Owners of popular steakhouse chain 801 Chophouse file for bankruptcy with possible closures looming

Owners of popular steakhouse chain 801 Chophouse file for bankruptcy with possible closures looming

The parent company of popular steakhouse chain 801 Chophouse has filed for bankruptcy, and they may be forced to shutter various locations. On April 10, 801 Restaurant Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing the need to restructure debt and keep operating its restaurants, the Des Moines Register reported. 801 Chophouse, a chain of upscale … Read more

Outraged diner slams Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce’s ‘tourist trap’ steakhouse — ‘worst fine dining experience’

Outraged diner slams Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce’s ‘tourist trap’ steakhouse — ‘worst fine dining experience’

These Kansas City Chiefs players may be stars on the football field, but their standout status is up for debate in the restaurant space. Sports standouts Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are coming under fire after the pair’s Kansas City steakhouse, 1587 Prime, which opened in Sept. 2025, was lambasted in a recent social media … Read more

Exclusive | NYC steakhouse rolls out an ultra-decadent hot cocoa cocktail loaded with booze — for a whopping $1K

Exclusive | NYC steakhouse rolls out an ultra-decadent hot cocoa cocktail loaded with booze — for a whopping K

Get a load of this haute chocolate. Benjamin’s Steakhouse in Midtown is catering to cash-flush chocoholics with a new, ultra-decadent, three-tiered hot cocoa cocktail — and it runs customers a cool $1,000 per coupe. High prices are hopefully no obstacle to die-hard cocoa nuts. The extravagantly dubbed Versailles Velour — an opulent concoction imbued with … Read more

This super-coveted steakhouse is everything I hate about NYC restaurants — except for one thing that makes it forgivable

This super-coveted steakhouse is everything I hate about NYC restaurants — except for one thing that makes it forgivable

The Eighty Six on Bedford Street is the city’s hardest-to-penetrate new restaurant. I expected to hate everything about it. Instead, I had one of my best meals of the year. I’ve never been so happy to be wrong. The ten-table steakhouse is a pygmy amidst the city’s mammoth-size beef barns. But it packs a punch … Read more

NYC’s hottest new restaurant is a steakhouse in a train station

NYC’s hottest new restaurant is a steakhouse in a train station

Grand Central Terminal, America’s greatest railroad nexus, deserved a great American restaurant.  Brand-new Palladino’s Steak & Seafood is it. The space was sadly dark after a kitchen fire destroyed Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse seven long years ago. Now, walk past a blue millwork bourbon bar and the main dining room on the north and west balconies boasts views … Read more

Beloved steakhouse chain making comeback with refreshed rebranding

Beloved steakhouse chain making comeback with refreshed rebranding

Steakhouse chain Sizzler is making a comeback with a new, refreshed look, even as the quick-service restaurant sector continues to face a challenging environment that has prompted countless closures.  Creative agency Tavern, tasked with helping the brand reinvent itself, said the steakhouse had been a pop culture icon in the 1980s and 1990s on the West … Read more

NFL stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes’ ‘multi-sensory’ steakhouse is now taking reservations — here’s when doors officially open

NFL stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes’ ‘multi-sensory’ steakhouse is now taking reservations — here’s when doors officially open

Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are raising the steaks. The Kansas City Chiefs stars have finally announced that their highly anticipated steakhouse, 1587 Prime, will open its doors next month. Located in the Loews Kansas City Hotel, the swanky eatery will welcome customers from Sept. 17th — which also just happens to be Mahomes’ 30th … Read more

Long Island steakhouse opens in honor of local Revolutionary War spies dubbed ‘the CIA of the time’

Long Island steakhouse opens in honor of local Revolutionary War spies dubbed ‘the CIA of the time’

It comes with a side of spies. Long Island’s newest steakhouse is a fascinating nod to the Culper spy ring, a local group of Revolutionary War double agents whose heroic espionage efforts saved the colonial forces on multiple occasions. “As we were going through school, we learned about the spy ring and the effect it … Read more

NYC city workers have a sizzling side hustle: A $100-a-head steakhouse on demand

NYC city workers have a sizzling side hustle: A 0-a-head steakhouse on demand

They’re bringing the heat, the meat — and the clean-up duty. City employees Peter Annarumma, a firefighter at Engine 284 / Ladder 149 in Dyker Heights, and Joe Fraschilla, who works for the Department of Sanitation, have cooked up a sizzling side hustle: a steakhouse on demand. The so-called Porterhouse Party turns up with bone … Read more

Daniel Boulud has opened the best NYC steakhouse in decades

Daniel Boulud has opened the best NYC steakhouse in decades

La Tete D’Or (318 Park Avenue South) is the new king of the city’s great American steakhouses. The French name — taken from a park in owner Daniel Boulud’s hometown of Lyon — shouldn’t scare off beef lovers wary of foreign twists on their favorite protein. Boulud seamlessly marries American and French styles just as he does at … Read more

