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"At the Prime Rib, it's always 1965 - the year it opened. The leopard-print dining room looks like George Steinbrenner's private club.
The waiters wear tuxes. And the kitchen roasts the majestic prime rib on the bone, its collar fat
suffused into the inner layer, the core of rose red, all of it giving off the intoxicating aroma of old money."
"The 20 Best Steaks in America" by John Mariani
Esquire Magazine
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2020 K St. NW
Washington, DC
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202-466-8811 |
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“Deals get done over a nice, juicy” namesake cut of beef that’s the “size of a sofa” along with a “can’t-be-beat” wine list at this Golden Triangle branch of the “swanky” steakhouse chain; the “grand supper club” setting – “leopard-print, chrome, black leather”, a baby grand piano and bass; hipsters might call it a “stuffy” “time warp”, but traditionalists say it’s “the last vestige of civilization in an age of casual-gone-amok.”
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1101 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore, MD
21202
410-539-1804 |
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“Take your credit card and somebody sexy” to this “place to go in your little black dress” for a night of red meat and romance; “satisfying your ravenous appetite” with “gargantuan cuts” “served by tuxedoed waiters in the plush”, if “faded, glory” of “leopard print and mirrors” at Baltimore’s Top steakhouse, you expect the “Rat Pack to walk in any moment” to jam with the “excellent jazz” musicians; reservations are strongly recommended, though they’re “not great” at honoring times on “crazy Saturdays.”
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1701 Locust St.
Philadelphia, PA
19103
215-772-1701 |
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If you’re primed for a “Flintstones-size slab” of “tender, flavorful” beef, “step back in time” to this “carnivore’s dream-come-true” in Center City’s Warwick Hotel, a “luxe”, “swanky” chain link “reminiscent of ’40s supper clubs”; live piano music “makes it even more special” and well-trained, tuxedoed attendants “set a high bar for service”, though a few recalcitrant razzers rib it’s “stodgy” and “starchy.”
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"You
can almost imagine yourselves as Nick and Nora Charles of
The Thin Man films, trading quips over dry martinis at The
Prime Rib. With its black walls trimmed in gold, its naughty
lithographs, its leopard-print rug and its tuxedoed maitre
d', this restaurant evokes an early forties Manhattan supper
club."
Washington Times
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Photo Courtesy of Denise Prichett
Baltimore, Md. – for the second time this fall, Baltimore’s The Prime Rib has earned a national distinction as one of the top 10 steakhouses in the country. The most recent selection came from GAYOT.com, a national online source for a “guide to the good life.” This follows Esquire Magazine’s naming of The Prime Rib as one of the top 20 steaks in the country.
“When the strip steak comes, it will be lush, dry-aged and seared to a caramelized finish…and the prime rib, heaped with fresh horseradish, will drape cunningly across the plate,” read the GAYOT review. “This is straight-up American steakhouse dining, and there’s not much that can top it.”
GAYOT.com is a professional resource on dining and travel for an international readership. GAYOT.com was launched in 2002 with rated restaurant reviews and has since expanded to include hotels, wine, spas, movies, automobiles, cookbooks, fashion and aviation and contemporary culture written by a team of savvy restaurant critics and food, travel and lifestyle experts.
The Prime Rib was founded in 1965 by famed restaurateur Buzz Beler who later opened restaurants in Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Over the years, The Prime Rib has earned numerous awards including Best of Baltimore by Baltimore Magazine, a Zagat rating as the #1 steakhouse in Baltimore, DC, and Philadelphia, one of the top five romantic restaurants in the U.S. by Food and Wine Magazine, and an Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator Magazine.
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