What Makes Ruth's Chris Steakhouse Superior Dining?

Introduction

The Ruth Chris Steak House is a prominent and well-established restaurant with more than 121 steakhouses across the country and in several international locations. 

History

The founder of Ruth Chris Steakhouse is a women who attributed her name to the establishment, Ruth Fertel. Born on 1927 in the city of New Orleans, later moving to Homeplace, Louisiana Ruth had a relatively happy childhood growing up with her brother and parents. In school she demonstrated that she was quite bright and even managed to skip several grades and attend in LSU in Baton Rouge at the age of 15. After graduating and a brief stint working at LSU, the founder of Ruth Chris Steakhouse embarks upon the event of marriage, marrying Rodney Fertel. After having two children together they open up a racing stable, Ruth Fertel gains a thoroughbred training license and becomes the first female horse trainer in Louisiana.

After a decade of marital bliss the couples relationship erodes and they filed for divorce in 1958. Seven years later while perusing the local paper she comes across an ad that is selling a Steak-House, Ruth decides to mortgage her house and buy this new venture. In 1976, after many years of success running the Steakhouse a kitchen fire starts that completely destroys the restaurant. However, Ruth dose not let this stifle her dreams and purchases a building a few blocks away, calling it the Ruth Chris Steakhouse. In 1976, a man named Tom Morgan approaches Ruth and introduces the idea starting a franchise, Ruth agrees and the first franchise Chris Steakhouse is opened in Baton Rouge. From this Ruth Chris Steakhouse grows to become a global phenomena with numerous establishments being located around the world. 

Features

The menu at Ruth Chris Steakhouse is delicious, with fresh ingredients and enjoyable flavours for clientele to experience.

Appetizers and soups: 

• Calamari: lightly fried and tossed with a sweet and spicy Asian chili sauce.
• Barbecued Shrimp: Sauteed New Orleans style in reduced white wine, butter, garlic and spices
• Lobster Bisque
• Tempura Onion Rings with a honey Thai sauce

Salads and sides

• Sliced Tomato and Onion: A sliced beefsteak tomato on a combination of lettuces. Topped with sliced red onions, vinaigrette and bleu cheese crumbles.
• Steak House Salad: Iceberg, Romaine and baby lettuces with cherry tomatoes, garlic croutons and red onions.
• Ruth's Jumbo Chop Salad: This is a Ruth Chris Steakhouse original. It has Julienne iceberg lettuce, baby spinach and radicchio are tossed with red onions, mushrooms, green olives, bacon, eggs, hearts of palm, croutons, bleu cheese, lemon basil dressing and then topped with crispy onions.

Lunch: 

• Seared Ahi Tuna: spirited sauce with hints of ginger, mustard and beer.
• Louisiana Seafood Gumbo
• Chilled Shellfish Salad: Jumbo shrimp and jumbo lump crab meat tossed with fresh lemon and olive oil served on a bed of mixed greens, tomatoes and diced peppers.

Steaks:

• Filet
• Ribeye
• Cowboy Ribeye
• T-Bone
• New York Strip

Desserts

• Caramelized Banana Cream Pie:  white chocolate banana custard in our flaky crust. Topped with caramelized bananas.
• Cheesecake: homemade cheesecake served with fresh berries.
• Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce
• Chocolate Sin Cake
• Fresh Seasonal Berries with Sweet Cream Sauce

 

 

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