Kobe Spam?

The steak house is going Wagyu

Comments (0) By Mark Stuertz Thursday, Jan 15 2004

Nothing will dampen the spread of the Dallas steak house: not mad cows, not prime beef at triple-bypass prices, not heinous visions of "downer cow" kielbasa (who has the spine for that?). And nothing will throw a bucket of A-1 on Dallas' lust for blue-blood beef. In fact, the steak house is going Wagyu, that pampered breed of cattle that in Japan drinks beer and is massaged with sake before it becomes ruinously expensive Kobe beef. Gary Yamamoto of Gary Yamamoto Custom Beef, a Wagyu cattle ranch and beef purveyor in Mabank, Texas, has charged Michael Scott, former executive chef at the Lakewood Country Club, with scouting for locations in Dallas in which to develop a Kobe beef steak house. The restaurant, to open within the next 12 months, will feature Japanese beef cuts, traditional steaks and sandwiches (Kobe cold cuts?), according to Yamamoto Custom Beef Marketing Director Mark Hoegh.

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Lakewood Country Club

6430 Gaston Ave.
Dallas, TX 75214

Category: Sports/Recreation

Region: East Dallas & Lakewood

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The Old Monk

2847 Henderson Ave.
Dallas, TX 75206

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: East Dallas & Lakewood

The Dubliner

2818 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, TX 75206

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: East Dallas & Lakewood

Which Wich

1410 Main St.
Dallas, TX 75202-4012

Category: Restaurant > Deli

Region: Downtown & Deep Ellum

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