Death Of The American Steakhouse

[@pensivepenguin3000]

Chain restaurant steak is mostly crap. You gotta find a good independently operated steakhouse that really knows how to cook one up

[@meikgeik]

Or make it at home. Steak is not an upscale food. It is very easy to do at home on a $150 grill with some charcoal. Or in a cast iron pan. I have had very few steaks at restaurants better than I can make at home.

[@Oonagh72]

Want to know a weirdly good steak? Waffle House. According to my father and sister, it’s not the best cut of meat but it is tender and well seasoned. They said this after going to an expensive steakhouse. Granted all steak is generally about how you cook it, but they like their steaks medium well and Waffle House could so it without making shoe leather.

[@kla4600]

Best steaks I've ever had were at Dickie Brennan's in New Orleans. Incredible.

[@ViceCoin]

The obese customers make me lose any appetite.

[@scottgray636]

I make a better steak than the steak house and it is less than 1/3 the price.

[@ghost21501]

I love steak, but it is the last item i will order on a menu. What is the point of shelling out 35 plus dollars for something I can cook better at home for 15 to 20 dollars?

[@innernetstranger]

Especially since all you have to do to make even a crappy Walmart steak sear well is salt it, wrap it in paper towel and tin foil, and let it sit in the fridge for a few hours before it goes in your skillet

[@OMGpandemic]

@@innernetstranger Dry brine it for 20-24 hours. It's great, gives you a nice crust when you sear it.

[@sheenoreiki7843]

IQ tax bruh

[@Groobel11]

That applies to everything in your life? "Why should I buy candy when I can make it at home?" You can but it's a hassle. Also regarding the steak, maybe you haven't been to a decent steak house? I mean you should get a real decent one for that price.

[@RyneLanders]

You can out cool Out back Steakhouse at home, but you're not out cooking a trained chef at a proper high end steakhouse who does this all day, every day, and has ingredients and techniques you aren't even aware of. As the other person commented, up your game out of the average places and try some high end ones and you'll enjoy a new appreciation for a really good steak.

[@cgraham6]

My local Texas Roadhouse is routinely the busiest restaurant in the area, and that entails a lot of places. They even bought the closed Long John Silver's next door and tore it down just for the additional parking. They're not hurting for business at all.

[@gilbertflyboy]

Cholesterol

[@XianHu]

I haven't watched the video yet, but after reading the title I was thinking, "Someone should tell the three steakhouse restaurants in my town about this." All of them are busy, everytime I go by any of them.

[@gjd424]

Texas Roadhouse is great and reasonably priced! 🥩

[@spartan1010101]

That's cuz Texas Roadhouse is actually worth going to, you can get everything within $30 while other steakhouses charge like $8 per side because the steak doesn't come with any.

[@lesanjuan1]

Texas Roadhouse positions itself as a value steakhouse. It's a lot more affordable than the competition. Modern MBA did a good video on how it works a while back.

[@jljordan1]

Texas Roadhouse has been in my town for 20 years, and both locations it’s almost impossible to get a table any day of the week!

[@jaybling6687]

If you get the app, they have a waitlist set up to make it easier. My family and I would never go if not for that.

[@lorihenrytaylor4438]

And in my town it folded within a year.

[@scottgray636]

It is always busy by me too. 45 minute wait minimum, use the app.. I cook my own steaks though, buy high quality meat, thick cut, and charcoal, yummy.

[@bikeking8]

TL;DR - "We all continue to get progressively more broke" is the definitive answer, at around 9 minutes in.

[@magnusthereddidnithingwrong]

Wages don’t go up, people can’t afford nice things. If only the billionaires would realize the economy stop flowing once they have all the wealth.

[@bigtom6443]

@@magnusthereddidnithingwrongyeah they forgot to do the “trickle down” part of the economic model we were all forcibly subscribed to

[@BeyondDaX]

@@magnusthereddidnithingwrong Billlionaries don't care, they never did. Even now.

[@MadisonAtteberry]

Yeah, that, but for some, like me, I just got....well, bored of them, so went to 'unique' locations, some local, others, well, while rare, I was actually willing to drive 50 too 100+ miles to try some location I saw when I became a diver, or, just go to a Publix or some place called 'Hitchcock's' it's a grocery place in Palatka, FL that often has really thick steaks, affordable, go to another place that's....not sure if it's a local chain or not, but called the 'tea and spice exchange' buy some of their blends and just cook at home.

