Did they go with that name because "Ruth's Retardedly Named Steak House" Was Already Taken?

Jeez, every time I hear Hannity go on all breathless with excitement about the ultimate wonderfulness of Ruth's Chris Steakhouse I think about going vegetarian.

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Awesome steaks. Wayyyyy overpriced


I thought the R word was off limits....

From your site

"While on the surface it is a silly name, if you take the time to understand the origin of the name it makes more sense. Chris Steak House opened in February 1927 in New Orleans and was purchased by Ruth Fertel in 1965. Due to name restrictions after a fire in 1977 when Ruth relocated the original, See added her name to become Ruth's Chris Steak House. As the Chris Steak House name had a 50 year history in New Orleans at that time, you just do not walk away from that."


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Yes, I read that but the name still drives me to distraction.

further down . . .

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These big steak houses selling production-line prime have not fooled me one bit. That isn't natural marbling, that's adolescent beef that's been force-fed a high-carb diet to pack on fat in order to be graded as USDA Prime.

For grins, I've been to some high-end steak houses since getting into this Fandango and frankly the beef I was served at them was, at best, mediocre.

The last place was in Chicago last month, where I had a Kansas City (bone-in NY Strip). I couldn't finish it. Positively NO flavor, ribboned with fat and (even cooked medium rare) rubbery in texture. Given the lack of flavor and loose texture of the steak, I'd be surprised if that steer was much more than 14mo old when it was slaughtered. It was a $45 steak experiment that they failed miserably.

A big bill at the end of the night doesn't necessarily mean you had a great steak.

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My Grand Dad knew how to feed 'em out and he put a GOOOOooooood steak on the table.

The feedlot stuff is as Randy portrays it, assembly line, run of the mill stuff.

I think the places like Ruth's Chris try to make up what they do NOT have in their assembly line steak, with spices and atmosphere.

My $0.02,

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And I'll bet $$ they were at least a couple of years old when they finally went to freezer camp.

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On the other hand, it does inspire some discussion, so maybe it makes sense. The steaks there are consistently good. No matter which one I've been to, I have always found everything about the meals I've had there to be the best. Of course, as someone else mentioned, they are expensive.

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As I recall they were range fat when yearlings and then fed out for quite awhile after that.

Also as I recall, he chose one to feed out quite early and weened it quite late, sort of sacrificing, well maybe not sacrifice, but possibly compromise, the quality of Momma's next calf in the bargain.

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The next time I come to Texas, I'm calling you, Randy. Id like to try one of those Rleo House of Steaks Porterhouses . . .

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Wait until late spring. Steak-wise, I'm down to my personal stash of t-bones and nobody get them except me (and mine)...plenty of nice ground and cutlets tho...

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Did the name of the restaurant have a football connotation?

Ruth Chris Steak House is good but nothing to write home over. I personally feel I cook a better steak. I found when I went I was paying for the atmosphere more then the meal. Again not bad but if anyone is ever in a city that has a Del Frisco's I would highly recommend it as it blows a Ruth Chris out of the water I think. Private Dining ~ Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse

Also there is Flemmings that does a good steak as well. Better then Ruth Chris but nowhere near as good as Del Frisco's. Next month when I am in NYC again I am looking to try a place called STK Steak House. Anyone ever try it?

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No, it was where firemen used to go between jobs.

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Yes, and the Del Frisco's I went to some years ago was different in other ways. You ordered vegetables, salad and such in portions and then shared them at the table. Kind of like eating at Grandma's on Thanksgiving. It was EXCELLENT food too, but it's been probably close to 20 years ago, so I don't even remember if I had steak.

The funny thing I remember about eating at Del Frisco's is that I had a client in town with his crew doing some development work while in our facility. I took he & the crew to Del Frisco's and the next day or two got a six figure order from them. I submitted an expense report at the end of the week, but my boss was out of town. I took the expense report to our CFO and handed it to him.

He grabbed a pen and got it touching the paper just as he saw the $350 meal. He set back in his chair and offered the paper back to me. He said my boss would have to sign it. I told him that $350 meal seemed to be worth it for the $XXX,XXX order I got. He said "GIVE ME THAT!" He ripped it out of my hand and signed it with no further discussion.

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I've always thought that was an oddly named place. Ate at the one in Phoenix a year or so ago on the invitation of a "foodie" relative who should have known better. Nice place, a good and proper cocktail. The beef was as RLeo describes. Probably better than what the average consumer of CAFO beef eats in terms of tenderness, but still young, loose textured and sweet. A bone in Ribeye, properly cooked I'll admit, and a little glop of garlic mashed potatoes was around 60 bucks. Anybody who'd pay that kind of dough for an assembly line steak on a regular basis is an idiot.

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