“We Texans love us some steaks,” said Patricia Sharpe in Texas Monthly. Our steakhouses span the state, from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande, and we’ll visit one “at the drop of a Stetson.” Recently, our tasters “hit the road” to try 75 different restaurants. Lists were kept, notes taken. After the dust settled, they agreed on the state’s best—Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, which has establishments in both Houston and Dallas.
Pappas Bros. “sets the gold standard for urban Texas steakhouses.” Its prime beef is dry-aged in-house, the wine cellar has depth both in European and American vintages, and the wait staff combines genuine affability with “extrasensory perception.” Especially recommended is the charred, 2-inch-thick New York strip, served with colossal onion rings and a “gussied-up” wedge of lettuce topped with a blue cheese dressing. As the Duchess of Windsor might have said, “In Texas, you can’t be too rich or eat too many steaks.” 5839 Westheimer Road, Houston, (713) 780-7352; 10477 Lombardy Lane, Dallas, (214) 366-2000
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
RFK Jr.: How to destroy vaccinationFeature Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaces all 17 members of the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice
-
The god in the machineFeature An AI model with superhuman intelligence could soon become reality. Should we be worried?
-
ICE: Targeting essential workersFeature After a brief pause, the Trump administration resumes its mass deportation plan
