Like most steakhouses,
Smith and Wollensky's is a power scene—a place for women and men of business to soak their stresses in red wine and beef fat. And though it's an impressive 33 years old, the space feels older, dressed in dark woods, cream tones, and soft lighting nestled into atmospheric fixtures—suggesting money as much as meat. But
unlike most steakhouses, this one can go late-night.
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"You won't find a more civilized steakhouse." Keen's Steakhouse 72 West 36th Street, New York NY 10018; map); 212-947-3636 ; keens.com Service: Friendlier than your average steakhouse Setting:An New York institution: the wood paneled walls, flourishes of Americana, and thousands...
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Peter Luger 178 Broadway, Brooklyn NY 11211; map); 718-387-7400; peterluger.com Service: Gruff, cantankerous. Would you want it any other way? Setting: 19th-century beer hall Compare to: Keen's, Old Homestead The Deal: Small steak and fries, $31.95 While the steakhouse...
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[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] I love lunch at the Tribeca location of Wolfgang's Steakhouse, a place that is very much out of my budget for evening meals. Lunch specials start at $10 for pasta, $13 for a burger, and...
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Not a Sparks steak, but quite a beauty. [Photo: Robyn Lee] Alan Richman has penned many a takedown, but his recent experience at famed steakhouse Sparks left him (and his steak) cold: The kitchen correctly prepared two of five...
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An occasional journal of a habitual restaurant diner; or, Not Eating at Home in New York. As many meals as I eat in a week, that is how many times I eat out. It's not that I can't cook—it's just...
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Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecote is a wildly popular steakhouse concept in Europe, where long lines form outside—though I am not sure you will see the same thing happening in the newly opened New York branch.
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"As a serious carnivore and lifelong Yankee-hater, I'm intrigued by NYY Steak," writes ESPN columnist Paul Lukas. He documents his evening chronologically, from phoning in the reservation at 6:45 p.m. to receiving the $302 bill at 9:49 p.m. ("clearly a...
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A disc of uni butter atop Strip House's steak. Uni, or the edible part of the sea urchin, is already decadent enough as it is. So when Strip House—the Greenwich Village steakhouse where the walls are covered with burlesque...
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The hangar steak from Artisanal. Photograph by DDanzig Jay Cheshes' piece in Time Out New York on where to eat great steak in non-steakhouses in New York got me thinking. Where would I tell people to go for a...
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