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Palm
salad at El Raigon in
San Francisco |
There
was once a time when Thousand Island dressing seemed exotic,
tableside Caesar fancy, and every steak around the country
was accompanied by a giant baked spud. Turns out, meat-and-potatoes
is still America's favorite comfort combo, but instead of
a humble russet topped with butter and sour cream you'll
now find taters made with goose fat, and black truffle spinach
or sweet potato fries with ginger. So to make your decision
easier when choosing between the wasabi-mashed or au gratin,
we asked our savvy restaurant writers around the country
for the top sides to accompany that T-bone. Here's what
we found:
Fleming's
Potatoes with cream, jalapeños and cheddar
Sullivan's
Au gratin potatoes
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Pappas
Bros. |
Al
Biernat's
Caesar salad
Bob's
Steak & Chop House
Spinach salad
The
Capital Grille
Fried potatoes and onions
Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
Skillet potatoes with caramelized onions and bacon
Perry's
Restaurant
Onion rings
Elway's
Green chili macaroni and cheese
Del
Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
Chateau potatoes mashed with bacon
Denver
Chophouse & Brewery
White cheddar mashed potatoes
Ted's
Montana Grill
Salt n' pepper onion rings with horseradish dipping sauce
Churrascaria
Braza
Crisp yucca fries
The
Capital Grille
Lyonnaise potatoes
Pappas
Bros. Steakhouse
Mashed potatoes with green onions and garlic
Strip
House
Goose fat potatoes, black truffle creamed spinach
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Sterling |
Dakota
Shoestring fries with Parmesan and black truffle
Fleming's
Prime
Creamed spinach
Mastro's
Steakhouse
Creamed corn
Nick
& Stef's Steakhouse
Sweet potato fries with ginger, crispy blue cheese potato
cake
Z's
Oyster Bar & Steakhouse
Jack's buttery whipped sweet potatoes laced with Jack Daniel's
Tennessee whiskey and topped with pecans
Pat's
Steak House
Iceberg with homemade Thousand Island or Bleu Cheese dressing
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BLT
Steak |
BLT
Steak
Parmesan gnocchi
Michael
Jordan's The Steakhouse NYC
Creamed-spinach baked potato
Smith
& Wollensky
Creamed spinach
Strip
House
Crisp goose fat potatoes
Fleming’s
Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Scalloped potatoes
Morton's
of Chicago
Potatoes Lyonnaise
Tom
& Jerry's Steak & Fish Grille
Fried garlic potato cakes
Kres
Bleu cheese au gratin potatoes
El Gaucho
Caesar salad
Cartwright's
Sweet onion risotto
Blackhorse
Grille
Mashed potatoes
The
Butcher Shop
Double-baked potato
Donovan's
Skillet-fried potatoes with onions and peppercorn gravy
Fleming's
Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Spinach sautéed in brown butter
Rainwater's
on Kettner
Fried onion wisps
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Izzy's |
Izzy's
Steak & Chophouse
Izzy's Own Potatoes
Bobo's
Thick-cut sweet Maui onion rings
C
& L
Yorkshire pudding, caramelized onion grits
El
Raigon
Sautéed spinach and heart of palm salad
Bern's
Steak House
House potato chips with truffled crème fraîche
Morton's
Football-sized baked potatoes
(Updated: 02/28/07 LB) |
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