On the finish of 2019, the largest drama within the Dallas meals scene was the Steak Race. Steakhouses throughout city had been competing in opposition to one another to see who might promote the largest, wildest, costliest beef. City Fireplace launched the $150 “Battle Axe.” Knife countered with a bone-in ribeye dry-aged for 240 days; it offered for nearly a greenback a day. Then tv chef Curtis Stone weighed in at Georgie with the winner: a $390 steak flown in from Australia.
How issues have modified. Since these days, we’ve had one million individuals die from a pandemic, just a few hundred individuals attempt to storm the U.S. capitol and stage a coup, and a complete lot of different stuff to fret about. Issues bought so dangerous, Georgie even dropped the $390 meat. (Their costliest common providing now’s $275.)
However for those who’re nostalgic for the great outdated days once we spent extra time enthusiastic about meals than rebellion, I’ve excellent news: the Steak Race is again!
Tuesday I bought a press launch asserting the reopening of SĒR Steak + Spirits, the steakhouse on the 27th ground of the Hilton Anatole. They’ve a brand new chef, Richard Hoffmann, and an all-new menu to match. Curious, I pulled up SĒR’s web site and found the “Cadillac” (citation marks within the unique), for $280. Right here’s the outline: “38 oz. tomahawk, 16 oz. foie gras, flight of sauces.” The sauces are crimson chimichurri, au poivre, and béarnaise.
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SĒR has helpfully confirmed that the foie gras is plated on prime of the tomahawk steak in order that its richness can soften into the meat. This truly sounds form of enjoyable, particularly the sauce flight. Everybody ought to do sauce flights.
However most significantly: sure, we’ve entered an excellent new period of one-upmanship. Knife’s 240-day dry-aged ribeye is presently $235. Monarch has a 45-day dry-aged tomahawk, additionally 38 oz., for $240. However SĒR’s new Cadillac prices precisely $5 greater than Georgie’s (present) excessive bid.
The Steak Race is in full swing. SĒR’s rivals are going to need to form up in the event that they need to beat the $280 new child on the block. They are going to want much more than a dry-aging cupboard or a pound of foie.
Listed below are my options for much more costly, extravagant steaks. Cooks, you’re welcome to make use of these concepts, and please don’t give me credit score. Let’s get grilling!
The Influencer: $300
8 oz. filet mignon crusted in pink peppercorns and gold leaf, skewered and served on the rim of a bloody mary, and on completely different skewers on prime of the drink, there are additionally jumbo cocktail shrimp, a cheeseburger slider, and a Boston cream doughnut with sprinkles
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It’ll look nice on Instagram! Please word that this specifically constructed, experiential dish shouldn’t be served with plates.
The Cadillac Escalade: $475
38 oz. tomahawk steak, 38 oz. foie gras
As an alternative of steak topped with foie, why not go along with equal elements of each?
The Booster: $500
18 oz. bone-in New York strip, loaded baked potato, two tickets to Southern Methodist College soccer recreation (non-conference)
As a part of your buy, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson will personally tweet reward for the SMU pupil athlete of your selection.
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The Wagyar: $600
Wagyu beef (photograph courtesy of Niwa Japanese BBQ)
Wagyu and caviar, blended collectively
Right here’s the recipe, if you wish to do this at residence. First the chef takes a premium Miyazaki A5 Wagyu ribeye, raised and butchered in Japan and flown in to Texas. That is probably the most marbled steak on the planet, resembling the photograph above. Then the kitchen makes use of subtle precision laser steering to chop out all of the precise meat within the steak, leaving solely the ribbons of fats. Lastly, they spoon Golden Osetra caviar into all of the little holes the place meat was once.
The Housewives: $750
8 oz. filet mignon, dry aged for 240 days and wrapped in edible gold, served with a shot of Monkey 47 dry gin
This minimize is aged within the private wine fridge of a distinguished Dallas socialite. When it arrives at your desk, your server will whisper the socialite’s identify in your ear one time solely earlier than strolling away. Hear fastidiously, as a result of for those who miss it, you don’t get to ask, “Sorry, what?” That’s why this order is so unique.
