"Get your year's quota" of beef at this "classic" Midtown steakhouse where "enormous", "juicy" cuts and "powerful" libations arrive in a "boys'-club" milieu packed with "chummy" suits "bonding over business"; staffers "straight out of the '50s" run the show, dispensing bills best settled by "expense account."
"Less highfalutin'" and somewhat "cheaper" than its next-door big brother, Smith & Wollensky, this "casual" Midtowner serves "dynamite" steaks and burgers in "high-energy" environs; it's especially beloved for its "late-dining" hours, open nightly till 2 AM.
Smith & Wollensky’s casual compatriot offers the same quality with better prices.:
Wollensky's Grill Restaurant Review: Smith & Wollensky may be an eating institution, but this restaurant, located behind S&W, is a nice alternative to the steakhouse featuring burgers and grilled fare for late-night diners. There are main dishes like braised short ribs, lamb chops and Dover sole meunière; and for starters, fried calamari, Maryland crab cake and shrimp cocktail. Meat is a...
Don't ask for Mr. Smith or Mr. Wollensky: names were pulled from the New York phonebook. Could be the most classic of Manhattan steakhouses, serving up meat of every incarnation. Big men in expertly tailored suits keep the world at bay in this neatly latticed, windowless bunker. Service is experienced and unobtrusive. Wollensky's Grill room covers those 1am hand-cut filet au poivre cravings....