CliffBattles Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 Morton's not at all over-rated. If you are getting Filets, the difference between a $40 steak and a $20 steak narrows a bit. But, if you get a cajun ribeye, or a prime rib, or a strip, the difference is worth it. The wild mushrooms, and lyonasse (sp?) potatoes are simply awesome, as is the bread, and their salads. The service is amazing, and the verbal menu is always impressive to dates or guests. The quality of the food is the difference, the cooks in the kitchen, aren't creating some complex dishes. A reason exists for all the awards Wine Spectator and other magazines continually give them. Other steak houses cannot sell a steak, that meets those standards for a half or a third of the price. If you can not tell the difference, well more power to you, you will save money. I just pulled this up from the Morton's web page: What Makes Morton's Prime-Aged Beef So Special? "Prime" is the highest USDA beef grade. Morton's selects only the prime of the prime from the premier meatpackers in Chicago, a city long known for its fine beef. Our beef comes from steers up to two years old, weighing up to 1,200 pounds, which yield 75 pounds of steaks that are suitable for broiling. Just two percent of all beef is graded Prime. The meat is a light cherry color, firm, with a fine texture. Prime beef is marbled with a fine lacing of fat, assuring a high degree of tenderness. This marbling dissolves into your steak as it broils, making it juicy and tender. Why Morton's Ages Its Steaks. Aging is an expensive process, whereby the meat's natural enzymes, acting as a tenderizer, break down the connective tissue. The steaks served at Morton's are held in a cooler at 34 -38 degrees to age for two and a half to three weeks. What Makes A Morton's Steak Impossible To Duplicate? In addition to our prime-aged beef, the temperature of our broilers cook up to 1,200 degrees to sear your steak and seal in the juicy goodness. Anyway, they have the Redskins logo on the menu....if Snyder comes all the way down from MD to eat there..........I think Gibbs lives in the condos across the street....so maybe that is why so many Redsins events are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffBattles Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 I like Ruth's Chris, and I think that big ad they have with the filet, cut up like a cake, is one of the most mouth-watering ads I have ever seen. I have just never been into the plate of sizzling butter thing, with such an expensive steak. I reminds me of fajitas, and I do love fajitas, but I just like my steak broiled or grilled. Capitol Grille also has a really good Kona crusted steak, but their steaks are dry-aged, where as Morton's are wet aged, makes a difference in taste, some people prefer different things...I like the wet-aged because I can't do it at home, as easily as dry-aging my own steak. Also, as said before, the service at Morton's is second to none.....well after places like the Inn at Little Washington....which is a whole different league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffBattles Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 I might have to try this Ray's place, I haven't been there. Prime Rib in D.C. is considered one of the best as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Capitol Grill and Smith & Wollensky's are definitely on par with Mortons. Not to mention the prime rib at say...Prime Rib on K street. Hangar Steaks are fairly cheap pieces of meat. To charge 20 bucks for it is even high. Most places use hangar steak for fajitas. Has to have a proper marinade to even be decent, and its usually grainy. Ribeyes while tasty, are usually so fatty that unless I am cooking it myself I normally wont eat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Your a big fan of playing $40 for a fillet that taste like nothing and has fat on it? Go to Mikes and order the Crabcake fillet combo and then go to Mortons and order the fillet and Crab cake ala cart and come back with a honest post. That was an honest post, trust me. Best steak I've ever had was a Filet Mignon at the Morton's in Nashville. No contest... and trust me, I've eaten some good steaks in my life. Even had a Kobe steak at a restaurant in Vegas. Ruths Chris is very good too... but not quite as good as mortons. Anyways, I think Cliff says it best in this post: Morton's not at all over-rated. If you can not tell the difference, well more power to you, you will save money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskin-one Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 In the Gibbs I era I worked as a busboy in the restaurant he, the coaches and their wives would go to after every home game. Always the nicest people, always had time to sign an autograph or shake someones hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelarkascend1ng Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 If I'm going to overpay for steak, its going to be at Ruth Chris. :cool: back to the topic that we've kind of lost to steak arguments... i saw gibbs when i was really little at Artie's in Fairfax. great food. joe jacoby came into papa john's in burke a couple of times. ordered something like 4 extra large pizzas. really loud guy. he's the man. my friend's family just bought his old house around the fairfax station area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newera Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Are their steaks better then Ihops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Full Monty Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I seen alot of posts on here were players eat at The Cheesecake Factory in Tyson Galleria. That's right. I've waited on Griffin, Evans, Clemons, and Dockery and their girls/wives, myself during my time as a server there. Personally seen Brunell, Portis, Moss, Cooley and Jason Campbell there. Jason Campbell bows his head before he starts his dinner, which I think is impressive being a rather religious person myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallntfox Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Lewnes Steakhouse in Annapolis has better steaks imo than both Morton's and Ruth Chris....and I have eaten in all 3 more times than I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailYeah Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 You guys aint seen nothing unitll you go to Fogo Chao's (Upscale Brazilian Steakhouse). 