Best "Casual" Steak House in the OKC metro area.

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I've about given up on steak houses. Most have a better chicken fried steak vs a ribeye.
$20 per pound USDA prime ribeye purchased at Costco cooked my way on my grill is far superior to the mass produced steaks in chain restaurants that typically come out over cooked. I like a very medium rare, with the first steak coming out with a medium to medium well cook on it.
When I point out on their menu that a medium rare is a warm red center and point at my steak which is a light gray center, its not right.
If I'm paying $40 + for a steak, it better be cooked to perfection. Meanwhile everyone is done with their dinner and I'm waiting on my replacement. Sucks.
We have not dined at Ruths Christs. It has a reputation of a fantastic steak, so will give it a shot one of these days when it's not associated with a casino like Tulsa.
 

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I've about given up on steak houses. Most have a better chicken fried steak vs a ribeye.
$20 per pound USDA prime ribeye purchased at Costco cooked my way on my grill is far superior to the mass produced steaks in chain restaurants that typically come out over cooked. I like a very medium rare, with the first steak coming out with a medium to medium well cook on it.
When I point out on their menu that a medium rare is a warm red center and point at my steak which is a light gray center, its not right.
If I'm paying $40 + for a steak, it better be cooked to perfection. Meanwhile everyone is done with their dinner and I'm waiting on my replacement. Sucks.
We have not dined at Ruths Christs. It has a reputation of a fantastic steak, so will give it a shot one of these days when it's not associated with a casino like Tulsa.
I ate a Ruth's CHRIS in Chicago one time many years ago. It was the best, and most expensive ribeye I've ever had.

Fortunately it was on the company's dime.

The second best steak ever was at Morton's of Chicago, in Houston, once again on the company's dime, and the best service I've ever had in a restaurant.
 

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I've about given up on steak houses. Most have a better chicken fried steak vs a ribeye.
$20 per pound USDA prime ribeye purchased at Costco cooked my way on my grill is far superior to the mass produced steaks in chain restaurants that typically come out over cooked. I like a very medium rare, with the first steak coming out with a medium to medium well cook on it.
When I point out on their menu that a medium rare is a warm red center and point at my steak which is a light gray center, its not right.
If I'm paying $40 + for a steak, it better be cooked to perfection. Meanwhile everyone is done with their dinner and I'm waiting on my replacement. Sucks.
We have not dined at Ruths Christs. It has a reputation of a fantastic steak, so will give it a shot one of these days when it's not associated with a casino like Tulsa.
I always order last and gauge how I order my steak based on the other orders before me. If anyone orders it medium or more burnt, I order rare. If they all order medium rare or less burnt, I order medium rare. Your properly cooked steak normally ends up sitting on a hot plate while the other orders are getting good and burnt, which means yours is overcooked as well by the time it comes out.

A great steakhouse will cook it either Pittsburgh or "black and blue" which is how I cook mine at home. Everyone else gets on the medium side of medium rare.
 

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