Vito's Chop House

Description:

• The Scene
  Steakhouse plush--brick walls, amber lighting, paper over linen, Sinatra et al. in stereo. A couple of booths have fun views through glass, either of rippling tropical fish or sweating kitchen cooks.
  
  The Food
  Paul Bunyan portions of aged steaks and fresh fish. The oak and orange wood fire gives grilled items a flavorful scorch, and chops and steaks come with an olive-adorned house salad. Fish lovers have a choice of pastas or dolphin, tuna, etc., straight up. Order the frito misto. Garlic mayonnaise and fried capers accompany this generous platter of delicately fried mussels, squid, scallops, shrimp and fish trimmings. Though billed as a group appetizer, it can double as an entree. A tasty steak like the 24-ounce prime rib-eye can feed two, but Vito's threatens a $5 sharing charge. Skip the jumbo asparagus, with stalks as tough as toothbrushes. The oversize desserts prove you can get too much of a good thing.

Awards:

CitySearch

•  Steak 2007