What is Steakhouse?
{{Redirect|Chophouse|the style of Singaporean building|Shophouse#Variants}} {{for|the Saudi restaurant chain|Steak House}} [[Image:Amarillo Texas Big Texan Steak2 2005-05-29.jpg|thumb|250px|[[The Big Texan Steak Ranch]] in [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], Texas]] A '''steakhouse''', '''steak house''', or '''chophouse''' refers to a [[restaurant]] that specializes in [[steak]]s and chops. They are found mainly in [[North America]]. Modern steakhouses may also carry other cuts of meat including [[poultry]], [[Standing rib roast|roast prime rib]], and [[veal]], as well as [[fish]] and other [[seafood]]. ==History== Chophouses started in [[London]] in the 1690s and served individual portions of meat, known as [[meat chop|chops]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Davidson, Alan|work=[[Oxford Companion to Food]]|title=Chop}}</ref> The traditional nature of the food served was maintained through the later 19th century despite the new cooking styles from the [[Continental Europe|Continent]], which were becoming fashionable. The houses were normally only open for men.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danddlondon.com/article/the-chop-house-tradition/616 |title=The chop house tradition |website=danddlondon.com|publisher=The Artful Diner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111230947/http://www.danddlondon.com/article/the-chop-house-tradition/616 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 }}</ref> The steakhouse started in the United States in the mid-19th century as a development from traditional inns and bars.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/raisingsteakslif00fuss |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/raisingsteakslif00fuss/page/287 287] |title=Raising steaks: the life and times of American beef |year=2008 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |author=Fussell, Betty|isbn=9780151012022 }}</ref> Steakhouses can be casual or formal fine dining restaurants. The oldest chophouse in London Simpson's Tavern is regarded as an institution of London and retains its 19th century decor. The olde