[@spitfiremanlizerd]

@@magnusthereddidnithingwrong Redistribute capital to the plebs and you'll just have inflation to compensate. Billionaires don't spend like the billions. Enjoy your $4000 loaf of bread.

[@KapitaenM]

Apparently, skip the salad bar and focus on bread rolls with cinnamon butter. You'll make it through financial disasters.

[@gohawks3571]

Carbs ftw!

[@kokohai6044]

as someone who’s worked at a steak house, yes all the steaks are sous vide and flavorless for $25+. you’re better off cooking one at home- butter basted with garlic and thyme

[@MisterBourgolini]

I just salt my steaks and cook it on the pan rare with some beef fat. Makes my ribeyes and New York steaks taste awesome.

[@singingchef23]

Sous vide is not the issue. I sous vide steaks at home and professionally, the issue is the quality of cattle

[@HakureiIllusion]

Audio mixing could've used another checkover on this one.

[@pensivepenguin3000]

Sounded fine to me. What was the problem?

[@HakureiIllusion]

@@pensivepenguin3000 Music was too loud at parts and too quiet in others. Borat clip was way too loud. Some voice lines were cutting off others.

[@tremorsfan]

I remember going to a steakhouse and there was a color chart for the ways of cooking steak. It went: Rare: Cool Red Center Medium Rare: Warm Red Center Medium: Warm Pink Center Medium Well: Slightly Pink Center Well Done: Order Chicken.

[@amethonys2798]

I mean the recent rise of these establishments is also probably a result of the fast food market being absolute garbage. Would I rather spend $12 or whatever for absolute garbage in a drive thru or $20 at a sit down establishment and maybe have leftovers?

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

trus.

[@andrewlalis]

Where are you spending only $20 at a sit-down place if you're also expected to tip?

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

@@andrewlalis Local familt owned places.

[@martik778]

More like $20 at a FF place and $50 at a sit down restaurant

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

@@martik778 The gap is less

[@TopFix]

In regards to that robbery that was mentioned in this video with the Ponderosa manager being killed (Vanessa Wells), after reading court documents of a 2019 appeal, apparently the proceeds from the robbery were $275, which the two killers (Lozier and Widener) spent the next day at the mall on a movie and food. They then went on with their days afterwards for 5 months as if nothing happened until they were caught. Widener, the one believed to be the gunman, was released in 2016. Lozier, at the time of the appeals documents, had a anticipated release date of March 2024 (so would be out by now). It's incredibly vile for any person to be murdered but it's just even more extra vile when you picture the image of them sitting down eating food and watching a movie that they deemed was worth someone's entire life. Absolutely vile. The fact that either would be shown mercy in regards to lessening their jail times is despicable.

[@benn454]

Welcome to 2024, where criminals are valued more highly than their victims.

[@chrissandoval7675]

i may confusing this with another robbery, but wasn't the killer a cop investigating the crime?

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

The insane part is that the robbery only nettd them $275.

[@ddc2343d]

The texas road house near me is always crazy busy.

[@lamontjohnson5810]

I live in Texas. We have Texas Roadhouse here. Strange.

[@ddc163264]

If Darden now owns Ruth's, the quality WILL plummet! Everything that this corporation touches becomes lower and just a shell.

[@markdc1145]

Their MBA’s will make sure of it.

[@kfUNC1]

They did? Those people ruin everything they acquire. Edit: I wrote this before the video finished.

[@martypoll]

Here in Thailand, Sizzler has remodels their restaurants and they look pretty nice. In Asia beef is not the preferred meat so upscale steak houses are extraordinarily expensive in a food environment where excellent food is available way below typical western prices.

[@buttonenfuego]

In the 90s we thought we were fancy going to Black Angus.

[@kmstins]

😁 I used to eat there in the 80s at their Boise location. I loved it! Yeah, we thought it was fancy. 🥩🥗🥔😄

[@patrickaker4380]

Went on a Boy Scout trip to Colorado (I lived in Michigan). There was a Black Angus there, and I never heard of it. Everyone was acting like it was some exclusive restaurant. I had no idea until later that it was not that great.

[@kmstins]

@patrickaker4380 I had moved from Pennsylvania to Idaho. I never heard of Black Angus or Sizzler before that. Boise had both, and Black Angus was fancy compared to Sizzler. 😄😉

[@RookMeAmadeus]

Back then, and even in the early 2000s, they WERE pretty good. I wouldn't necessarily say they're bad right now. Just not worth the money, like a bunch of places these days.

