Keens Steakhouse

No other restaurant is quite like Keens. The legendary New York steakhouse was founded by Albert Keen way back in 1885, and it quickly became a hangout for actors in the surrounding Herald Square Theater District as well as politicians, producers, newspaper men and sports stars. The Theater District may have moved uptown since then, but Keens remains relatively unchanged, down to the historic prints and playbills lining the walls and regulars’ old smoking pipes displayed on the ceiling.

On top of being one of New York’s most historic restaurants, it’s also one of its very best steakhouses. The steaks are dry-aged and USDA Prime, the burgers are a blend of chuck and dry-aged beef and ground fresh daily, and the mutton chop — a whole saddle of mature lamb, with the loin, tenderloin and belly — has been the signature dish for more than 100 years.