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| - Being from Vancouver, a fellow Canadian city in close proximity to Calgary, I thought to myself - I have Alberta beef all the time. It's not like I'm an American who has to specially ask for Canadian/Calgarian beef. So why make that extra effort for steak in Calgary if it's all the same? Wrong.
Luckily my friend who's only been living in Calgary for a few months already knew of this place and brought me here as my one and only stop for "Alberta Beef". And after having mentioning it to a few other Calgarians, they also agreed that's their "go to" steak place.
Firstly, a place like this in Vancouver would be in the trendy part of town, which would mean you would pay even more on top of the regular price of steak in order to pay for rent. But instead it's hidden on back side of a non-descript strip mall. And not to judge a book by its cover, as soon as you step in, it's upscale with dark wood with well spaced tables and a few booths. There's also the main steak grill that is jutted out from the kitchen into the dining room and sealed with a full length window so you can watch the grill master at work. Basically it feels like where the Godfather would go for steaks. I think there are places like this in Vancouver but I don't think they're within my budget.
Which brings me to my next point. In Vancouver, in a NON-steak house you'd be paying $30 for a 10+ ounce steak. Then $40+ at an actual steakhouse and that's without sides. Our price for the "Wellington-Sized" Prime Rib 15 oz. was $35 with a sufficient amount of sides. The 14 oz Striploin was also around the same price. I believe the price is perhaps 10% higher than say The Keg. But the quality is at least 30% better if not 50% in terms of incredible texture and taste!
Also the size of the steak if ginormous! I mean I've seen a 15 oz before in Vancouver and did not look THAT big. So I would say either they're more generous or Vancouver is too "accurate" in their weight calculation.
The service was excellent as well. I mean it's at the level of real steakhouses where we got table-side dressing of our potatoes. Now you don't get that at the Keg!
To sum it up - you pay a 10% premium on The Keg pricing, but you get the quality and service of a real steakhouse like Hy's, Gotham and Morton's (I've only been to Hy's). And best of all, you don't pay the HST so the bill is even cheaper than it would be in BC!
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