[@lionelhutz5137]

What about Tony Roma's?

[@nexusvideo]

I miss the cheap steaks and endless salad bar. It was always a fun family outing.

[@neoasura]

Me too, every Sunday my dad and I would go see a movie then hit up Ponderosa, I used to love the salad bar.

[@santamanone]

Go to the Golden Corral. Steaks cooked to order are on the buffet. Buffet price around $16 and change here. Add another $2 for a drink.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

I remember the Sizzler E Coli outbreak. It was only in Wisconsin at specific restaurants due to employees not watching their hands, but some people actually died including a toddler

[@arthurmartin4616]

It really is terrible when people don't watch their hands

[@kingluca7727]

@@arthurmartin4616 someone had to do it

[@brotherted9212]

You’ve made a mistake with the premise. The title should have been “The Death of the American Chain Steakhouse.” The chain versions got squeezed between ordering steak at casual dining chains on the low end, like at an Applebees or Olive Garden, and a non-chain, upscale steakhouses on the high end. Starbucks, incidentally, is being squeezed the same way, by cheaper coffee from McDonalds, Dunkin’ Donuts & 7-11-type convenience stores on one end, and boutique, unique mom & pop coffee shops on the other.

[@robertbrandywine]

This. Kirby's and Killen's are doing well where I live.

[@wmv8996]

I used to go to Sizzler as a kid. I only ever got the salad bar. Of course i didnt get salad, i got dino nuggets and covered them in lava, nacho cheese, and then got some soft serve after.

[@LumaTo]

Never had a chance to go to one. 😢

[@woodside4life]

That was the life!

[@alaguilar7446]

We still have Sizzlers in North California

[@grantorino2325]

Did you eat the Spaghetti-Os and goldfish too? 😛

[@heidij2839]

Haha same, I got red jello with coconut on top, banana chips and of course the dessert. Kids eat funny stuff

[@mrangryface]

I make my own steaks but sometimes its nice to have someone else make me a nice steak, but "sometimes" isnt often enough to keep them in business I spose

[@frankjr1284]

Steakhouses cook mostly simple things that could easily be replicated at home for much cheaper. Far better value for the money to go to an Asian restaurant where most of the dishes involve unique produce and tons of pantry ingredients that would be expensive to buy up front and sometimes a pain to shop for.

[@elwhite83]

How about the Rise and Fall on Bennigans

[@LivewireT]

Man, I remember in HS us teens would absolutely love to go out to eat at Bennigan's. Really good memories of that place.

[@CascadianExotics]

One thing not mentioned is the rise of not only Food Network, but also KZbin, and social media hosting content that shows you not only how to do it, but multiple new ways to do it, and therefore encourages people to cook more at home.

[@alexfernandez8967]

I worked at ruths for 10 years. i quit after Darden took over. Meat was never frozen until they took over.

[@corym8358]

People can't afford to eat out anymore - much less at steakhouses. The cost of 1 steak is more than an entire meal for two in the not so distant past. Not to mention the decline in service level.

[@ThatMetalheadMan]

The Texas Roadhouse in my town is always packed at dinner time,especially on weekends. I am not sure how though, all steak houses are too damn expensive now and you can grill up your own equal foods for less. Sure you have to do it yourself but its way less expensive. I do love Texas and Logan's steak houses and even remember Ryan's when it was a steakhouse,back in the day.

[@gohawks3571]

Man, I wish I wasn't sick during the pandemic. I wanted to make a backyard pub!

[@silvy3047]

Texas Roadhouse isn't expensive, that's why it's busy

[@ThatMetalheadMan]

@@silvy3047 its expensive enough,considering making it yourself is much,much cheaper

[@silvy3047]

@@ThatMetalheadMan I don't know if you've been to a grocery store recently but it is not cheaper than going to a restaurant

[@ThatMetalheadMan]

@@silvy3047 it is if you shop sales properly, it gets done here in my home.

[@thejourney1369]

Dan Blocker didn’t retire. He died before Bonanza finished its run. But his death contributed to the demise of the show. He started Bonanza steakhouses with a couple of business partners. We had one and loved it. It’s now a Japanese restaurant. Ponderosa was started by Lorne Greene and his business partners. Fun fact, Lorne Greene was a Canadian citizen. I still love to watch Bonanza in reruns, but it’s hard to believe they are all gone. Dan Blocked was so young when he died, early 40’s I believe and the show was his first major acting gig. Best Western on tv hands down.

