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The Best Steakhouses in America

The Best Steakhouses in America

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Angus Barn

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Bazaar Meat

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Bern's Steak House

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Buffalo Block Prime Steakhouse

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Carnevor

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Cattlemen's Steakhouse

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Cavalryman Steakhouse

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Chi Spacca

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The Committee Chophouse

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The Continental

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Cote

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Cut by Wolfgang Puck

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Doe's Eat Place

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George's Steak Pit

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John Howie Steak

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Keens Steakhouse

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Kevin Rathbun Steak

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Killen's Steakhouse

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London Chop House

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Murray's

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Niku Steakhouse

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Old Homestead Steakhouse

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Perini Ranch Steakhouse

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Porter House Bar & Grill

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RPM Steak

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Ruth's Chris Steak House

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St. Elmo Steak House

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Sperry's Restaurant

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Stock Hill

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The Stockyards

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Angus Barn
Bazaar Meat
Bern's Steak House
Buffalo Block Prime Steakhouse
Carnevor
Cattlemen's Steakhouse
Cavalryman Steakhouse
Chi Spacca
The Committee Chophouse
The Continental
Cote
Cut by Wolfgang Puck
Doe's Eat Place
George's Steak Pit
John Howie Steak
Keens Steakhouse
Kevin Rathbun Steak
Killen's Steakhouse
London Chop House
Murray's
Niku Steakhouse
Old Homestead Steakhouse
Perini Ranch Steakhouse
Porter House Bar & Grill
RPM Steak
Ruth's Chris Steak House
St. Elmo Steak House
Sperry's Restaurant
Stock Hill
The Stockyards

Steakhouses are definitively North American — the churrascarias of South America, while certainly steakhouses of a sort, are a thing apart, with a different kind of service, a different sensibility, different cuts of meat, etc. — and have long been among the most consistent and high-quality eating places in the U.S.

For scores of years in cities all around the country, dating back long before the culinary revolutions that brought imaginative America cuisine to the fore in the latter 20th century, they were often the best restaurants in town. You could be assured of comfortable surroundings, capable service (usually), a good martini, fresh salads, a choice of oysters, simple seafood if you wanted it, an array of steaks based on top-quality beef, lots of potato offerings and other side dishes, and almost always a wine list with good, food-appropriate choices.

Today, we have so many other kinds of places to eat that we might expect steakhouses to seem old-fashioned and to have been pushed to the margins of the food scene. However, the opposite is true. The data site IBISWorld reports that U.S. steakhouses recorded revenues of $7.9 billion between 2019 and mid-2024, up 3.6% (an increase that would surely have been higher had it not been for the pandemic). And celebrity chefs have gotten into the game, including Wolfgang Puck, José Andrés, Charlie Palmer, Bobby Flay, Michael Mina, and many more.

To assemble a list of the best steakhouses in America, 24/7 Tempo reviewed numerous local and regional dining and lifestyle sites and consulted listings by the Guide Michelin, The World's Greatest Steakhouses, and other sources. Steakhouses are not ranked, but are listed alphabetically. (You'll find many — but not all — of these places on our recent listing of the best steakhouse in every state.)

The truth is, though, that choosing just a small number of steakhouses out of the many in the U.S. — some estimates put the total number at almost 16,000 — is a particularly difficult task because there are so few examples that don't merit recognition. Even the big chains — like Ruth's Chris, Capital Grille, Morton's, Smith & Wollensky, Fleming's, The Palm — deliver terrific food at prices no higher than you'd pay at any other upscale restaurant. With a few exceptions, the places listed here, however, are independents or belong to small restaurant groups.

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