Why Big Rock made the SteakMap list Big Rock runs a section of the menu called the Butcher’s Edition, and it is effectively a world tour of beef with the country of origin printed beside every cut. SteakMap has not found a more educational five lines on any American menu. 12oz grass-fed New York strip — Southern Ranges, Australia 8oz Read more...
Why Fleming’s Birmingham made the SteakMap list Birmingham has more steakhouses per square mile than anywhere else in Michigan, so a chain needs a reason to be on this list. Fleming’s has one: the 9oz spinalis ribeye cap. The spinalis is the crescent of muscle wrapping the outside of a ribeye — the best-eating piece on the animal by most Read more...
Why Hyde Park Birmingham made the SteakMap list Hyde Park is an Ohio group with two Michigan rooms, and it is the only steakhouse chain SteakMap has found that dry-ages at every single location — seven for seven across both states. House standard is 28 days. That consistency is unusual. Multi-location groups normally concentrate the aging capability at a flagship Read more...
What ZANA is ZANA sits on South Old Woodward in downtown Birmingham, and it is a modern restaurant that happens to take steak seriously rather than a chophouse in the traditional sense. The name comes from Albanian folklore — a zana is a fairy of the mountains. It is run by the Tallulah Group, and the kitchen states that its Read more...