[@someguy2135]

I enjoyed watching Dan on Bonanza. Fun fact is that I heard he was a nudist like I am. He died during gallbladder surgery. Another fact is that vegans have lower rates of gallbladder disease and the ischemic heart disease that the high levels of saturated fat in steaks and other red meats contain. The thumbnail said well done and the headline was about the death of steakhouses. Well done? I have to agree.

[@Nemo2342]

I had no idea Lone Star had passed on; I remember when that chain was everywhere when I was young.

[@LivewireT]

Yes, I was just about to comment about Lone Star. I used to work there many years ago, and they have since closed down. It was a decent place to work 🙂

[@sakurapablo671]

And yet, you can still find it here in Guam. It’s the only Lone Star Steakhouse, beside Long Horn.

[@ray73864]

Still exists here in Australia.

[@trevajct]

Lone Star name still exists in Australia but I'm guessing it's just the IP and not the original one as the place is now known as Lone Star ribhouse. Still same logo as Steakhouse but no peanuts on the floor.

[@Oja811]

When I was a kid in the 80s we had a Bonanza, but it was the fancy place you only went to for special occasions.

[@terrancebragg327]

Same here except it was Ponderosa

[@davidcox3076]

Yes! 70s and 80s, Bonanza was fine dining. You couldn't get any fancier than that.

[@tomsenior7405]

The British were long referred to as "Beefeaters". A mocking title that still lingers in reference to the Yeoman Guards, to this day. Despite the fact that Royal Navy sought out cheaply available lemons (To stave off Scurvy), our American friends preferred to call the Brits Limeys. Limes? We wish! Have you any idea how expensive Limes were back then? It is quite the compliment. Thank you for that, you wonderful Yanks.

[@greta3315]

I live the Yeoman Guards’ uniforms, very regal. And I totally love England and all things English I’m a vegetarian American Best wishes and cheers 🇬🇧🇺🇸😘

[@tomsenior7405]

@@greta3315 How very kind of you. Thank you for your high praise. First off the bat, I have been Vegetarian since I was 6 years old, so 'tis grand to hear from a fellow Herbivore, especially an American. Bully for you. It was tough facing ridicule from carnivores back in the 1970s & 80s, with constant accusations of single-handedly destroying the farming industry. Very ironic when Horse Meat turned up in Frozen Lasagna along with the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Scandal. Vegetarianism became vogue all of a sudden. I have the utmost respect for North America's achievements during the Space Race. The First Nation on Earth Founded with no State Religion. You are the envy of the World for that alone. Can you Imagine a peaceful Europe for 2,000 years without the burden of different faith systems and Monarchs, all fighting over the same god. My very best wishes to you.

[@greta3315]

⁠​⁠@@tomsenior7405 Good evening Tom. I am flattered and honored by your kind and gracious words. Thank you for your reply. I love my country but I have always dreamed of at least visiting yours. I’d love to, and maybe even staying, my dog and me. I wish you the very best. Cheers! God Save the King and God bless America.

[@mathgasm8484]

They killed themselves by quality issues and being too expensive. I can cook a better steak with a good grill and smoker.

[@sfa6742]

As a Mexican I am always told by gringos that Bistec is a mispronunciation of Beef Steak, but when I was in Italy hearing them use Bistecca it always confused me, this video helped fill in that knowledge gap, thank you

[@MrJuvefrank]

The Spanish academy is the one who is supposed to keep Spanish the same and pure over generations. Spanish is all over South America and the U.S., so it has to be protected from people who try to change it.

[@VPWedding]

I used to love the Outback, but their quality really deteriorated a few years ago. This keeps happening with restaurants: They get a bunch of regulars who go there out of habit, and then profit off of return visits until people notice. Then rebuild with a new name, and repeat.

[@pellehyltoft7771]

I am from Denmark and we got Jensens Bøfhus! A Danish steakhouse. So that is my favorit steakhouse. And we danes spell steak on danish with: steg. and the danish word: Bøf. Is Beef on English. By the way dear Weird History Food: I love this channel. 💖

[@DistantLights]

Getting a cast iron and learning yo cook my own steak (i prefer top sirloin) has been a game changer

[@aaronwalcott513]

Sustainability in beef production is called into question by beef production, not climate change. The more quantity you engineer, the less time you provide for the land to turn around. It isn't hard to figure out. The Law of Diminishing Returns is a law for a reason.

