Steak House: The People, the Places, the Recipes. <\/strong><\/p>\nIn the book, Wareheim takes readers on a coast-to-coast tour of steakhouses across America<\/strong>. Profiling nearly 40 steakhouses<\/strong>, Wareheim celebrates the style, personality, and flavor of the restaurants, as well as providing 45 recipes<\/strong> for classic steakhouse fare.<\/p>\nThe two authors recently made an appearance on the podcast of celebrity chef, David Chang <\/strong>(of Netflix\u2019s Ugly Delicious fame) to discuss their book. During \u201cSteak With Eric Wareheim and Gabe Ulla\u201d on The Dave Change Show, released October 27, Chang asked them what their favorite steakhouse was. After politely extricating why his choice wasn\u2019t Chang\u2019s own steak house, Major Domo, Wareheim told the host his favorite was Pappas Bros. in Houston<\/strong>.<\/p>\n ![\"Image](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FotoJet-2025-11-05T151957.745-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo credit: @pappasbrossteakhouse <\/p>\n
\u201cHouston: Pappas [Bros.]\u201d, Wareheim replied. \u201cIt\u2019s insane<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s the platonic idea: no bullshit on the menu. You get what you get and it\u2019s perfectly done<\/strong>,\u201d Ulla said.<\/p>\nWareheim continued to describe the vibe of the restaurant, providing context to his \u201cfull package\u201d response<\/strong> to the best steak house question, noting the restaurant\u2019s dash of Southern Charm and heavenly interior.<\/strong><\/p>\nAs far as David Chang\u2019s retort, Chang expressed outrage at never having heard of the steakhouse<\/strong> \u2013 calling out Houston\u2019s own Chris Shepherd<\/strong> \u2013 who took introduced Wareheim and Ulla to the restaurant \u2013 for leaving him out in the blue. To use Chang\u2019s words:<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve been to Houston many times. Chris Shepherd, what the f**k? Never f*cking took me\u2026 you\u2019re cutting me out of the good sh*t\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n ![\"Image](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FotoJet-2025-11-05T152014.385-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo credit: @pappasbrossteakhouse <\/p>\n
Chang was clearly jesting in his response, as he would later say of Chris Shepherd: \u201cHe\u2019s one of the very best; he\u2019s literally a godsend to the culinary profession<\/strong>\u201c. In previous episodes of Ugly Delicious, David Chang has heaped plenty of praise on Houston\u2019s food scene, calling it \u201cAmerica\u2019s next great food city\u201d.<\/p>\nSteak House: The People, thePlaces, the Recipes is now available for purchase. Pappas Bros. Steakhouse has multiple locations in the Houston area, though the original is located at 5839 Westheimer Rd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Images via PappasBros. Steakhouse\/ Shutterstock Save Eric Wareheim is an American comedian, writer, actor, and writer. Most famously,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":358141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,26077,41290,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-358140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-northamerican-food","10":"tag-steak","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115498814149634732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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