Looks yummy. Although this is not really that much different distance wise than San Fran, for other reasons I’d prefer something in the San Fran/East Bay area.
The streak at the Flemings in Walnut Creek, though better than Ruths Chris, is still close to tasteless IMO. In Walnut Creek, Prima and Vic Stewarts are superior IMO.
I think Stark’s in Santa Rosa has come a long way since they opened, and the quality of their steaks rivals those from Alexander’s in SF. I haven’t tried any East Bay steakhouses.
Disclaimer, Alexander’s has ordered many cases of my wines, Stark’s has never ordered, but they’re my favorite two steakhouses in the area.
Too bad Napa is so far away. The New York at Cole’s Chop house melts in your mouth. It’s so big, Carrie and I split one and enjoy more of the appetizers and sides along with our wedge salad. Plus, you can bring a bottle for dinner and buy one to go with appetizers and salad and they comp the corkage. Now I’m getting hungry.
Go to Bobo’s on Lombard, order the bone in filet, if you pull up reviews, only read the reviews from people who ordered the bone in filet. It’s incredible. Definitely the best steak in SF Bay Area. Nobody else has anything like it.
I ate at Starks a couple weeks ago for the first time. The Dry Aged Rib Eye was just OK for me. It didn’t show like a Prime steak in my mind. What have you ordered?
Both “bone in filet” and “case closed” would give me pause, but since I pretty much won’t be caught dead in a steakhouse, and have little to offer here, I must just be in a bellicose troll sort of frame of mind.
Just so that nothing is lost in translation, what I am really asking is what restaurant makes the best steak? It need not be a “steakhouse”. It could even be (gag, gag) French. Some of the suggestions given so far have been helpful.