Located in the heart of the South, the northern Alabaman city of Huntsville is an important military and aeronautical technology hub. Sharing its border with Tennessee along the Tennessee River, Huntsville offers a wide range of typical Southern cuisine, including grilled, juicy steak. Steak restaurants abound in Huntsville, so whether you're looking for a petite filet mignon or a mighty 16-oz. New York strip steak, you'll find it in Huntsville.
Located in the lobby of the Embassy Suites in Huntsville's downtown business district, this branch of the popular steak house chain features an expansive terrace overlooking Big Spring Park where guests can dine under the stars. Ruth's Chris Steak House prepares it hearty lean cuts of beef grilling them at 1800 degrees F and topping them off with fresh sage and butter. Choose among the many different classic steak cuts, including filet, rib eye, New York strip, porterhouse and T-bone. For those who shy away from the beef, Ruth's Chris offers BBQ shrimp, stuffed chicken breast and fresh Maine lobster.
Ruth's Chris Steak House
800 Monroe Street,
Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 539-3930
ruthschris.com
Located in downtown Huntsville's Washington Square, The Chophouse is a quintessential upscale southern steakhouse and one of Huntsville's top restaurants. The Chophouse uses only Certified Angus Beef brand steaks, fresh local seafood and farm raised lamb and venison. Every filet mignon, New York strip, cowboy rib eye, porterhouse and sirloin is slow-cooked in an apple, cherry and hickory wood-fired grill and served with garlic mashed potatoes. Non-steak dishes include steamed Alaskan red king crab legs, fennel-spiced organic chicken and fresh cold water oysters served on the half shell. Due to Huntsville smoking laws, all guests must be 19 or older.
The Chophouse
109 Washington Street
Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 704-5555
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This Southern-based steak house chain has a popular location near the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Lone Star generally offers plenty of bang for your buck, with gargantuan "Texas-sized" portions all around. This restaurant offers hand-cut, finely aged Texas rib eye, New York strip, 20-oz. Porterhouse, filet mignon, Delmonico rib eye and San Antonio sirloin steaks. You can also order a number of sizable burgers and sandwiches including a mushroom Swiss burger, mesquite-grilled chicken sandwich and the BBQ sirloin stack. Small plates of macaroni and cheese, chicken tenders and steak medallions are available for the kids.
Lone Star Steakhouse
5901 University Drive
Huntsville AL, 35806
(256) 837-0010
lonestarsteakhouse.com
