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Texans are known for their steakhouses, whether for the size or taste of the steak. In most cases, Texas steakhouses hit the mark on both. - It may or may not be a good steak. Only about 40,000 people know for sure, and about 7,000 have said it's worth the effort. But the Big Texan offers a 72-ounce steak complete with an appetizer, salad and potato.If you can eat it an hour, dinner is free. If not, you have to pony up.
Big Texan Steak Ranch & Horse Hotel
I-40 East at Lakeside
Amarillo, TX 79118
806-372-7000
bigtexan.com - Bob's is consistently ranked one of the top steakhouses in the country, and has four locations in Texas: Dallas, Grapevine, Fort Worth and Plano. Bob's serves up USDA prime steaks. The beef is hand selected, trimmed to Bob's specifications and aged for 28 days.
Bob's Chop & Steakhouse
4300 Lemmon Ave.
(at Wycliff)
Dallas, Texas 75219
214-528-9446
bobs-steakandchop.com
Bob's Chop & Steakhouse
The Shops at Legacy
5760 Legacy Drive, Ste. B-1
Plano, TX 75024
972-608-2627
bobs-steakandchop.com
Bob's Chop & Steakhouse
1255 South Main Street
Grapevine, TX 76051
817-481-5555
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Bob's Chop & Steakhouse
1300 Houston St.
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-350-4100
bobs-steakandchop.com - Named the second-best steak in Texas by "Texas Monthly," Bohanon's mesquite-grilled, wet-aged Japanese Akaushi steak is a sight and a taste to behold. But the restaurant also serves other good steaks. Granted, the Akaushi selections are a bit pricey, but if you want to splurge, this is the place to do it.
Bohanan's--San Antonio
219 East Houston St.
San Antonio, TX 78205-1855
210-472-2600
www.bohanans.com - Located just as you enter the Fort Worth Stockyards from downtown, Cattleman's is an internationally-renowned eatery you won't easily forget. Cattleman's serves a variety of steaks, as well as other Southwestern favorites, such as chicken fried steak.
2458 North Main Street
Fort Worth, TX 76164-8500
817- 624-3945
cattlemenssteakhouse.com - Cattleman's features The Cowboy, a 2-lb. T-bone, for the hungriest in the bunch. For the wimpy, the restaurant serves The Cowgirl, a 1 ½-lb. T-bone. The restaurant's menu also features barbecue, lobster and grilled swordfish. The restaurant has been featured in movies ranging from "The Border" to "Glory Road."
Cattleman's Steakhouse
4.5 Miles North of I-10 from the Fabens Exit 49
Fabens, TX 79838
915-544-3200
cattlemansranch.com - Back in its heyday, Lowake was a place where celebrities actually flew to eat a steak. The airstrip and celebrities have dried up, but the steaks at Lowake are just as good as they were back then. The restaurant also features an old-style salad bar with all the buttermilk ranch dressing you could ever want.
Lowake Steakhouse
24913 FM 381
Lowake, TX 76855
877-335-0206 - In December 2007, "Texas Monthly" rated Perini's the third best steakhouse in Texas. While known for its steaks, one of Perini's most popular items is its bread pudding, which is made with sourdough bread and dressed with a Jack Daniel's sauce.
Perini Ranch
3002 Highway 89
Buffalo Gap, TX 79508
325-572-3339
periniranch.com - Named the top steakhouse on the coast in Texas by "Texas Monthly" magazine, Galveston's Steakhouse, located in the San Luis Resort, features USDA Midwest grain-fed beef on it's menu, as well as Maine lobster linguine and jumbo lump crab-stuffed gulf red snapper with saffron risotto. The steakhouse also serves garden fresh salads, veal porterhouse, lump crab and Maine lobster cake, au gratin potatoes and several decadent desserts, according to "Texas Monthly."
The Steakhouse
San Luis Hotel, 5222 Seawall Blvd.
Galveston, Texas 77551
409-744-1500
sanluisresort.com
Big Texan
Bob's Chop & Steak House
Bohanan's
Cattleman's Fort Worth Steakhouse
Cattleman's at Indian Cliffs Ranch
Lowake Steakhouse
Perini Ranch
The Steakhouse
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