Love a good steak? Then these shrines to meat should be on your list.
#3 Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, Dallas and Houston
If you’re in Dallas or Houston and you find yourself in need of a perfect steak, a red leather booth, wood-paneled walls, and a wine list that boasts about 2,300 options, head over to Pappas Bros. At this shrine to beef, which has repeatedly been lauded as one of the state’s best restaurants since it opened in 1976, the meat is dry-aged in-house and served bone-in or bone-out. There’s something for everyone, from a 40-ounce porterhouse carved tableside down to an eight-ounce filet mignon, with stops along the way including an 18-ounce bone-in New York strip and a rib-eye of Texas Akaushi Kobe beef. They’re seasoned with just salt and pepper and finished with some butter. The entire experience is about as classic steakhouse as you’re likely to find.