Old Homestead Steakhouse
Two German brothers opened the Old Homestead in the heart of the meatpacking district in 1868, making it one of the longest continually serving restaurants in the USA. Housed in a three-story Greek-revival mercantile building built in 1842, celebrities and power-brokers dine amid the dark wood, chophouse décor. The iconic restaurant is legendary for its melt-in-your-mouth prime-aged USDA Texas-size slabs of beef. Whether it is the signature sirloin, porterhouse, or filet mignon, the tender steaks arrive broiled with butter, ladled with au jus and accompanied by a head of roasted garlic. Third-generation owners Greg and Marc Sherry maintain a close relationship with area meat packers, who allow them to select the finest cuts of beef. Claim to fame: The owners say the restaurant originated the Doggy Bag because people needed something to pack up their leftovers for their dogs to take home.
