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These U.S. steak houses were just recognized as the very best in the word

You'll find 19 of them across America

Erika Mailman
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Erika Mailman
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Where can you find the best steak? A perfectly cooked steak is a thing of beauty, with its seared edges and pink-to-red interior oozing salty goodness onto the plate. Anyone can throw a steak on a grill, but it takes consummate skill to watch it and capture it at the exact right moment so that the flavor is sealed in. To ensure travelers find the best steak house in their destination, the World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants compiles an annual list.

It’s probably no surprise that the No. 1 steak restaurant in the world, Parilla Don Julio, is in Buenos Aires. Argentina is famous for its beef, which is free of hormone or antibiotic treatments and grazes on rich pampas grassland, which infuses its flavor into the meat. Argentina also created the “asado” barbecue method, where steak is cooked over an open fire. At Parilla Don Julio, there’s not just exceptional steak in-house butchering, grilling, and dry aging but also an impeccable wine program.

The rest of the top ten list worldwide contains restaurants in cities ranging from Sydney, Australia to Madrid, Spain and beyond. But our interest is piqued by the fact that there’s a U.S. restaurant in the top 10: COTE in New York City. With a communal fire and Korean barbecue techniques, COTE also offers an in-table smokeless grill where guests can watch tableside grilling of USDA Prime, American wagyu and A5 Japanese Miyazaki. It’s a lightly theatrical experience that provides entertainment as well as a supremely prepared steak.

There are 18 other U.S. steak houses on this list in the cities of Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Francisco, Austin, Detroit and Chicago. We note that Australia seems to be the next most frequent country, with 17 restaurants listed in Sydney and Melbourne. The U.S. restaurants include a scattering in the top 20, and then a huge volume in the 40s and in the 70s. The 19 U.S. restaurants are:

10. Cote, New York

13. Asador Bastian, Chicago

17. La Tête D’or, New York

43. Gwen, Los Angeles

44. 4 Charles Prime Rib, New York

47. Knife, Dallas

49. Niku Steakhouse, San Francisco

52. Jeffrey’s, Austin

58. Keens, New York

60. The Bazaar, New York

63. Minetta Tavern, New York

69. Prime + Proper, Detroit

71. Swift & Sons, Chicago

73. Gallaghers, New York

75. American Cut, New York

77. Bavette´s Steak House, Chicago

78. Izzy’s, San Francisco

84. Nuri Steakhouse, Dallas

88. Gage & Tollner, New York

The full, ranked list of the 101 Best Steak Houses in the world:

1. Don Julio Parrilla, Buenos Aires

2. Margaret, Sydney

3. Laia Erretegia, Hondarribia

4. I Due Cippi, Saturnia

5. Burnt Ends, Singapore

6. Bodega El Capricho, Jiménez De Jamuz

7. Casa Julian De Tolosa, Tolosa

8. Lana, Madrid

9. Ag, Stockholm

10. Cote, New York

11. Ibai, London

12. Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney

13. Asador Bastian, Chicago

14. The International, Sydney

15. Born & Bred, Seoul

16. Firedoor, Sydney

17. La Tête D’or, New York

18. Victor Churchill, Melbourne

19. Carcasse, Koksijde

20. Porteño, Sydney

21. Capa, Copenhagen

22. Gillis, Gent

23. Hawksmoor, London

24. Brat, London

25. La Braseria, Osio Sotto

26. Elisa, Vancouver

27. Nikuya Tanaka, Tokyo

28. Los 33, Madrid

29. Regina Bistecca, Florence

30. Tributo, Quito

31. Amaren, Bilbao

32. The Gidley, Sydney

33. Beefbar, Monaco

34. Anahi, Paris

35. Fogón, Buenos Aires

36. Aalia, Sydney

37. Steer Dining Room, Melbourne

38. 11woodfire, Dubai

39. Lutyens Grill, London

40. Miyoshi, Kyoto

41. Aragawa, London

42. Clover Grill, Paris

43. Gwen, Los Angeles

44. 4 Charles Prime Rib, New York

45. Gimlet, Melbourne

46. Kitan-in, Osaka

47. Knife, Dallas

48. Asador Nicolás, Tolosa

49. Niku Steakhouse, San Francisco

50. Fireside, Hong Kong

51. Shell House, Sydney

52. Jeffrey’s, Austin

53. Bistecca, Singapore

54. Koki, Hanoi

55. Blok, South Wales

56. Elena, Buenos Aires

57. Matilda 159 Domain, Melbourne

58. Keens, New York

59. Cut By Wolfgang Puck, Singapore

60. The Bazaar, New York

61. Char Fuego Y Brasas, Tenerife

62. The Cut Bar & Grill, Sydney

63. Minetta Tavern, New York

64. Grill Royal, Berlin

65. Beef & Glory, Vienna

66. Shatōburian, Singapore

67. Holsteins, Mexico

68. Firewood, George Town

69. Prime + Proper, Detroit

70. The Devonshire, London

71. Swift & Sons, Chicago

72. The Grand Bar & Grill, Helsinki

73. Gallaghers, New York

74. Maven, Antwerp

75. American Cut, New York

76. Jacobs & Co Steakhouse, Toronto

77. Bavette´s Steak House, Chicago

78. Izzy’s, San Francisco

79. Beef, Kyiv

80. The Steak House, Hong Kong

81. Sala De Corte, Lisbon

82. Williams Butchers Table, Zurich

83. Niku Kappō Jō, Tokyo

84. Nuri Steakhouse, Dallas

85. Porter & Rye, Glasgow

86. Okadamae, Tokyo

87. Vuur, Stellenbosch

88. Gage & Tollner, New York

89. Guinea Grill, London

90. Meatguy Steakhouse, Jakarta

91. Meatmaiden, Melbourne

92. Grill Americano, Melbourne

93. 20 Chapel, Sydney

94. Fife Lane, Mount Maunganui

95. Herma, Buenos Aires

96. Fukutatei The Ukai, Osaka

97. The Blockman, Johannesburg

98. Sugita, Tokyo

99. Bistecca, Sydney

100. Wagyu Mafia The Butcher’s Kitchen, Tokyo

101. Brutus Tavern, Athens

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