[@joannabaparileszczynska]

So, st Lawrence got grilled to death and they celebrated him by having bbq? 😅

[@gohawks3571]

It's not how I wanna go, but that's certainly the way to be commemorated! I wonder if my ashes can go into making a grill somehow 🤔

[@joannabaparileszczynska]

@ 😂😂😂

[@seanmontague8880]

I’ll have a medium well St. Lawrence sirloin, please!

[@joannabaparileszczynska]

@@seanmontague8880 😂😂😂

[@whittierwatts865]

Saint Lawrence is also the patron saint of comedy. After being roasted for hours, he reportedly told his executioners "Turn me over. This side's done!"

[@jenniferbethparishwhite688]

I don't eat animal products anymore, for health reasons, but, if you do, I will recommend Perry's Steakhouse and Taste of Texas if you're in the Greater Houston Area.

[@sakurapablo671]

Second time Guam is mentioned about our Lone Star Steak house. Which is the only one, with the only Kmart. Yet the other original restaurant I miss is Sizzler also.

[@russjensen4163]

I don't go to a a restaurant for some thing I can cook better at home.

[@benyosep5640]

I’m poor also…😊

[@tmcdowell5986]

Glad to see the chains fall on rough times. It doesn't mean the customer went away, the hedge funds do. Step up small business, we're hungry.

[@elmono6299]

Fun fact about Outback Steakhouse. Despite its Australian theme, it was actually founded by 3 American men. The Aussie theme was picked just to make it stand out. 🥩🦘🧅🐨

[@vectorwolf]

We've got a Texas Roadhouse and it does decent business, but it's also right by the interstate. Locals all go to the independent ones around town which are all better. If you want kitschy fun, there's Pinnacle Peak, which has a whole faux western town around it, an antique carousel and a stunt show a couple times a night. If you just want a good meal, there's a dozen other options.

[@anonymousm9113]

Chiming in to reiterate two things that have already been said repeatedly: steakhouses charge a premium, and a lot of us prefer cooking our own to our individual tastes. Me? I've got a pot roast that's going in the crockpot in a few hours, but for some reason I'm craving a decent steak. I group steakhouses into three categories: big chain, big budget, and buffet. I regularly ordered burgers and chicken sandwiches from the "big chain" Longhorn next to my former employer, as they were sadly the cheapest option in the area, but their steaks were just too pricy for me, so of course I'm not going to the likes of "big budget" Ruth's Chris. The buffet, with their cheap but still tasty all-you-can eat steak and more is my preferred option. Golden Corral seems to be doing okay, but I miss the heyday when Ponderosa, Bonanza, Western Sizzlin', Ryan's, Old Country, and other restaurants were thriving.

[@tankerd1847]

I think the internet and the explosion of home BBQ cooks have had a lot to do with it. Steakhouses are absurdly expensive and it only takes a little skill to do it yourself.

[@alexbelloli6758]

10:13 "after the reviewer -" was cut. what did they do?

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Someone's not previewing videos before uploading. They forgot to reinsert a piece of edited audio.

[@Gumster1001]

Came here to say this

[@silverdragon688]

I’m guessing the missing word is “Complained”

[@DanielSzilagyi]

Lots of others answered that basically they're not a good business, you can make your own home cooked steak in like 5mins and for far less. Why would anyone pay more than double?

[@hughpatrick3738]

I miss weird history guy voice.

[@feralart]

Not a fan of the steakhouse chains. Middling quality generic food that is not worth the price tag.

[@johncoffelt6645]

Dan Blocker never had the chance to retire, he died while being operated on and had to written out of his role on Bonanza

[@JBoy340a]

Buy good cuts, don't cheap out, and learn how to cook them. It will be more tender and flavorful than anything you can get in a restaurant.

[@macbomb]

Dan Blocker died and never retired. His character Hoss was the first time a real life death lead to the character passing in the series. He is also the namesake of Hoss's Steak & Seahouse.

[@novangoghmusicofficial]

I live in Los Angeles. And at least here there is no death of the steakhouse. There are tons of steakhouses here. And they’re all thriving. They’re always crowded. You have to make reservations and advance. So if they are dying, it’s not here. So I’m not sure what you’re referring to. I think it’s an exaggeration to say that there’s a death of the American steakhouse.

