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I have brought up this place before, but of the 50 or so steakhouses I have dined in over the last 20 years, this is hands down the best:
Berns Steak House
Located in Tampa, Florida
I have relatives that live down there and they treated me and a girl I was dating when I was a poor struggling college student.
The place is outstanding. Included in dinner was a tour of the kitchen, tour of the wine cellar (I got to hold a $25k bottle of wine) and a separate room just for dessert (a reservation was needed for both the dinner table and the dessert room).
The standard in all old school steakhouses.
Probably one of 3 or 4 restaurants in my life where the experience was 10 out of 10.
FYC
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I just ate here with my gf about a month ago. Truly unique experience. I feel like this place can't be unknown though,just the sheer size of the kitchen and wine cellars was amazing. Food was great, service was great (supposedly the servers all have to go to like some special bern's server college or something). All in all really enjoyed the place, everything is just slightly over the top though.