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Review: Steve’s Sizzling Steaks

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Steve’s Sizzling Steaks; photo by Brooklyn Bridge Baby via Flickr.comOne thing I’ve learned to appreciate is restaurants with small menus. Some restaurants will offer anything and everything short of grilled panda loin on ciabatta, but the quality tends to suffer when you try to be all things to all comers. On the other hand, eateries that have smaller menus tend to pay more attention to what they prepare and serve.

If you want proof of this, look no further than Steve’s Sizzling Steaks in Carlstadt, NJ. They’re a stone’s throw from a Charlie Brown’s; it’s also not far from a Lone Star, an Outback, and other steak houses, none of which can hold a candle to Steve’s simple formula of preparing basically one thing (steak), and doing it very well (or rare, if that’s your thing). (more…)