[@2short99]

Idk about this cause Texas Roadhouse & longhorn steakhouse is always packed even during the week sometimes.

[@kflo8634]

I went to outback steakhouse for the first time in Australia, which was hilarious to me as an American. Surprisingly, it's really popular here.

[@hamburglar83]

Chain restaurants are a scam. High end steakhouses are in a boom right now just more diversified. Spanish/japanese/korean etc.

[@Killem-Dafoe]

We goin' Sizzler. We goin' Sizzler.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

I've been to Logan's Roadhouse & Texas Roadhouse

[@lousou5030]

Because nobody wants a to order a medium rare steak and it comes out well done.

[@DSMTheEditor]

No milksteak?

[@IamAJoe]

no because that is a crime against food.

[@travismiller9586]

Boiled. And jelly beans ..raw of course..

[@sultanniazi2394]

Apart from Ruth’s, all these steakhouses are roadkills. I learnt to make steaks at home and save thousands. So easy to master a steak 🥩. Got tired of getting ripped off at steakhouses and with grills like schwank and Otto no need to go to a steak house ever.

[@harukanoe]

Pacific Dining Car didn’t survive the pandemic.

[@dma124]

Darden bought Ruth’s Chris? Well, that’s the end of THAT, for sure. Enjoyed it while it lasted..

[@cocoaorange1]

I recall the popularity of Sizzler and Ponderosa in the 70's-90's as a child and young adult. In Chicago we had a famous steak house named Ronnie's. The burgers were really good.

[@Bunny-ch2ul]

All of these lower mid-tier Applebee's-ish restaurants are all depressing and trashy.

[@TheComicRelief9001]

I haven't seen an Outback in a while, I actually thought that they were all gone. I guess Texas Roadhouse just has a stronger presence where I live, because there's two of them right down the street

[@BeyondDaX]

Nah, there is still some around including the carolinas and the west coast

[@joez.2794]

I will say Outback practiced consistency until the bitter end. The first time I was served a piece fatty gristle masquerading as a filet, I thought it was a fluke. But it was the same at every Outback, every time I tried afterwards, until I just gave up.

[@jonpirovsky]

Come to Brazil, you'll find one around every corner...

[@jonpirovsky]

Ironically, traditional Brazilian Steakhouses are disappearing in Brazil...

[@OG-Cyan]

Glad to hear Fodo de Chao is still doing well

[@markdc1145]

They had better be due to the prices they charge!

[@OG-Cyan]

@@markdc1145 Damn right!

[@jasonolszanicky4035]

Couldn't be the fact that steakhouses are overpriced. 😂

[@mylessmith8059]

You literally have the same food at home for about the same amount of wait time when you actually know how to cook, for a fraction of the price You can get a tomahawk steak at the fresh market next to me for $30, which could cost you almost $200 at some restaurants 😂

[@mdem5059]

Before I even watch it, it's because they cost so damn much. 100%. If they didn't cost $400 to feed a family of 4, I'm sure more people would go more often.

[@violentinstincts]

you got the etymology the other way around. Middle English: from Old Norse steik ; related to steikja ‘roast on a spit’ and stikna ‘be roasted’.

[@coryray8436]

And what is a spit? A STICK shoved through the meat.

[@mega408]

I haven’t eaten a steak at a restaurant for a very long time because it got so expensive, I just learned to make it myself.

[@BeeHolding]

"...after the reviewer something the manager admitted the kitchen staff did frequently."

[@BigTimeRushFan2112]

Ponderosa was the OG in my area.

[@brj_han]

The last time I was in a steakhouse, was probably 40 years ago. They sold cheap cuts of physically and chemically tenderized meat. You were way better off buying a steak from a grocery store and grilling it yourself. The salad bars were disgusting. Don't get me wrong, we probably ate at one pretty frequently, but after a while it became... old, and we just stopped going. Maybe they got better, but we found other places to eat...

[@GrocMax]

BTW, pretty much ANY 'SK......' word in modern English is Skandahoovian in origin. Sky, skull etc. There are a lot of words starting with S and another consonant that are of 'Viking' origin.

[@changkwangoh]

When I was a kid I thought chop house was where kidnapped victims got “chopped” by mobsters

[@markfortin3502]

Longhorn Steakhouse: a lesson in consistency. Perfect night out every time.

[@dubyah8824]

In Russia, you can’t really find steaks in a normal meat stall, and only imported steaks in a regular supermarket. I would buy roasts and cut my own steaks when I lived there from 2013-15.

