Cook your own steak places
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Rubes in Montour and west of Waukee.
Not shocked you love this stupid concept.
There are cook your own steak places all over. It's called home.
There was one in Janesville until just recently. I never got around to trying it though. I want to say there was one in Iowa City back in the day too. South side of town maybe?
I’ll make a better steak at home over any steakhouse. The only difference is the aging process.
Restaurants can get meat that's difficult to source for an individual. And then they can have superior cooking surfaces. Finally, they can provide seasonings that are proprietary and difficult to copy at home. Lastly, someone else does the dishes.
Rube's steaks are better quality than you get at any meat counter I know of in Eastern Iowa. Their Cowboy Ribeye is absolutely top notch and worth every penny.
The dishes part is really the only relevant thing in your post. No offense.
My beef comes from Larry. It's proprietary and doesn't need seasoning because he knows each cow by it's alpha-numeric designation. The boys at Bud's prepare and package the beef. It's a better product, and my money rotates through the local economy.
Real men aren't afraid of the dishes.
We had a couple Xmas parties there. Lot of fun with all the guys out standing around the pit drinking & conversing while the women were at the tables out of the way...
Florida ranks 12th in the nation for cattle production. A large number of them are calves that are later shipped to the midwest after the frozen trundra melts to fatten up.
Your "Nebraska Cow" is likely to have been born in Florida.
People talking like good steak doesn’t need a lil of @jasonrann seasoning.
You don't do the dishes. You walk in, order a drink, tell waitress your steak preference and then go pick it out of the cooler. Look for a hot spot on the grill. LBs always had pans of melted butter for the bread, potatoes or steak. Women get the salads while the guys cook the steaks. Pablo does the dishes...
I should like to add that the one in west branch had a full salad bar, baked beans, mushrooms, baked potato etc. I could do all that at home but why? We'd go there in college, drink some beers and grill some steak. They had a huge coal fired pit. It was awesome.
IDK, Sams meat counter in Davenport has some really good prime aged cuts. Just saying!!!
I make great steaks. Not just my confirmation. Been told multiple times by folks it’s the best steak they’ve ever had. Not attempting to brag, just speaking thy truth.
Someone knows what's up!
I usually get the prime ribeye from Fareway which is usually $12.99 or $13.99/lb, about an inch thick and around 16oz. Cook it over high heat over charcoal on cast iron grates to med-rare. They are fantastic, just not as good as Rube's. They spoil the shit out of those cows. They must eat very well.
Not in Iowa, but in Rapids City right across the river there is a restaurant that does.
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