11th and Penn., NW. Bring $45 and enough room in your stomach to eat as much meat as is humanly possible. Thats right, all you can eat meat, potatoes, polenta, gourmet salad bar. The works. The meat keeps coming, and it is goooooood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Been there twice and never seen anyone famous...except me. A nice NY Strip, with Mashed Potatoes, and a chocolate cake to top it all off.................*wipes drool* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrod6002 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I personally like Del Frisco's in New York. They are simply the best steaks I have ever had. I have been to Mortons been to Ruth's Chris Steaks, Sterlings and many others many times. Del Frisco's was by far the best. Same type of Service as the others. Just a better cuts of meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatman28 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Jesus, all this talk of food is making me hungry! I can't read anymore of this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastsidestory5 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Dan Snyder goes to Olives in DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmwasp84 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I've heard that Gus Frerotte used to take his offensive line to Maggiano's at Tysons II...before he smashed his head into the end zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanyoung Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Buffalo Wing Factory in Ashburn, they are there all the time. Mostly in afternoons, or late afternoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooleyNaMean Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Jesus, all this talk of food is making me hungry! I can't read anymore of this thread... I second that. Anyone try Texas Roadhouse? Incredible ribs and steaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DButz65 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 If I'm going to overpay for steak, its going to be at Ruth Chris. Off topic >>> sorry hehe Agreed!!!!!!! Been to Mortons as well, and was not impressed, same cut there (ribeye) was tough and had no flavor... been to Ruths Chris over 100 times , the 2 in DC and Arlington... been to some throughout the country and never had a tough steak/ribeye. Ruths Chris rules, Mortons droolz EDIT On topic >>> My father owns a sub shop-pizzaria in arlington va, and back in the day a few redskins were REGULARS.. Raleigh McKenzie mainly, he was a trip, he used to eat 2 large steak/cheese subs (24 inches total) and say he didnt even feel full, but said he couldnt eat any more cause the coaches would get on him about gaining weight too fast , lol, i kid you not. He came in about once a month in the offseason, maybe 3 times total during the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvkeeper19 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I used to work at the Macaroni Grill next to Dulles Town Center. A couple of times I saw Redskins there, specifically when I worked the late shift, and they would come in around 10 or 10:30. I remember James Thrash and Marcus Washington coming in on separate occasions. Also, this past Christmas, I saw Mike Sellers in the mall itself while my brother was buying presents for his girlfriend. It's pretty sweet living in that area. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney B Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 One of the places known to be a favorite with the players is the Alpine Restaurant on Lee Highway in Arlington. Veterans have been taking new players there for years and years, so a preference for their food gets "passed down" to each new generation. They serve really good Italian food, give 'em a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD Riggo Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I seen alot of posts on here were players eat at The Cheesecake Factory in Tyson Galleria. In Orlando one Tuesday night about a year ago, Shaquille ONeal walked past my table at the Cheesecake Factory here, which is near his home. (I also stood next to him in a checkout line at a Bookstop about ten years ago). Maybe Cheesecake Factory is popular around the country with pro athletes? :whoknows: Not as flashy as a Mortons of course, but they are a decent place for semi-upscale casual dining. As to Shaq .. I actually can't stand the guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSellers45 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Years ago when Tre Johnson was a Brown, he came to TGI Fridays in Bowie and my sister got his autograph for me and my two brothers. He ended up leaving a $50 tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickom Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Tomato Palace? Its part of the Clydes restaraunt group, but with an Italian menu. We are actually connected to the Clydes of columbia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD Riggo Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I personally like Del Frisco's in New York. They are simply the best steaks I have ever had. I have been to Mortons been to Ruth's Chris Steaks, Sterlings and many others many times. Del Frisco's was by far the best. Same type of Service as the others. Just a better cuts of meat. I was about to post Del Frisco's and saw your post. I don't know if there is one in the DC area, but they have one in Orlando and other cities. By far the best steaks anywhere! I've been to both Mortons AND Ruth's Chris. Mortons is okay. R'sC used to be good, but my most recent visit there was HORRIBLE! I've had a better steak at the Outback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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