Midtown · Steakhouse · American · Chophouse
Since 1885, under 50,000 clay pipes on the ceiling — the mutton chop is the reason and always has been
Keens has been on West 36th Street since 1885, which in New York restaurant terms is close to geological. The ceilings hold more than fifty thousand churchwarden pipes left by members of the pipe club — Teddy Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, Albert Einstein among them — and the rooms have the specific dark warmth of a place nobody has been permitted to modernize. The mutton chop is the order: a saddle of lamb roughly the size of a forearm, cooked hard on the outside and rare through the middle, and unavailable in this form anywhere else in the city. The porterhouse is excellent and beside the point. The scotch list runs to hundreds of bottles. Sit in the pub room if you cannot get the dining room.
Keens Steakhouse is since 1885, under 50,000 clay pipes on the ceiling — the mutton chop is the reason and always has been. Regulars order legendary mutton chop and porterhouse for two.
Keens Steakhouse is priced at $$$$ — approx. $75+ per person, a special-occasion spend.
Keens Steakhouse takes reservations by phone — call (212) 947-3636 to book.
Keens Steakhouse is at 72 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018, in Midtown. Garages on 36th and 37th St; street parking is unrealistic
Keens Steakhouse is open Mon–Fri 11:45 AM–10:30 PM · Sat 5–10:30 PM · Sun 5–9:30 PM. Hours can change on holidays — confirm on Google Maps before a long drive.