Steak Places?

In reviewing my restaurant list(made from all of your recommendations) for our upcoming trip I realize that with very few exceptions our whole list is seafood or italian. We do have Old Ebbit Grill and the Brickskellar on the list.

I wonder if anyone can recommend a family friendly, casual, steak place in Washington DC? It doesn't even have to be steak, could be just "american" if you know what I mean. This will help round out my choices.

Thanks ever so much!

Can't help you with the steak place, but I just wanted to point out in case you don't know that the Brickskellar is NOT a restaurant. It's a bar that serves some food, but not a dining experience. It IS a fabulous bar experience, however, with more varieties of beer than you've probably experienced anywhere else.

I'm not sure what else you've chosen or where you're from, but you should take advantage of the immense variety of ethnic cuisines that DC has to offer. You can get good seafood an Italian lots of places, and if that's what you love don't let me stop you. But there aren't THAT many places that offer at least a half dozen Ethiopian spots, for example. And you'll find some exception Indian food there, too. Not to mention Vietnamese, Thai, etc.

Try Les Halles on Pennsylvania Ave., around 9th st or thereabouts. It's a french bistro that specializes in steak. Also if you want to go to Georgetown, Bistro Francais on M St. I don't know about the steak at dinner, but for Sunday brunch they do a great steak & eggs with pomme frites so I imagine they'd have a dinner steak. Or if you're going to dinner relatively early (like you'd be done by 8-8:30), try the Irish Times on F St. NW near Union Station. It's really an Irish bar (not fancy, even a little grubby around the edges) but they have decent food and great hamburgers. There's lots of tables and kids are not out of place at lunch or early evening.

Sam & Harry's in Dupont and one in downtown-I believe- is an excellent choice. So many great choices here...BTW- Golden Corral is getting a lot of press today, LOL!

Ruth Chris Steak house !(there are 3 Ct. Ave, Wisc. Ave and Crystal CIty)
Prime Rib - neat old, classy club at 20th and K

Sonya-

Here's an interesting article re: steak houses in DC (it's about a year old, but still good):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A16390-2001Mar16

Kelli

Whatever you do, do NOT eat at the Irish Times. That place has been shut down by the health inspector more times than I can count. And if you do go drinking there, just drink the bottled beer to be safe. Next door at the Dubliner, they spend a little more time on cleaning.

The Brickskellar's a great spot. And I like the food. It's not 4-star dining, but what they do do, they do well.

For steak, Sam & Harry's is good, Morton's on Connecticut is better, and the Capital Grille on Pennsylvania Avenue is great, too. However, none of these (or Prime Rib or Ruth Chris) really meet your "family friendly, casual" criteria. The District Chophouse might come closer. It's not my favorite place, and I've had mixed experiences (seems to be better at lunchtime, for some reason), but it has its moments, and is more casual than the others.

The old classic in D.C. is (was?) Blackie's House of Beef near GWU as I recall. It's very retro, don't think it's changed a lot in 30 years, but we used to take a bunch of hungry college kids there when our son was in school. We actually remember it from our college days too. The food is typical steakhouse but it's a bit of a trip and fun for families. There' a Morton's in Georgetown, I think, but that's quite expensive and not local---started in Chicago. There's also Martin's Tavern on Wisconsin Ave. in Georgetown---a bit Irish, mostly American, really good, traditional brunch/lunches(forget your cholesterol!) It's been there a thousand years and gives you a feel for Georgetown. For hamburgers, try the Tombs over by the Georgetown campus, downstairs in the building where the 1789 restaurant is. Great hamburgers, beers on draft.

The Palm or Sam & Harry's are both steak places.

Sonya, We had some good meals at the Capitol City Brewing Co. in the
DC Convention Ctr/Hyatt/Metro Marriott location.

Grilled marinated flank steak served over a plate of greens is my fave. Very good. Decent Amer. fare as of July '01.
Oh yeah. They have beer there, too!

ESPNZone actually had some good food if you can put up with the noise!

I still have a hankerin' for a Melon Margie from Red Sage!
Kal