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The New York porterhouse is a dry-aged T-bone with a generous tenderloin side and the broiled, butter-basted finish that Peter Luger and the city's old steakhouses canonized. Sliced and served family-style.
The dry-aged porterhouse is the steakhouse tradition that Peter Luger (Brooklyn, opened 1887) made the city's reference plate. Luger broilers cook the steaks at 425C under salamanders, finished with a tableside butter baste and sliced for sharing. The dry-aging tradition (28 to 45 days in temperature-controlled lockers) was standardised by mid-20th-century steakhouses (Keens, Sparks, Smith and Wollensky). The Grill at the Seagram Building plates a dry-aged-strip refinement; Sammy's Roumanian Steakhouse on the Lower East Side keeps the old-Jewish-deli end of the spectrum with garlic-rubbed skirt and ribeye.
3 editor picks for Dry-aged porterhouse in New York City, ranked by editorial score. All New York City signature dishes · Dry-aged porterhouse across every city.
Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi's restoration of the Seagram Pool Room runs mid-century power-lunch food in New York City. Honey-glazed duck, tableside Caesar.
OrderHoney-glazed duck for two, carved at the table.
TipLunch is the move; the same room without the dinner price ceiling. Dress code is enforced: no jeans, no sneakers.
Peter Luger has dry-aged porterhouse on Broadway in Williamsburg, New York City since 1887. Cash or house card only, no reservations after 17:00 for walk-ins.
OrderPorterhouse for two, sliced and sauced at the table.
TipBook at least four weeks ahead for dinner. Lunch is the easier seat and the same meat.
Sammy's Roumanian reopened on Stanton Street in 2024 after the Chrystie basement closed in 2021. Romanian-Jewish steakhouse, schmaltz on every table.
OrderGarlic-rubbed skirt steak with seltzer-and-chocolate-syrup egg cream service.
TipTables are mixed at long shared boards; book the early seating by phone (646-410-2427) if you want any chance of hearing your tablemate.
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