Friday, July 16, 2010

Del Friscos Review

Special thanks to Grant for being a good sport about Boston being all banged up and not coming close to best record at all star break bet. And for buying me a sick steak dinner at Del Friscos NYC! Nice atmosphere, vaulted 2 story windows, old school dark wood interior and cold beers. Our steak of choice was individual porterhouses! Shit Balz! 24 ounces apiece. We also went for creamed bacon-assed spinach and scalloped potatoes. Awesome fresh baked bread started us off and I have to say, the dinner was sweet. Nice cut of meat, perfectly cooked. We both agreed they were a little heavy on seasoning, not needed with steak this awesome. Overall great experience! Can't wait for Yankees to win me more free steak when we get 15 pitcher wins first!

Cut of meat - 8.5/10
Sides/desserts - 7/10
Atmosphere - 8/10
Service - 7/10
Level of debauchery allowed - 7/10

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

New York Yankees Have Most Awesome Team at All-Star Break and Grant Eats Chode!
















Photo Courtesy of Grant Sucks Man Ass Productions

AL East

Thanks to the Yankees having the best record in the majors at the break with a 56-32 record and a .636 winning percentage, Grant will now open up his moldy wallet and purchase cold beers, prime steak, sides and dessert for his Master of All Media, Tom Kettells

Del Friscos this Thursday will be awesome because free steak is awesome and its even more awesome that Grant has to pay for it! Also, a huge, "Porterhouse For Two" level of thanks to the Bosux for overworking their frail, wussy bodies and basically falling apart right on cue...as always!

P.S. Hey Grant, Sabathia's 15th win is approaching! So is my next free steak @ Yankees Steak, located in the beautiful new Yankees Stadium, 161 Street and River Ave Bronx, NY 10451!


Monday, July 5, 2010

BLT Steak Review

After JD Drew's awesome Grand Slam, Tom so graciously paid for a juicy steak dinner at another one of NYC's fine establishments. We decided on BLT Steak (http://www.bltsteak.com/).

As you walk into BLT Steak, you are greeted by a small bar area where you can quench your thirst on a nice cold beer. It's tastes especially cold when it's paid for by a Yankee fan. This place did have it's fair share of "Wall Street" looking douche bags and Upper East Side snobs so that brought the atmosphere down a notch for me. The dining area is larger than I expected and not too close to other tables..definitely not the worst in NYC. Right off the bat however, our waiter seemed to forget about us for 15-20 minutes. We had to flag him down to give him our order.

We ordered our usual: Starting out with some nice thick cut bacon, Porterhouse for 2, hash browns, and creamed spinach. It's a solid bench mark to compare the same orders for each restaurant we go to. The food was top notch. A very well cooked cut of meat is our first priority, and they delivered. My only gripe was that there was a bit more fatty, gristly pieces than at Luger's or Strip House. They have a pretty good assortment of sauces as well, not that this steak needed it. We tried the Blue Cheese, BBQ, and the house steak sauce. All very different and all good. The spinach and hash browns were what you'd expect them to be, but nothing extraordinary.

For dessert I ordered the house carrot cake and Tom ordered some sort of Chocolate Tart I believe. I love me some cake, and this has to be the best carrot cake that I've ever had. It was very decadent but not too rich, caramel drizzled all over it, and just the right size.

Overall, a top steak joint. Just a tad below Strip House, Luger's, and Wolfgang's.


Cut of meat - 9/10
Sides and desserts - 8/10
Atmosphere - 6/10
Service - 5/10
Level of debauchery allowed - 6/10