What's Your Beef?
No, Mike wasn't being a jerk to his father when he asked that on Father's Day. He was asking if that's where he wanted to go for dinner.
What's Your Beef is a choose your own adventure steakhouse in Rumson, NJ where you not only choose your cut of steak, but also how many ounces you would like and how you would like it prepared.
When Mike, his father and I walked into the restaurant we knew we would have a bit of a wait, so we made our way to the bar for drinks. Beer for Mike, Scotch for his father and a Maker's Mark Manhattan for me.
We hadn't yet finished our drinks when our table was ready, so we brought them with us into the next room. The dining room as a few unusual features - the salad bar (and no, I don't typically dine in places with salad bars, but the steak here was worth it), a bread station and a butcher's counter.
Each diner goes to the butcher's counter to order their meal. Filet Mignon and NY Sirloin each cut to order and cut to your size preferences and priced by the ounce (10 oz. minimum), Prime Rib, large selections of sea food.... all with the sides of your choice. From there, you can get your salad as well as homemade bread, kept warm, which you cut yourself.
Each of us got the Prime Rib. And it was a good decision! The waitress brought our plates out to the table and we each had a large slab of prime rib with which we had all ordered a baked potato.
The meat was so tender it all but melted in our mouths. We didn't need to steak knives placed on the table. We had a caddie of condiments placed on the center of the table, but there was no way I was having horseradish with this prime rib! It's favor was too good to change!
We were all too full to get dessert, so after dinner we headed back to Mike's father's house to watch a movie.
I have to say, Father's Day isn't typically my favorite day of the year - being estranged from my own father, it tends to just be an awkward day. But this year, I really enjoyed spending it with Mike and his father. Mike's dad and I got to talk a lot and get to know each other better. It was pretty cool to hear him brag about Mike, but even better that we got to spend some time chatting alone. Besides, what's better that good conversation with two great guys and fantastic beef?!
No, Mike wasn't being a jerk to his father when he asked that on Father's Day. He was asking if that's where he wanted to go for dinner.
What's Your Beef is a choose your own adventure steakhouse in Rumson, NJ where you not only choose your cut of steak, but also how many ounces you would like and how you would like it prepared.
When Mike, his father and I walked into the restaurant we knew we would have a bit of a wait, so we made our way to the bar for drinks. Beer for Mike, Scotch for his father and a Maker's Mark Manhattan for me.
We hadn't yet finished our drinks when our table was ready, so we brought them with us into the next room. The dining room as a few unusual features - the salad bar (and no, I don't typically dine in places with salad bars, but the steak here was worth it), a bread station and a butcher's counter.
Each diner goes to the butcher's counter to order their meal. Filet Mignon and NY Sirloin each cut to order and cut to your size preferences and priced by the ounce (10 oz. minimum), Prime Rib, large selections of sea food.... all with the sides of your choice. From there, you can get your salad as well as homemade bread, kept warm, which you cut yourself.
Each of us got the Prime Rib. And it was a good decision! The waitress brought our plates out to the table and we each had a large slab of prime rib with which we had all ordered a baked potato.
The meat was so tender it all but melted in our mouths. We didn't need to steak knives placed on the table. We had a caddie of condiments placed on the center of the table, but there was no way I was having horseradish with this prime rib! It's favor was too good to change!
We were all too full to get dessert, so after dinner we headed back to Mike's father's house to watch a movie.
I have to say, Father's Day isn't typically my favorite day of the year - being estranged from my own father, it tends to just be an awkward day. But this year, I really enjoyed spending it with Mike and his father. Mike's dad and I got to talk a lot and get to know each other better. It was pretty cool to hear him brag about Mike, but even better that we got to spend some time chatting alone. Besides, what's better that good conversation with two great guys and fantastic beef?!
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