Christian's Steak & Grill in Garfield! This place is awesome. You want great steaks for dirt cheap? Here's the place!
A few weeks ago, my brother took me to
Steve's Sizzling Steaks in Carlstadt. Not a high-end place, but according to many people, a solid mid-range steak place. The steaks were good, but not great. Total meal was a porterhouse w horseradish crust and fries, a rib eye w fries, an order of onion rings, and two sodas. Total: $75, before tip.
At Christian's we got an nearly identical meal: a porterhouse with mashed potatoes & vegetables, a rib eye with fries & vegetables, a bowl of chicken orzo soup, and two bottles of soda. Meat sizes were comparable (about 20 oz for the rib eye, probably 24 oz for the porterhouse). Total: $44, before tip. And, the steaks were significantly better than at Steve's! A lot more flavorful and tender.
How do they do it? Well, the owner, Cosmo, in addition to being a great friendly guy, is also a genius. There are no waiters at Christian's. You place your order at the counter, and Cosmo shouts out to you when your order's ready. You pick it up, leave your dishes on the table for one of the army of cooks/buspeople to pick up, and pay when you're done at the counter. Cosmo does have a tip jar at the counter, and he and his crew deserve every tip they get. The place does look a bit like a cafeteria inside, but it is bright, very clean, and comfortable (Steve's had everyone packed in like sardines).
Christian's may not have steaks as great as highbrow places like River Palm, but the steaks there can easily throw down with any steak offered at any low to mid range joint in the area. Plus, you'll probably pay 1/4 the price of what you'd pay at a high-end steak place (heck, it's almost half the price of the mid-range joints)! This is now my go-to steak place! Check it out!
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