House of Prime Rib

Anyone who loves a huge slab of meat and old-school-style dining will feel right at home at this shrine to prime (rib) -- catering to meat-loving San Franciscans since the 1940s. It's a fun and ever-packed affair within the men's club-like dining rooms (fireplaces included), where drinks are stiff, waiters are loose, and all the beef is offered English style -- roasted in rock salt, sliced tableside, and served with creamed spinach, a baked or mashed potato, and a soufflé-like Yorkshire pudding. This is not the place to go if you're on a diet or you're looking for an adventure in dining: These guys do one thing, but they do it right, serving some 600 roast beef dinners every night, cut thin, thick, and in between (you can even get an extra slice "for dessert"). To placate the occasional non-meat eater, they also offer a fish-of-the-day special, but c'mon -- if that's what you want, go to House of Prime Salmon.

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