Exclusive | Is this the ‘world’s most expensive’ cranberry sauce? NYC steakhouse charging $195 a dollop this Thanksgiving

Exclusive | Is this the ‘world’s most expensive’ cranberry sauce? NYC steakhouse charging 5 a dollop this Thanksgiving

Pimp my side. New York foodies with money to burn are transferring from the gravy train to the cranberry carriage this Thanksgiving, stopping at Old Homestead Steakhouse in Manhattan’s tony Meatpacking District to sample what’s being called “the world’s most expensive” sauce — which costs an arm and a turkey leg at nearly $200 per dollop. … Read more

Woman makes disgusting discovery at steakhouse: ‘There are things moving’

Woman makes disgusting discovery at steakhouse: ‘There are things moving’

An Australian woman has shared a “disgusting” find in a steak she ordered at a restaurant, with footage showing live maggots wriggling inside the meat. The woman had headed out for a meal on Nov. 10 with her husband and son. They chose to dine at Lone Star Rib House Penrith, where depending on the … Read more

Never order this pricey cut of meat at a steakhouse, NYC chefs say — here’s what to try instead

Never order this pricey cut of meat at a steakhouse, NYC chefs say — here’s what to try instead

Don’t make this misteak. NYC chefs have beef with this popular cut of meat, insisting it’s the last one you should be ordering at a steakhouse — or any restaurant. Don’t have a cow, but these experts are going after a classic favorite, pulled from the narrow point of a tenderloin. Chefs have beef with one … Read more

Cake-gate: Private chef accuses high-end NYC steakhouse staff of eating his birthday cake

Cake-gate: Private chef accuses high-end NYC steakhouse staff of eating his birthday cake

Don’t let them eat cake! A private chef accused the staff at a Midtown steakhouse of hogging half of the cake he had baked and brought to his friend’s birthday dinner this week – a sweet betrayal the restaurant blasted as “completely false.”  In a now-viral TikTok posted Thursday, Ryan Nordheimer, 25, claimed the staff … Read more

NYC fall dining preview: Daniel Boulud’s new steakhouse heads post-COVID restaurant boom

NYC fall dining preview: Daniel Boulud’s new steakhouse heads post-COVID restaurant boom

New York’s top chefs and up-and-coming stars are betting big on the city’s continued recovery from post-COVID doldrums with a slew of new restaurants on tap for the fall. The openings – spanning all corners of Manhattan, as well as spilling over into Brooklyn and Queens – include a new French-American steakhouse in NoMad from … Read more

Louisiana nurse kicked out of steakhouse over her ‘too revealing’ outfit: ‘Really humiliated’

Louisiana nurse kicked out of steakhouse over her ‘too revealing’ outfit: ‘Really humiliated’

A Louisiana nurse was kicked out of a ritzy steakhouse she regularly frequented because management claimed her outfit was “too revealing” and violated its dress code. Y’Mine McClanahan wore a two-piece outfit — a modest floral top and a separate lengthy skirt that reached her feet — when she arrived at Stabs Prime Steak and … Read more

NYC is having a thrilling steakhouse boom — and these are the three best steaks

NYC is having a thrilling steakhouse boom — and these are the three best steaks

Vegan fare — from Eleven Madison Park’s plant-based menu to Superiority Burger’s meatless patties — may grab headlines, but when it comes to grabbing dinner, many New Yorkers just want a good steak. Restaurateurs know this and are eager to satisfy the city’s hunger for beef.   A herd of new steakhouses — with rockstar … Read more

Woman who confronted teen about miniskirt at steakhouse charged with sexual battery: ‘Your ass cheeks hanging out’

Woman who confronted teen about miniskirt at steakhouse charged with sexual battery: ‘Your ass cheeks hanging out’

A woman who confronted a teenager about her miniskirt has been charged by police. The woman, identified as 48-year-old Ida Ann Lorenzo, allegedly pulled down the teen’s skirt during the incident that later went viral on TikTok. Lorenzo was heard telling the alleged victim her “ass cheeks” were hanging out and that she could see … Read more

Famed Hamptons steakhouse The Palm lays off staff in New Year’s Day stunner

Famed Hamptons steakhouse The Palm lays off staff in New Year’s Day stunner

The iconic Palm steakhouse in East Hampton — frequented by celebs like Jon Bon Jovi, Jerry Seinfeld and Gwyneth Paltrow — said it will lay off most of its staff in a surprise New Year’s Day announcement that left stunned workers in tears, Side Dish has learned More than three dozen employees got the bad … Read more

A steakhouse promised me ‘unlimited’ sides — then charged me for them

A steakhouse promised me ‘unlimited’ sides — then charged me for them

There must be some mi-steak. A steakhouse customer has claimed that he was promised “unlimited” sides with his meal — only to discover the restaurant’s promotion was not as it seemed. The man, Mikey, who goes by @notmikeyd on TikTok, posted a video dishing about the experience that has over 670,000 views since being posted … Read more