The Capital Grille

Although it's a chain, the Capital Grille offers well-trained service, strategically rewarding food, and a mahogany-and-linen atmosphere that has worked itself into an ambiance. Steaks are king here, and prices are through the roof, but for special occasions, you'll have quite a fling. Great starters (try the pan-fried calamari), side orders such as Sam's mashed potatoes, and desserts, all bracketing huge slabs of dry-aged, U.S. prime beef, grilled to your kind of T. You have a wide choice of reds to wash that beef down.