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steakhouse

American  
[steyk-hous] / 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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Other new tenants include local chef Nancy Silverton, who has agreed to move in with a new Italian steakhouse called Spacca Tutto.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Phil Rizzuto would meet the moment by spending 10 minutes reviewing every single appetizer and side dish on the menu at the hotel steakhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 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

Yet if steakhouse meatloaf feels like a revelation, it’s not because of wizardry.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2026

They stood in front of the steakhouse, and they had their arms around each other.

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

It was a boon for Kentucky, bringing more infrastructure, fancy steakhouses and transplants, some of whom hoped to strike it rich making what the industry calls America’s native spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

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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