198 Ounces of Greatness

We celebrated two baby showers this past Sunday evening. Daniel and Amy are expecting their baby boy (possibly named Russell) on July 14th (okay maybe it's actually one day before my birthday). Glenn and Michiko are expecting their baby early August. So, all the guys went to have a Dude Baby Shower at Mastro's Steakhouse in Beverly Hills (right next to Spago's...ugh, I don't like Wolfgang Puck). I had heard great things about this place and everything was spot-on accurate. It was amazing! The 7 Card Studs (our poker crew) have always ranked Delmonico Steakhouse (at the Venetian in Vegas) as our #1 steakhouse. Well it looks like we now have a tie for #1. (What's up with all these parenthetical statements?)

Our benchmark steak has always been the Bone-In Ribeye. What a fantastic steak. To cut to the chase, all 6 of us ordered the 33 oz. Bone-In Ribeye Chop. More than 2 pounds! Okay, that's a huge steak, but I have to say that it all goes down real easy when it's this good. Normally, I would say that a 2 pound steak would lack the quality of a regular steak, but our waitress tipped us off to an interesting fact. The Ribeye Chop is the cut of meat at the center of the ribs, resulting in a more consistently marbled steak. There are only 2 cuts per cow!

Amazingly, all 6 of us devoured these steaks...198 ounces of greatness. My steakhouse rankings are now as follows:

1. Delmonico Steakhouse, Venetian Hotel and Casino
1. Mastro's Steakhouse, Beverly Hills
3. Boa Steakhouse, Caesar's Palace
4. N9ne Steakhouse, Palms Casino Resort
5. SW Steakhouse, Wynn Hotel and Casino