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New York City's Best Steakhouses

Ben Benson's Steak House

Steaks for suits and spendthrifts - and the best crab cakes in town.

The Scene

A happy hour Pamplona. When the quittin' bell rings along Sixth Avenue, junior execs spill out of glass towers and herd to the bar of this raucous and masculine steakhouse. The assorted dining rooms have an urban hunting lodge motif, adorned with mounted bronzed buffaloes, lions, bears and the like. Around 8pm, there is such a din that you need a megaphone to converse.

The Food

Brobdingnagian steaks, well aged and cooked to a turn, rival those of the city's more famous meateries. The T-bone is exceptionally tender and flavorful, as are the broiled veal chop, plump lamb chops and roast prime ribs. A la carte vegetables are humdrum. The star of the menu, though, is the magnificent crab cake, a thick, loosely bound puck of sweet lump crab with very little breading, all charred and wonderfully salt-flecked on the outside - $15 and worth every nickel. Standard steakhouse desserts are fine, although you would do better with another crab cake.

123 W 52nd St
New York ,  NY   10019
Phone: (212) 581-8888
Fax: (212) 581-1170