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.
