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Nothing has changed at the mildly English House of Prime Rib since the '40s, and that's just the way we like it. All you have to choose is whether you want your meat sliced thick or thin, and rare or well-done. At this Russian Hill restaurant, it's carved and served to you from an impressive rolling silver cart, with creamed spinach, a baked or mashed potato, and puffy Yorkshire pudding, after a big green salad full of julienned beets and chopped egg in a sweetish dressing. (There's a daily fresh fish, for the meat-averse.) It's a square meal in the square surroundings: tasty and reassuring.
Well, you probably will have to make one decision (certainly on weekends): At what point to make a reservation. But after that, the ritual meal here hasn't changed since the '40s: sweet, neon-colored dressing poured into the spinning salad bowl over greens, julienned beets, and shredded hard-boiled egg, served with a round loaf of warm, crusty French bread, followed by roast beef carved at your table from a massive silver rolling cart by a top-hatted chef, alongside creamed spinach, your... More »
We find it reassuring that the House of Prime Rib serves exactly the same food as it did when we were kids, and deeply satisfying that the place still offers an honest meal. (And it's something of a bargain: The ritual dinner, including a salad and several sides, costs between $24.85 and $29.85. Children 10 and under dine for $8.45, complete with milk and ice cream.) The signature chopped salad comes first, dressed at your table in a spinning bowl with a thin pink dressing poured from on... More »
Alfred's Steak House 659 Merchant (at Kearny), 551-1590. Open Tuesday through Friday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; dinner served nightly 5 to 10 p.m. Reservations recommended. Wheelchair accessible. Parking: valet $6, or use Portsmouth Square city... More »
Alfred's Atmosphere: Warm & Italian Beef Cuts: Mesquite-grilled Choice-grade chateaubriand tenderloin, filget mignon, bone-in NY, rib, T-bone, Porterhouse (up to 60oz.) Beef Prices: $18-51.50 What Else Ya Got?: Pasta, shrimp saute,... More »
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