but myself. If I go to a high end steakhouse, they will provide me a $80 steak cooked to my specifications, or keep trying until they get it right.

I have never had to send back a steak, but I also don't eat at Outback.

 

[ultimatebob]

You aren't going to find it at the vast majority of grocery stores. You have to order it from the same sort of places that the steakhouses do.

http://debragga.com/

Holy crap... they have authentic Japanese Wagyu beef. I didn't even know that they exported that stuff.