Roosevelt Prime Steakhouse: Better than good

There is no need to be so gauche as to ask, directly, “Is this illegally imported USDA beef?” The wise thing to do at Roosevelt is just confidently order the rib-eye and sink your molars into some of the most satisfying beef available on this earth.

Owner George Chen, a San Francisco transplant with several successful restaurants in California, is nearly always at the restaurant, enforcing a strict consistency in everything from the steaks to the towers of perfectly battered onion rings.

Richly fragrant truffle mac ‘n cheese and the house Caesar salad also claim devotees.

The interior at this meticulously-preserved historic villa deliberately projects an “old boy club” atmosphere with leather seating, dark wood paneling, and, but of course, a dedicated cigar room.