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steakhouse

American  
[stayk-haus] / ˈsteɪkˌhaʊs /

noun

  • steakhouses
    plural
  1. a restaurant specializing in beefsteak.


steakhouse British  
/ ˈsteɪkˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. a restaurant that has steaks as its speciality

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of steakhouse

First recorded in 1865–70; steak + house

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I met Jacob Fendley, Chud’s attorney, in Nashville at a June bond revocation hearing related to Eatherly’s alleged dine-and-dash at the steakhouse.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

He added restaurants, including the steakhouse Beefbar, as well as a spa, wine tastings with the property’s sommelier, horseback rides along the dunes and bike excursions through rice fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Some printable examples: never eat at an Outback steakhouse, take outdoor showers, have lunch with Bono, drive a make of car that no longer exists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

According to its website, Johnsons of Old Hurst is a farming business that now features a butchers, a farm shop, tea room, steakhouse and zoo.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

We held a dinner in the steakhouse and invited all the employees who didn’t have any family to spend it with.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

But he says they have upped the ante, and have started booking these seminars at steakhouses.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026

Here is how three Chicago steakhouses are trying to square their costs:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

In the 18 decades since the Bella Union’s opened a kitchen, Angelenos never lost their beefsteak appetites, and 20th century steakhouses arose as haute cuisine, with steak places arrayed along La Cienega’s “Restaurant Row.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

Now, however, those opulent emblems are taking up real estate in more casual-dining rooms, from brasseries in Miami to steakhouses in Boston.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

Salt Bae owns a chain of luxury steakhouses and rose to fame in 2017 after his technique for preparing and seasoning meat became an internet meme.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2022

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