Sink your teeth into steak

Although Louisiana leads the pack in fresh seafood, there’s still nothing like a fresh, juicy steak, hot and sizzling and fresh off the grill. If you’re looking to spring back from Lenten abstinence from meat in a big way, Baton Rouge offers several high-end restaurants that’ll more than satisfy your craving for steak done as you like. Ruth’s Chris (Map it!), a Baton Rouge landmark and leader of the Best of 225 Awards’ Best Steak category by a wide margin each year, serves up a prime cut of beef in just about every way you can imagine. They take top honors in the Best Service category, too, so you know you’ll be taken care of right. Visit ruthschris.com to check out the full menu. Second- and third-place winners Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse (Map it!) and Sullivan’s Steakhouse (Map it!), however, also are prominent on the map of Baton Rouge’s great meat-serving establishments, with excellent service records and tasty prime cuts of their own. Check out flemingssteakhouse.com and sullivanssteakhouse.com for menu previews. (Photo by Erin Parker) Map it!