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Knife and Nuri Steakhouse earn spots on 2025’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants list

Chef John Tesar, who knows his way around a knife, is returning to Food Network for the debut of House of Knives.

People love to talk about what they like to drink with oysters. What is it about bivalves that causes such a pairing debate? And what is it that actually pairs best with oysters? I posed this question to some industry people. But let’s talk about the most-cited pairings first.

Congratulations to Knife Steakhouse in Plano who was recently voted Best Place for Carnivores in Plano! Thank you to all of your for their votes and support!

From coast to coast, industry insiders turn to these restaurants for comfort, inspiration, and a perfectly cooked steak.

Dallas is a suburb not to sleep on, especially in terms of food.

Fortunately, Dallas sports an eclectic and excellent array of steakhouses, ranging from old school haunts to modern, red meat-laden palaces, where you’re guaranteed to leave happy and full.

Food trends take off then fizzle out, but steakhouses always seem to be in style. Some have stayed relatively the same for more than a century while others innovate this classic concept.

With new concepts from local chefs to out-of-town sensations making their local debuts, the new year is already shaping up to be both exciting and busy for local dining devotees.

There’s so much great stuff to eat and do in North Texas. But what’s the best? Just as the year ends, here’s a moment for us — and you — to look back at the best of the best for 2023.

The Dallas dining scene continues to woo us. From Icelandic hot dogs to Hawaiian lunch plates to Italian street food, the options to indulge are bountiful.

Our list of the Dallas area's 50 Best Restaurants reflects the values we want to see in Dallas cooking. Integrity, seasonality, and originality take pride of place over flashy style.

Knife is a top-rated steakhouse in Dallas that offers a great dining experience.

There's arguably no one who does steakhouse better than Texas, and nowhere in the state offers more opulent and higher-quality experiences than Dallas.

When visiting Dallas, you will find a few tried and true attributes, including impeccable shopping, luxurious accommodations, and high-end, premium-quality steaks.

The restaurant is a spin-off of his lauded Knife in Dallas and the Michelin-starred Knife & Spoon in Orlando, Florida.

While there’s a comfort to the classic steakhouse, plenty of proprietors have pushed the envelope by experimenting with aging, sourcing high-quality beef from around the world, incorporating global flavors, and playing with live-fire cooking. Michelin has taken notice, too.

Tesar made his reputation serving a variety of dry-aged and exotically-sourced steaks at Knife, and given its popularity, Tesar decided to go with a more familiar brand name for Orange County diners.

The steakhouses that take things to the next level put a lot of time and effort into the selection, aging and preparation, and the results are the absolute best pieces of beef you can put into your mouth.

Whether you live in Dallas, Texas, or just passing through, you will note a great culinary scene.

There's no denying that John Tesar is a talented cook and restaurant owner, but he's not the easiest person to put up with.

Having a plate of food for dinner will usually always have a protein some veggies and a starch, there’s nothing better than a nicely cooked steak alongside some mashed potatoes and green beans. Especially if it’s cooked in Texas.

When it comes to steak, Collin County has a rich and storied history. The 19th century saw herds of longhorn cattle traverse the Texas Road, also known as the Shawnee Trail. It was the principal trail over which cattle were driven to northern markets through Dallas, Preston and Collin County.

Get your fill of queso, tacos, chicken fried steaks, and other DFW favorites.

From classic, dimly lit steak-and-potato joints to high-end spots perfect for your next date night, power lunch, or expense account-fueled bacchanal, these are 14 of the best steakhouses in Dallas.

Good question. While Dallas has Michelin-starred chefs — two now, to be exact — those awards were given to restaurants in other states, never here.

Dallas chef John Tesar won his first Michelin star on June 9, during a ceremony that honors the best culinarians in Florida. Tesar’s restaurant, Knife & Spoon, located at the Ritz-Carlton resort in Orlando, hosted the event — but Tesar didn’t know he would be honored.

Steakhouses are some of the best dining experiences you can have whether it’s by yourself or with your significant other and if you’re in North Texas, you might just find yourself a top 10 experience.

It’s one thing when you claim to have one of the best of anything especially when it comes to stacking up against other restaurants nationwide, but it’s a whole other ball game when a report name-drops your spot in the top 10 of any ranking.

The name of the game in the steakhouse world is changing. We see old standbys with decades in the industry embracing the nostalgic elements of a traditional chophouse while newcomers rely on playful vibes, celebrity chefs, and exotic cuts of meat to make them stand out.

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So whether you're looking for a steakhouse that serves up innovative twists on classic favorites, or an old-school luxury joint where you can enjoy a glass of wine and a massive, perfectly seared cut of meat, there's a good chance there's a steakhouse near you that fits the bill.

These are my top restaurants with dishes, and there’s a big variety so there’s something for everyone!

Dallas chefs are bold and not afraid to try new things, and as a result, a list of elite establishments have risen to the top of the food chain, covering casual to fine dining, creative menus, and everything in between.

Dallas chefs are bold and not afraid to try new things, and as a result, a list of elite establishments have risen to the top of the food chain, covering casual to fine dining, creative menus, and everything in between.

If you‘re a fan of prime beef that’s been dry-aged a super long time — 120 to 240 days— make dinner plans at chef John Tesar’s Knife Dallas or Knife Dallas.

