shakethemdreads

Ruth Fertel bought 'Chris' Steakhouse' in 1965 in New Orleans. Years later in 1976 a fire ruined the restaurant. Thankfully, she had recently bought a party space a few blocks down so she relocated. Since this was a new location and due to the sales agreement she HAD to change the name (she didn't want to). So, she reluctantly named it "Ruth's Chris Steakhouse," and that's where the name originated. I get this question all the time.

1) Hm.. Any place that sells Prime Beef is going to be good (in most cases). It's the top 2% quality of beef in the World so it has to hold some kind of standard over the steak industry... I know Capital Grille has dry aged steaks, and cuts their meat in house but it's choice grade not prime... Fogo de Chao is prime but it doesn't taste fresh to me, and in some cases was overly salty. Honestly, the only places that have ever matched up to me (meat wise) were private businesses in large cities... Such as Blt steaks, Prime Rib, Medium Rare, etc.
2) Morton's quality went down tremendously after being purchased by a new company. I know this because a lot of their employees left to work for us. It used to be comparable but i know mostly everything is frozen, of lesser quality, bagged, or reduced in portion size.
3) Happy hours at the corporate spots are AWESOME. $8.00 filet mignon steak sandwiches with fries, prime burgers, crab blts, sushi grade ahi tuna, and the like. Depending on location certain bottled beers are $4.00, wines, and selected cocktails are also $8.00 It's really a steal. Franchised happy hours are completely different, and are way more expensive. Also, the Ruth's Classic set menu is a good deal. Salad/soup, entree (same portion sizes as the ala carte steaks), personal side, and dessert. You can also upgrade sides, desserts, etc if you want something not listed. Not a lot of people know that and think it's automatic and no changes can be made.

Because it's Ruth's Chris of course. eye roll Kidding. Honestly, the company rarely deviates from anything Ruth implemented herself. I think we will always have the family style sides, sizzling plates, and butter in almost every food item.

Somebody be serving neighborhood cats

Eh, whatever. It happens, I used to cringe on the inside but i've become desensitized to it. However, if they ask for ketchup to put on their $60.00 bone in filet mignon I'm judging you no doubt about it.