Steak is a complete food. It has all the protein, fat and deliciousness I could ever want in a food.
Now I have been to other Ruth Chris steak houses before. They are steak artists. On this particular occasion though, I was left a bit wanting.
I will say, I wasn't at my best when I went to this particular Ruth Chris. It was at the end of a long booze filled weekend and we had an hour and a half to kill before we needed to be at the airport. I figured going back to San Diego with a belly full of delicious red meat and wine was an excellent choice.
Right off, this Ruth Chris seemed a bit dated. There were no windows where we got seated and we were right in the path of the kitchen so we had frequent flybys from waiters and waitresses. I didn't so much mind as wondered why we got this table, on a slow Sunday evening. The server was nice enough, nothing special though. Like the waitress in "Reservoir Dogs"..."she was nice!...um, she was ok. She only refilled my coffee three times. I'm used to it being refilled six times!" and so on. I ordered the New York strip which I thought they would get spectacularly as they always do. I ordered it medium rear with a potato on the side.
When I got it, I looked a little scrawny to be a 12 oz but oh well. It was a bit overdone and it was pretty greasy. It was served in a deeper dish than usual so a lot of the grease just pooled.
I got through my overdone steak ok. I didn't want to be "that guy" and make a big deal but I was disappointed. I would go again and definitely the one here in SD though.