Say hello to our 20th edition. Here are 172 ways to support our favorite local places and people during this critical time for small businesses.

For some, it’s about a family-run establishment. For others, it’s all about the classics and history. And for the rest, nothing beats a swanky scene with A5 Wagyu. This list of America’s best steakhouses features not-to-be-missed menu items, a touch of history and a whole lot of mouth-watering steak photos.

But none are more notable than Knife & Spoon, the Ritz-Carlton newcomer whose eminence is rooted in chef John Tesar's prized proteins.

Reinventing the steakhouse experience, Knife is the celebrated concept from regionally and nationally acclaimed John Tesar.

This year we're focusing on the next generation of steak places. Places that, on top of giving you crazy incredible steaks, also pay careful attention to the highest quality sourcing while (hopefully) keeping an eye out for sustainability, or at the very least providing a degree of transparency.

That means with 2019 just behind us, it is time for my annual reflection on the standout restaurant meals I enjoyed in the past 12 months.

Dallas steakhouse Knife made Esquire's list of the 40 most important restaurants from 2010 to 2019. That's a big win nationally for chef John Tesar, as it's just one of two Texas restaurants on writer Jeff Gordinier's list.

The future of dining in America looks bright. Next year, some of the country's most iconic cooks—alongside legendary chefs from around the world—will unleash fresh new dining engagements...

When people look back on this arbitrary demarcation of years, these will be the restaurants that bring time-specific memories flooding back.

While plenty of these nostalgic establishments still exist and thrive around the country, the American steakhouse landscape is changing. Some of the classic, polished establishments have lost their sheen. And new steakhouses are stepping up to take their place, serving more exquisite cuts and rare breeds and widely utilizing dry-aging, a process that concentrates all of those meaty flavors.

From grand Las Vegas carnivore temples helmed by world-famous chefs to clubby Chicago dining rooms loaded with mahogany and brass to New York institutions with now-household names, the steakhouse is an American icon. These are the 50 best.

Top Chef star John Tesar is kicking things up a notch at the Chefs for Farmers Festival. He joins Good Day to share his skillet fried chicken recipe.

For Part 2, Burger Scholar George Motz and Alvin Cailan continue their search for the best burgers in Texas. They first head to Knife Dallas to try one of the most famous steakhouse burgers in America, and cap off their road trip at Keller's, a classic drive-in burger joint.

Chef John Tesar showing how to cook the best burger ever at home with Jane McGarry on Good Morning Texas.

If there’s one thing that Dallasites love, it’s a good steak. Which is only fitting since Texas is the top beef producing state in the nation. So it should come as no surprise that the metroplex is brimming with high-quality steakhouses. The only difficult part is deciding which one to choose.

Now, Franklin and his collaborator Jordan MacKay are back on the bookshelves (and the Internet) with Franklin Steak: Dry Aged. Live Fire. Pure Beef. It is a similarly wonky, passionate and in-depth exploration of the Other Red Meat, which also happens to be Franklin’s home-cooking passion.

Chef John John Tesar from Knife stops by the Good Day kitchen to share a brunch recipe. Knife is now open at the Shops at Willow Bend in Dallas and will soon open for lunch, brunch and dinner.

No place does steak better than Texas — and now there’s even more proof. Three Texas meat temples made the exclusive cut for the latest 31 Best Steakhouses in America rankings, proving they take their mighty meats and succulent steaks sear-iously.

Her passion for food and customer service started long before she ever realized it. It was the large family dinners, where her grandmother would cook up family-style meals with Italian, Irish and Cajun flavors, which jump-started her fervor for food.

My favorites don’t have to be expensive or Michelin-starred to be great either, they just have to serve great food. Hype or trendiness doesn’t make a restaurant better or worse - what matters to me is the taste.

At Knife Chef John Tesar is reinventing the steak house by taking it back to it's Texas roots at Knife. Chef Tesar takes Taryn Jones behind the grill to find out why they're so good.

It’s no longer a rumor: Former Top Chef contestant John Tesar’s seafood restaurant Outer Reef is headed to Dana Point at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa, with an opening slated for the end of 2018. Tesar is a four-time James Beard nominee, and appeared twice on Bravo’s culinary competition show.

The leader remains the same, but a few upstarts have rocked the rankings in a steak scene that has changed dramatically over the last several years.

Chef John Tesar has worked at some of the trendiest restaurants in New York and Las Vegas, earning notice for his skills in the kitchen-and for his outsized personality. In 2014, he opened Knife in Dallas, a steakhouse reinvention that made Esquire's list of "Best New Restaurants."

Ranging from Chef John Tesar’s modern take on steak to longstanding institutions dedicated to the classic steakhouse vibe, these restaurants serve Dallas’s best steaks. Go forth, and live your meat-obsessed dreams.

Tesar’s techniques, which he developed by running acclaimed Dallas restaurant Knife, are so interesting and unorthodox that with the help of James Beard Award-winning writer Jordan Mackay, he recently wrote them down to share with professional and amateur chefs alike.

Christmas Eve is a great time to let the elves take care of dinner, after weeks of getting ready for the holiday. Whether your traditions are classic American fare, Chinese, sushi, or Italian, there are amazing options open all over the city.