The Sushi Counter at Keens Steakhouse
Keens Steakhouse, under Bill Rodgers's direction, is one of the fifty best steakhouses outside Japan. The beef program: USDA Prime dry-aged plus signature mutton chop.
The aging method: Dry-aged 28 days in-house.
The counter format: The Keens mutton chop (a 26-ounce bone-in mutton, the only one of its kind in NYC); plus the porterhouse. The sides format: The Bull Moose Room (Theodore Roosevelt's), or the Lincoln Room.
The signature cut: Classic chophouse sides: creamed spinach, baked potato, the Keens scotch flight.
How to Book Keens Steakhouse
The booking lead time: 4 to 8 weeks for the historic rooms.
The best seat: The Bull Moose Room (Theodore Roosevelt's), or the Lincoln Room. Order the signature cut; the chef calibrates the sequence to the diner's pace.
The kitchen at Keens Steakhouse is rated 10/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Keens Steakhouse Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"1885. The most architecturally preserved 19th century steakhouse in New York. The 90,000 churchwarden pipes hanging from every ceiling have belonged to Theodore Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, Albert Einstein, and J.P. Morgan."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 10/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 8/10. The Edomae register or Nobu-style fusion register is structural; the chef lineage and the kitchen's calibration produce the dinner that rewards the booking effort.
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