we have a winner!. made 6:00 reservations on a saturday evening at al biernat's due to the positive overall reviews on us. was curious as to how they compared to other steakhouses.
nom'd - 10 oz. buffalo filet, mac & cheese, key lime pie
yea, wow, we have a winner in the "best steak" department. any ways, we walked in and were greeted by al himself, who proceeded to seat us at our table. i believe that's a first, where the owner is present and working - very cool. the prices were very comparable to other high end steakhouses that i have been to. my girl went with an 8 oz. filet, while i took the waiter's recommendation and tried the 10 oz. buffalo filet, with a side of mac & cheese to share. we snacked on some soft bread w/butter until our steak's came out.
ok, wow. first, our steak's were cooked perfectly, with mine a medium and hers a medium rare. they passed the taste test with flying colors - her filet you almost could have cut with a fork, while my buffalo filet was almost as tender and plenty juicy. the taste was like a little meaty heaven, i swear. i have never tasted a steak so good and with such flavor like i have here. no sauce, no seasoning, nothing was needed. amazing, can't say enough. the mac and cheese was good as well, strong cheesy taste - i have tasted better, but those instances i can count on one hand. but the steak...good golly, i love my carbs but i would choose their cuts of meat over any carbohydrate, any day. theservicewas also plenty good, what you would expect from a steakhouse of this caliber.
for dessert we tried the key lime pie, though they did have a wide variety of offerings. i do wish the slice was a bit bigger than what we got, but it had a good refreshing taste and one of the better kl pie's i have tasted.
i really can't wait to go back. well worth the $110+ for two people. al biernat's is my new "go to" high end steakhouse and a "favorite" on us.