The Sugar Bae: $1,111
12 oz. boneless prime New York strip, that’s it
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Salt Bae himself involves your desk to slice the steak and do his factor the place he douses the steak in salt that he bounces off his elbow or no matter. However as a substitute of salt it’s cocaine.
The Miata: $40,010
38 oz. tomahawk steak served in an precise all-new 2022 Mazda MX-5 Miata, Grand Touring trim, which you get to maintain
Sadly, our restaurant was solely in a position to safe Miatas painted in platinum quartz, and the additional $10 is due to that dumb vendor add-on the place they cost you to place a cargo internet within the trunk. However, hey: it’s a Miata! For an extra $10, we’ll take away the pesky cargo internet.
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The Dallas Cowboys got back in the win column with a surprising upset over the Washington Commanders. Surprising in the fact that Dallas won, and surprising in that it was one of the crazier games seen in a while. The fourth-quarter alone was worth the price of admission.
The Cowboys were able to get their win even though they were roughly 10.5-point underdogs going into the game. Dallas has been the underdog for a while now, but this week they are favored. With their rivals in the NFC East, the New York Giants, coming to town on turkey day, Dallas finds themselves as 3.5-point favorites in the FanDuel odds.
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The Giants appear to be falling apart after cutting QB Daniel Jones, getting rocked by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-7, then having multiple players calling the team’s effort ‘soft’ and questioning the game plan.
Could the Cowboys actually go on a winning streak? And how does this sit with a fanbase firmly looking toward draft position?
During the first quarter on Sunday afternoon against the Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb set an impressive bit of NFL history.
By recording his fourth reception in the game (CeeDee got a lot of work early if that is not obvious) Lamb recorded four receptions for the 44th consecutive game. That is the longest streak in NFL history, according to the Cowboys’ public relations team.
CeeDee Lamb (@_CeeDeeThree) has recorded four receptions in the first quarter. Lamb has recorded at least four receptions in 44 consecutive games, surpassing Michael Thomas for the longest such streak in NFL history.
— Dallas Cowboys Public Relations (@DallasCowboysPR) November 24, 2024
Lamb surpassed former New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas to set the record all to himself. The impressive thing about a streak like this is that it crosses over multiple seasons and in CeeDee’s case even multiple quarterbacks.
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Obviously this season has been a bit tough for the Cowboys, but seeing CeeDee continually perform is a bright spot throughout it all. Kudos and congratulations to him, hopefully there is a lot more history on the way for him and the team in sunnier days.
In August, when the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System filed a lawsuit against City Hall, we winced in concern.
The difference boiled down to which entity, the city or the pension board, had the authority to send a plan to the Texas Legislature to get the badly underfunded system back on track.
Well, the pension system won that fight in district court in Travis County. The plan it has crafted would offer substantially more funding to the pension system, with cost-of-living increases and a reduction in employee contributions in later years.
The city could drag this through an appeal, but as things stand, the pension system’s plan would become the required funding formula.
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Most readers know the pension system is underfunded by more than $3 billion. The difference here boils down to how much additional money the city will contribute per year to get us back on track. Under the pension system’s plan, it would be millions more per year.
But this is a wholly negotiable matter. Two sides have different figures in mind. The sides need to hash out those differences in a way that ensures the city is aligned with a 2017 state law that was passed for the express purpose of getting this pension funded.
There are serious people on both sides. What we need now is a leader at City Hall who has the standing to get this done. Normally, that would be the mayor, but our mayor hasn’t been doing the hard work at City Hall for a long time and we don’t expect him to start now. It could be the city manager, but that job is in the hands of an interim manager now.
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Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins has been doing the heavy lifting for the city, but whether he can lead the city’s side in negotiations is unclear.
All we know is that there is an opportunity for a solution that gets this thing out of court and a solid plan to the Legislature that, yes, includes sacrifices but that also stops the drumbeat about this important public benefit.
Someone needs to get on the phone, book a conference room, order some takeout and work the spreadsheets. There is time, but the clock is ticking.
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