Oh, the Ruth's Chris steakhouse chain. Each restaurant is a different animal depending on where you are. It's first-rate in NYC and Washington DC, on a par with Mortons and Peter Lugers; but it's downright folksy out here in the Midwest. It puzzled me to see that they wore flare. I guess impersonating TGI Friday's employees is their way of trying not to intimidate the dairy farmers and college students that define the area.
Service was good, and the food was good too. But it's not a high-dazzler as steak places go. There aren't any of those in Madison - not really. Johnny Delmonico's is about as close as you're going to get to The Real Thing.