http://texasbest.gorley.com Ribeyes, wine, state parks, country music & steakhouse reviews! Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:07:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finally got around to building a google map to match my top 10 steakhouses in Houston list. I've mapped the top 9, and #10 is a surprise! Below is the Google Map of the Best Houston Steakhouses: View Larger Map If you're looking for more of the best steakhouses in Houston, ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/map-of-best-steaks-in-houston/ We made trip #2 out to Pappa's less famous Houston steakhouse. The Sbragia Cabernet was wonderful with my bone-in ribeye. Amy had the asparagus side, and I had some lovely mushroom caps. She went for the filet oscar, a nice petite filet mignon with a lemon-butter sauce and crab meat. ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/pappas-grill-steakhouse-great-ribeye/ I'm stuck in Dallas on emergency duty - evacuated to work from afar due to Ike. I did have a decent filet at the Omni Mandalay - still, nothing worth reviewing. However, many of my friends are recovering down in Houston, without power, and most of their freezer is thawing out. I usually ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/hurricane-ike-meat-grilling-time/ I saw this video from a "Strip House" chef who was on the Today Show with Al Roker. (Sorry, but there's a 30 second ad at the beginning): The first few moments, I thought he was right on track about grilling steaks, putting a wet gray salt on a big fat ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/burnt-steak-oh-the-humanity/ My Best Steaks in Houston list has been updated (10/15/08). I'll continue to add steakhouse reviews, and linking the top 10 steak house to my blog reviews of those restaurants, etc. I've also added a map of top Houston steaks. See where to get great ribeyes, filet mignon, NY ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/best-steak-house-houston-top-10/ Brenner's Steakhouse is a fabulous little location, a place that I've know about for 20 years.A few months ago I paid a visit - but for some reason I didn't write up a review. The off-the-menu bone-in ribeye was absolutely the best steak I've ever had. *pause* I'm in my mid 30's, ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/brenners-best-small-steakhouse-in-houston/ Willie Nelson is Amy's favorite, and she'd never seen him in person. I'd looked last year at a few concerts when he was doing the Last of a Breed tour, but couldn't find anything that worked with our schedules. However, I took a flyer and checked to see if he ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/willie-nelson-concert/ Iowa - how's the beef? What's the best steak in the state of Iowa? Well I searched for steak, steakhouses, etc... and I quickly found the best steak house in Iowa - Rube's Meat. A quick call to the tire shop in Davis County confirmed, Rube's is worth the 2 ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/rubes-meat-iowa-steakhouse/ I've been to Jimmy Wilson's AKA Denis' Wilson's (but actually named Jimmy Wilson's Seafood & Chop House) several times. I've had some great seafood there - lovely crab cakes, tasty spinach-artichoke dip, etc. Saturday night we headed out for dinner, and my girlfriend wanted some Shrimp Etoufee. I wanted a ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/never-get-steak-at-seafood/ Organic grass-fed beef patties, infused with garlic, grilled over natural charcoal - what a nice way to wait for dinner and have a chat on the patio. My honey has a new way of cooking garlic, in a bowl of water in the oven, "makes it soft like butta!" or ... http://texasbest.gorley.com/organic-beef-burgers/