Brooklyn Chop House

The main dining room at this Williamsburg spot is all exposed brick and wood, with a scattering of tables and a long counter—the perfect environment in which to consume one of the city's best steaks brooklynchophouse.com

Frankie and Johnnie's began life in 1926 as a Prohibition era speakeasy. Today it's a solid choice for carnivores, serving up classic New York steakhouse fare to palate-pleasing levels. brooklynchophouse.com

Opened in 1887, This Brooklyn chop house is often named the best steakhouse in New York and, in 2002, was dubbed one of "America's Classics" by the James Beard Foundation brooklynchophouse.com

Quebecois chef Hugue Dufour and his American wife, Sarah Obraitis, shook up the New York dining scene when they opened this steakhouse, located in an old auto-body shop in Queens brooklynchophouse.com

Babe Ruth, Teddy Roosevelt, Will Rogers, and Albert Einstein were all regulars at Keens, as evidenced by the pipes they left behind, which now adorn the walls brooklynchophouse.com