OT - best steakhouse in FW?

[PO Frog]

Well, I don’t gamble much, so I gotta have something to do when I’m not the one in there eating.

So you go to Vegas and are either eating or watching others eat?

 

[PO Frog]

Gross. Highly overrated is an understatement. Unless you like a chewy, soggy piece of subpar meat.

If you’re going to drive west for a chicken fried steak, drive past that dump til you get to The Beehive in Albany.

Their steak is pretty damn good too.

 

[Peacefrog]

Absolute best steak I ever had was at Red Ash in Austin. If you have the opportunity take it and get a bone in filet. Town Hearth in Dallas cooks over an open wood fired grill like Red Ash but doesn’t do it nearly as well.

 

[SnoSki]

And since I’ve gone on a steakhouse rant, I figured I’d share my favorite steakhouse experience I’ve ever had:

Hall’s Chophouse in Charleston, SC. All around incredible experience, but the steak was simply on another level.

Will be back Charleston next month for a wedding and can’t wait to go back.

Co-sign on Hall's in Charleston. Maybe the best meal I have ever eaten. Bone-in ribeye to die for.

 

[froginmn]

Well, I don’t gamble much, so I gotta have something to do when I’m not the one in there eating.

Read this wrong the first time.

I hope.

 

[SnoSki]

Yountville May be the best collection of outstanding restaurants in the smallest area anywhere.

Have you been to Waco? Specifically, the area near the Omni?

 

[SnoSki]

Best steak I’ve ever had was 10 years ago at Bally’s Steakhouse, of all places. I understand it closed 5 or 6 years ago and Bally’s Casino allowed an outside restaurant to occupy that space.

The best Vegas steak, IMHO, is Delmonico inside The Venetian. Close second to The SW Steakhouse at The Wynn.

 

[stbrab]

In the US, I’d go with NYC, Vegas and San Fran/Napa/Yountville. DC is also good if you include northern virginia. My family in Oregon swear by Portland (and to a lesser extent, Seattle), both of which I’ll be checking out later this year. My personal favorites are Santa Fe and New Orleans, though both are slipping, and kinda fast.

Now cue TCUownstheBig12 to discuss Chicago.

Suggestions for Napa and Yountville? We’re going in a couple of weeks.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Trying to remember, but I don’t think I’ve ever had a steak in Vegas.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Suggestions for Napa and Yountville? We’re going in a couple of weeks.

Ad Hoc and Rutherford Grill come to mind.

Plan A is to beat up somebody and steal their reservation to French Laundry. Plan B is the same as Plan A, but with more remorse.

 

[Bob Sugar]

stbrab, Sent you a PM. Ad Hoc is one of the best meals I have had in a long time. Rutherford Grill is owned by Hillstone and has many of the same menu item as Houston's.

 

[Peacefrog]

Suggestions for Napa and Yountville? We’re going in a couple of weeks.

I third the Ad Hoc rec. I would add Farmstead in Saint Helena as well. Both are fanfeakingtastic.

Also if you need a quick meal stop by Gott’s Roadside. The burgers are great. The tuna poke tacos are killer.

 

[Peacefrog]

Ad Hoc and Rutherford Grill come to mind.

Plan A is to beat up somebody and steal their reservation to French Laundry. Plan B is the same as Plan A, but with more remorse.

I have a good French Laundry story to tell you sometime. Too long to type out. Because lazy.

 

[Bob Sugar]

I third the Ad Hoc rec. I would add Farmstead in Saint Helena as well. Both are fanfeakingtastic.

Also if you need a quick meal stop by Gott’s Roadside. The burgers are great. The tuna poke tacos are killer.

Agree on both Gott's and Farmstead.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

I have a good French Laundry story to tell you sometime. Too long to type out. Because lazy.

Do tell, sometime.

 

[BABYFACE]

I have a good French Laundry story to tell you sometime. Too long to type out. Because lazy.

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[Peacefrog]

Suggestions for Napa and Yountville? We’re going in a couple of weeks.

Also if you want off the beaten path winery recommendations let me know.

 

[MAcFroggy]

Suggestions for Napa and Yountville? We’re going in a couple of weeks.

If you can afford and somehow manage to get a reservation, then the French Laundry. The food is unbelievably good (best meal I have ever had), and the service is even better. I have done both the meal with wine pairing and meal without wine pairing. The wine pairing is a little much, IMO.

Mustard's is a great meal too. Don't even look at the menu; just order to pork chop. It is unbelievably good.

Other people will probably have better winery recommendations, but I think the Viader winery is great. They have good wine and an absolutely stunning view.

 

[Pharm Frog]

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@Chongo94 Do you have a story too?

 

[Big Frog II]

Of course we are all just fooling ourselves and Froginmn. If he truly wants a great meal, he needs to drive south to Waco. That it where all the best restaurants are located.