chophouse
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New York City’s 133-year-old chophouse Peter Luger began offering a delivery option and started accepting credit cards for the first time ever.
From Fox News ● Sep. 21, 2020
The concept for Verna’s is fairly simple — a casual American chophouse with classic cocktails.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
Barbecue ace Adam Perry Lang shows off his mastery of steaks and smoked short ribs at his throwback Hollywood chophouse; the rest of the meal doesn't always measure up to the meat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
Of course it would be a shame to pass up a meal at the local chophouse Elway's, owned by Bronco QB legend John Elway.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 19, 2016
Then its glory departed as a centre of speculations, but its renown as an old-fashioned chophouse remained till 1873.
From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Bidwell, Austin
Television and newspaper executives, in town for a look-see, sat down to steaks at downtown chophouses while rookie embed reporters drank at the Mexican dive El Bait Shop.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
But while they’re renowned, these chophouses are notoriously expensive, and reservations aren’t always easy to snag.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2019
We have said a good deal, now and then, about some of the taverns and chophouses we enjoy; but the one that tingles most strongly in our bosom is one that doesn't exist.
From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Morley, Christopher
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