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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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Unordered prime rib from the hotel’s steakhouse goes into a stew at the buffet the next day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

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

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

Kelly’s Spa has become simply the spa, Duane’s Steakhouse is now just the steakhouse, and Casey’s Cupcakes, a hotel shop founded by Kelly’s daughter Casey Beau Brown, has closed.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

Sometimes when I was in the steakhouse, I’d catch her staring at me from across the restaurant.

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

Los Angeles and Las Vegas steakhouses, he believes, lean into the Rat Pack era of red leather booths and massive shrimp cocktails.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

The Hawksmoor chain of steakhouses offers free corkage on quiet midweek nights.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2024

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

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