{"id":180123,"date":"2026-02-25T20:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/180123\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:25:10","slug":"new-york-steakhouse-meets-texas-flavor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/180123\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Steakhouse Meets Texas Flavor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly 25 years ago, I made my first visit to The Lone Star State for a friend\u2019s rehearsal dinner in Houston. I distinctly remember the bride-to-be coming over to my table when she realized I ordered the chicken, whispering, \u201cDarlin\u2019, in Texas you get the steak.\u201d My plate was switched out before I even lifted a fork, and I found the replacement dish was tender and rich with flavor.<\/p>\n

Once my husband and I moved here, we consistently sought out steakhouses serving Texas meats, though not all left a great impression. So when VanHorn\u2019s invited me to give its new Austin outpost a try, I was skeptical. Surely the chef-owners, Daniel Berg and Dylan Salisbury, know how to please locals since they are part of the restaurant group behind Bill\u2019s Oyster and Teddy\u2019s, but how?<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The owners worked with local interior designer Johanna Barger and MMD Architecture. <\/p>\n

The answer, it turns out, was by creating a spot just steps from Austin City Limits Live that lacks pretension and serves Pat LaFrieda\u2019s prime dry-aged meats from small domestic farms all across the country. Yet, before that derails any enthusiasm, consider the atmosphere here, akin to a New York steakhouse. The sounds of lively conversations and martini-shaking bounce off the wood-paneled surfaces, the wine list is impressive, tables are covered in white linens, the lights are dim, and the service is professional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 25 years ago, I made my first visit to The Lone Star State for a friend\u2019s rehearsal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,62,3613,354,576],"class_list":{"0":"post-180123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-dining","12":"tag-food-drink","13":"tag-restaurants","14":"tag-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}