I mean steakhouses like House of Prime Rib in San Francisco, Hal’s in Atlanta and Bern’s in Tampa, Fla.
Every great American city has one; really great American cities have at least two or three.
This kind of steakhouse revels in dinner theater.
In House of Prime Rib, for instance, a chef in a tall, pleated paper hat pushes a steel cart stocked with the finest cuts of beef around the restaurant as if he were manning a float in a parade.
He stops so the patrons can fawn over the meat, and then dramatically carves the cut with an oversize blade.
Locations:
San Francisco, Hal’s, Atlanta, Bern’s, Tampa , Fla, Rhone