Best Steak in Chicagoland (Mokena, Erie: suburbs, place, great)

[Jesse69]

Originally Posted by aragx6

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Huh? I think it was their Malibu Chicken [if I remember], - that was awesome!

[sueprnova]

What about Toms over on North Ave?

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by sueprnova

What about Toms over on North Ave?

North Ave and what?

[sueprnova]

Oops, my bad
North and 19th in Melrose Park

1901 W North Ave

Yelp reviews were great...but....has someone here(the all powerful CD-my lifeline to all things Chicago) actually eaten there?

[maluminse]

gene and gorgettis is absolutely horrible. probably used to be good but tourists or whatever spoiled them. I was embarassed to take my father there. Redemption was had at Stefanis where our steaks were excellent. stefenis in little italy.

[Avengerfire]

Anyone have any favorites that are reasonably priced, but decent?

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

Anyone have any favorites that are reasonably priced, but decent?

The Weathermark tavern at 15th and Michigan has an excellent filet for about two bits; very tender and tasty. Very good sides too, they do this thing were they put mashed potatos in this spring roll kind of a deal, really good.

[MannheimMadman]

Wow, a lot of jabbering by trolls in this thread without a good amount of useful information.

Anyways, I love the Chop house. I seem to remember it well enough, even though it has been about 6 years since I've dined there. I've been to Fogo de Chao as well and was impressed. I've been to Wildfire quite a few times, but every subsequent visit seems to leave me less and less impressed with the steak.

[Attrill]

I'm usually underwhelmed with the traditional places - Gibson's, Morton's, etc. They have very good steaks, but certainly no better than anything you can do at home. Given the prices at most steak houses I only go when work is paying for it. I usually go to Burke's Primehouse (http://www.davidburke.com/restaurant_primehouse.html - broken link) or Keefer's. They both do an excellent job of aging their steaks, and it's nearly impossible to buy that quality steak at any retail places.

For inexpensive steak I really like El Nandu. It's Argentinian style steak, and they have an awesome Chimichurri.

In a lot of ways I think the best bet is to get some good steaks from a place like Paulina, get good charcoal and wood from Berger Bros. and cook it yourself. It will be as good as 90% of the steak houses out there at less than half the cost.

[Avengerfire]

Thanks everyone for adding more info.