[@josephgarcia6256]

My best friend lives in Como Mississippi, the amount of google reviews for the steakhouse on the tiny main street outstrip the population. Absolute amazing place, good service, great atmosphere and a fantastic dessert. Most chain steakhouses can't beat the energy the tiny places put out.

[@josdesouza]

Brazilian-style steakhouses were brought into existence quite by accident. A roadside restaurant suddenly received an unexpected flood of customers and the place's owner - somewhat baffled by the situation - decided to serve his patrons by directly cutting chunks of roasted meat from the spits at the tables. People actually liked the innovation and started demanding for more. And the rest is history.

[@frederickhart9140]

Dan Blocker did not retire. He died while still working on the TV Show Bonanza in 1972 at the age of 43.

[@ElishaBrouton]

Last time I went to Outback found they got machines cooking not humans cooking the steak

[@AaronSmith-kr5yf]

Unless its one of those "places to be seen" type of steakhouses, I can cook WAY better steak on my Weber than what Outback, Logans, etc offers. Publix has really good cuts of steak, but its something I don't eat very often so I don't mind paying the premium. Also I don't really like the pretentious vibe of the "places to be seen" types of restaurants, some of my favorite dining establishments are total hole in the wall places.

[@lilmoo7682]

These steakhouses still do well in upper middle class suburbs. People in rural and urban areas do not have the funds.

[@chargermopar]

I eat beef daily, but have not eaten in a restaurant for many years.

[@thegray5730]

When Gordon Ramsay showed how easy it was to make a perfect steak at home with a $20 ribeye from Kroger, I knew I'd never use my Outback reward's card again.

[@SimuLord]

When I discovered Cooking KZbin in general and Guga Foods in particular, it was game over for the brewpub near my place. Why pay $30 for a mediocre top sirloin or NY strip when I can spend $12 at Safeway for a choice-grade ribeye (or a bit more for a better quality steak, but ribeye's got plenty of good fat even at choice level) and make it perfect at home? Those videos (and some practice) taught me how to do it right every time.

[@SophiaDalke]

As painful as the cost to eat out has become, at least it's helping us recover some of these atrophied skills in the collective consciousness. Paying for the overhead of an entire building and trained staff plus the cost of food that expires and needs to get dumped is not sustainable at the level of market saturation we reached before the pandemic. But that's the nice thing about markets, they'll always figure out where equilibrium is.

[@silvy3047]

Why would I cook at home for $20 when I can go out for $25 and get more food?

[@tankerd1847]

@@silvy3047 You're not going to get a ribeye at a restaurant anywhere near the price of it at the grocery store. $25 at a steakhouse is going to get you the worst steak they sell and mashed potatoes.

[@spacepeanut8993]

Dan Blocker didn't retire. He Died.

[@edhardesty352]

Oh man, I feel old for remembering these commercials!

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

We still have the first Sizzler here in LA over in Culver City. My goto when I want that classic taste.

[@Andrew.J.Markle]

Last time I went to outback my steak was so fkn salty I thought they were trying to make sure nothing grew in Carthage again

[@goldwinger5434]

Dan Blocker never retired He died during the run of Bonanza. Bonanza started in 1963, Blocker died in 1972.

[@MrJuvefrank]

Bonanza was on the air from 1959 to 1973. The producer considered asking Pernell Roberts to rejoin the show, but decided it was time for that long running western to come to an end.

[@emirlacoste1724]

Almost dropped my steak when I saw Jollibee on the lists of fastest growing restaurant brands.

[@DRAKKENFIRE22]

Terra Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse is our favorite!

[@shrapmetal]

I like Texas Roadhouse. Quality has gone down a bit. Steaks are thinner and harder to get right at medium rare than they use to be a few years back, but I still enjoy it once in a while.

[@Patrick-nv5ug]

Steak houses in Waikiki sometimes require reservations a week in advance.

[@surfstarcc1]

Texas Roadhouse and LongHorn steakhouse are absolutely slammed everyday in my area of Florida.

[@Watchingfromthelambongs]

What brought them down was not their steaks, but the veggies, fish, fraud and trend.

[@TheOis1984]

2:00 a little trivia about st Lawrence. when he was grilled for a few minutes, he morbidly joked, "don't forget, the other side is still not done."

[@jcastro953]

Hafa adai Lonestar! Love seeing Guam get a shout out :)