There's no doubt that the restaurant owners of Charlotte have their customers pegged: We like meat on our menus, steak preferably, with some seafood available for the health conscious. This column takes a look at the steakhouses around town participating in the Queen's Feast Restaurant Week and the deals they are offering.
Many of the top steakhouses in town are participating. And let's face it, getting out of, say, Morton's with just a $30 tab for a 3-course meal is quite a bargain. Each of the Queen's Feast menus includes an appetizer or salad, a main entree, usually with sides, and a dessert. Many of the restaurants have a wine special available as well.
Here, in alphabetical order, are the steak and seafood restaurants, and the steak deals they offer. All also offer a seafood option, sometimes chicken and/or pork chops as well. A few (as noted below) even have a vegetarian option.
Aquavina Steaks and Seafood
Filet Mignon, served with roasted garlic whipped potatoes, asparagus and topped with a red wine sauce
BLT Steak
Grilled Flat Iron Steak, with fingerling potato hash, pickled peppers, garlic jus
Captial Grille
Lots of beef here. Choose between an 8 oz. Filet Mignon, Morel Mushroom-Crusted Tournedos with red wine sauce, or a 14 oz. Bone-In Kona-Crusted Dry Aged Sirloin with shallot butter. All served with Sam's Mashed Potatoes and Creamed Spinach
Chima Brazilian Steakhouse
This is probably the best deal of all for meat lovers with really big appetites. The $30 tab includes Chima's Rodizio Meat Service with Top Sirloin, Baby Top Sirloin, Flank Steak, Beef Ribs, Sausage, Parmesan Pork Loin, Pork Ribs, Boneless Chicken, Chicken Wrapped with Bacon, Salmon, Swordfish, Leg of Lamb, and Filet Mignon wrapped with bacon, all sliced at your table, plus polenta, mashed potatoes, and fried bananas and the huge Salad Bar with over 35 items.
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
8 oz. Filet Mignon lightly seasoned & broiled at 1600 degrees, served with Chateau Potatoes (whipped potatoes with green onions & a hint of cayenne).
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar
Queen's Feast special is an 8 oz. Filet Mignon, but you may want to opt for the wonderful Barbecue Scottish Salmon Fillet, served wtih a three mushroom salad and barbecue glaze.
LaVecchia's Steaks and Seafood
10 oz. Boneless Rib-Eye, hand cut, served with buttermilk mashed potatoes, pencil asparagus & Burgundian red wine sauce or a hand cut 12 oz. New York Strip, with buttermilk whipped potatoes, haricot verts & LaVecchia's signature herb butter
McCormick & Schmick's
9 oz. Top Sirloin Steak, char-grilled and topped with maitre d' butter, served with roasted potatoes and seasonal roasted vegetables; or take your choice of several seafood entrees, including cedar-planked salmon, stuffed mahi mahi, parmesan crusted flounder, or Maryland crab cakes.
Mickey & Mooch
9 oz. Center Cut Filet Mignon; or three Oven-Roasted Cold Water Lobster Tails; or Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass topped with sautéed shrimp; each served with your choice of Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes, Blue Cheese Coleslaw, Braised Cabbage, Charleston Grits, or Green Beans.
Morton's The Steakhouse
Single Cut Filet Mignon, 8.5 oz. filet, topped with hollandaise sauce, served with Mashed Potatoes and Sauteed Garlic Green Beans.
Old Stone Steakhouse
Belmont spot offers a New York Strip, 10 oz., hand cut and char broiled served with signature herb butter or the Black & Bleu 10 oz Sirloin, a center cut blackened with Cajun seasoning, topped with melted Danish bleu cheese and drizzled with a red wine reduction. Both (along with chicken, salmon, and pork options) served with choice of seasonal vegetables, baked potato, steakhouse fries, or mashed potatoes & gravy.
Omaha Steakhouse
7 oz. Omaha Private Reserve Filet Mignon or 12 oz. Omaha Private Reserve New York Strip; both served with Yukon Gold mashed potatoes.
The Palm
Prime Top Sirloin 8 oz. Steak Au Poivre or try the Twin Broiled Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes with mango salsa
Ruth's Chris
Bistro Filet with your choice of Cream Spinach or Garlic Mashed Potatoes. Vegetarian option: Grilled Portobello Mushroom Entrée
Sullivan's Steakhouse
Steak & Potatoes, a broiled filet served wtih horseradish mashed potatoes, sautéed green beans, red wine au jus.
Many other restaurants participating in the Queen's Feast Restaurant Week include steaks on their menus as well. Check the Restaurant Week website for all the menus and deals.
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