# Steakhouse

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{{short description|Restaurant specializing in steaks}}
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A '''steakhouse''', '''steak house''', or '''chophouse''' is a restaurant that specializes in [steak](/source/steak)s<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-14 |title=Definition of STEAK HOUSE |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steak%20house |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> and [chops](/source/Meat_chop). Modern steakhouses may also carry other cuts of meat including [poultry](/source/poultry), [roast prime rib](/source/Standing_rib_roast), and [veal](/source/veal), as well as [fish](/source/fish) and other [seafood](/source/seafood).

==History==
Chophouses started in [London](/source/London) in the 1690s and served individual portions of meat, known as [chops](/source/meat_chop).<ref>{{cite news|author=Davidson, Alan|work=[Oxford Companion to Food](/source/Oxford_Companion_to_Food)|title=Chop}}</ref> The traditional nature of the food served was zealously maintained through the later 19th century despite the new cooking styles from the [Continent](/source/Continental_Europe), which were becoming fashionable. The houses were normally open only for men.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danddlondon.com/article/the-chop-house-tradition/616 |title=The chop house tradition |website=danddlondon.com|publisher=The Artful Diner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111230947/http://www.danddlondon.com/article/the-chop-house-tradition/616 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 }}</ref> Until closing in 2022,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coren |first=Giles |title=Scrooge is alive and operating from Bermuda |newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/scrooge-is-alive-and-operating-from-bermuda-kh78g9tt6 |access-date=2025-07-11 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='London's oldest chophouse' says it was forced to shut down by its billionaire landlord demanding back payments for lockdown rent |url=https://fortune.com/2022/11/04/londons-oldest-chophouse-simpsons-rodney-sacks-monster-beverage-energy-rent-dispute-billionaire/ |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> the oldest chophouse in London, [Simpson's Tavern](/source/Simpson's_Tavern) was regarded as an institution, and retained its 19th century decor. 

The steakhouse started in the United States in the mid-19th century as a development from traditional inns and bars.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/raisingsteakslif00fuss |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/raisingsteakslif00fuss/page/287 287] |title=Raising steaks: the life and times of American beef |year=2008 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |author=Fussell, Betty|isbn=9780151012022 }}</ref> Steakhouses can be casual or formal fine-dining restaurants.

The oldest continuously operating steakhouse in the United States is the [Old Homestead Steakhouse](/source/Old_Homestead_Steakhouse) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), established in 1868. Prior to that, there were chophouses in New York City such as Cobweb Hall, owned by David Pattullo, which was known for its [mutton](/source/mutton) chops and offered additional menu options such as [beefsteak](/source/beefsteak)s, lamb kidneys, [bacon](/source/bacon), and [potato](/source/potato)es.<ref name="hist_ARar">{{Cite web| title = A Rare History of the Steakhouse| author = Butler, Stephanie| website= HISTORY| date = October 24, 2014| access-date = 27 November 2018| url = https://www.history.com/news/a-rare-history-of-the-steakhouse}}</ref>

Today, steakhouses are found throughout the US.<ref name="hist_ARar2">{{Cite web| title = Best Steakhouses in Atlanta in 2020| author = Johnson, Craig| website= ATLANTAFI| date =January 17, 2020| access-date = 27 August 2020| url = https://atlantafi.com/best-steakhouses-in-atlanta/}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [Café de Paris sauce](/source/Caf%C3%A9_de_Paris_sauce)
* [Churrascaria](/source/Churrascaria)
* [List of steakhouses](/source/List_of_steakhouses)
* [Seafood restaurant](/source/Seafood_restaurant)
* [Steak frites](/source/Steak_frites)

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Category:Steakhouses
Category:Restaurants by type

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