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| - We went here last week for my friend's birthday. There were four in our party, five counting my daughter. We all ordered steaks, though there are some tasty sounding seafood choices, as well as chops and ribs. I had to fight with myself over a strip or the ribs and ultimately chose the strip.
Two of us got filets, I got the strip and my father got the top sirloin. We all got salads with our meals as well as mini-loaves are dark bread. My father and I got the blue cheese dressing and its killer. Big chunks of blue cheese in the dressing. I could almost have eaten the dressing out of a bowl. Actually...I could have. Its that good (and I love blue cheese).
We also ordered the potato chips appetizer. You get a big platter of fresh-fried potato chips. They're thick cut and crispy...perfectly so. They're dusted in sea salt and comes with a BBQ ranch dressing.
We got our steaks. I was told that Longhorn is a place here in Pittsburgh where you can order a good Pittsburgh Rare, which I did so. Well they got the charred crust down pat. But I ended up getting a Pittsburgh Medium Rare. It was still good, though. The crust was salty, peppery and charred....slathered down with a creamy dollop of butter. Everyone else's steak was done perfectly. Two mid-rare filets and a medium sirloin.
My only complaint was my "fully loaded" baker was loaded with butter, sour cream, cheese and bacon bits. But there they were very skimpy with the toppings....even the butter and sour cream. There was literally only five or six bacon bits and about ten little strands of cheese. It really wasn't "fully loaded", more like "kinda loaded".
The service was slightly above average. The server and food runners were friendly and prompt. Nothing they did, though, really stood out. The manager came to check up on us, too, which is always nice. The only other complaint is that they sat four adults and a 2 year old on a regular 4-top table. We were all a bit cramped. I don't know why they didn't stick us at a bigger table. I'm not sure this place is the most kid-friendly.
All in all, we were all very satisfied. The steaks were all great. The prices are slightly above average but they won't break you. Aside from the cramped eating conditions, everything was well above the bar.
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