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Why Carvers made the SteakMap list

Carvers offers every steak in two sizes and calls the bigger one the Carvers cut — a small piece of menu writing that tells you the kitchen is portioning its own beef rather than opening boxes.

The New York strip comes as a standard 11oz or a Carvers cut 14oz. The filet mignon as a standard 8oz or a Carvers cut 11oz. If you have ever wanted three more ounces without moving to a different animal, this is the menu that lets you.

The cuts

Beyond the two sizes there is a 20oz porterhouse described on the menu as the best Angus beef — filet and New York strip in one, which is what a porterhouse is and what makes it the correct order for anyone who cannot decide. A 14oz rib-eye covers the marbled end.

Two dishes show the kitchen’s hand. The Whiskey Peppercorn New York is an 11oz strip under cracked peppercorns in a creamed bourbon sauce. The Twin Filets are two 4oz medallions finished with both whiskey peppercorn and béarnaise — a way of ordering filet that gives you more crust per bite than a single thick cut can.

Beyond beef

The New Zealand lamb chops arrive five to a plate, single cut, rubbed with Mediterranean herbs under a rosemary mint glaze. The maple apple pork chop is a 12oz basted in maple syrup and cider glaze with an apple-onion chutney. Both are the kind of dish a steakhouse only bothers with when someone in the kitchen actually cooks.

Dinners come with a classic caesar and the vegetable of the day.

Menu prices

As published on Carvers’ own menu, August 2026: New Zealand lamb chops $51, 20oz porterhouse $50, Carvers cut filet mignon 11oz $48, standard filet mignon 8oz $43, Carvers cut New York strip 14oz $41, whiskey peppercorn New York 11oz $40, twin filets $39, standard New York strip 11oz $37 and the maple apple pork chop $31.

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