1.PORTER HOUSE NEW YORK
10 Columbus Circle; 212-823-9500
Prime beef doesn’t usually come with a prime view, but Michael Lomonaco’s modern Time Warner Center place offers a side dish of Central Park. Fine salad, fish and pasta, too.
2.PETER LUGER
178 Broadway, Williamsburg; 718-387-7400
The fabled sliced porterhouse rarely disappoints. And although most go for steak, starters and sides have stealthily upped their game in recent years.
3.BLT STEAK
106 E. 57th St.; 212-752-7470
The original outpost of the French-influenced “interpretation of the American steakhouse” BLT chain and still the best. Buttery popovers precede a wealth of first-rate cuts in a modern atmosphere.
4.KEENS STEAKHOUSE
72 W. 36th St.; 212-947-3636
Consistently fine beef and older lamb that’s almost mutton in Manhattan’s most enchanting, well-aged rooms — 128 years old and counting.
5.BULL & BEAR
540 Lexington Ave.; 212-872-1275
The atmospheric Waldorf-Astoria classic is the city’s only good restaurant run by a large hotel’s food and beverage operation. Stick with steak, avoid “ocean” choices and you’ll be fine.
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