For Immediate Release:
August 20, 2008

PRIME RIB OWNER BUZZ BELER SAYS ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
JUST DISCOVERED WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW…

THE PRIME RIB OF BALTIMORE HAS ONE OF
THE 20 BEST STEAKS IN THE U.S.

Baltimore - In its September feature story, “The Esquire Almanac of Steak,” Esquire magazine named the prime rib at Baltimore’s Prime Rib as one of the 20 best steaks in the country.

Food critic John Mariani, a contributor to the Esquire story, likened the Prime Rib’s leopard-print dining room to George Steinbrenner’s private club, and praised the Prime Rib’s kitchen for the way it roasts its signature prime rib. “The kitchen roasts the majestic prime rib on the bone, its collar of fat suffused into the inner layer, the core a rose red all of it giving off the intoxicating aroma of old money,” the article stated.

Joining the Prime Rib in Esquire’s listing were Peter Luger in Brooklyn, the Palm in New York City, and Lawry’s and Cut in Beverly Hills.

In compiling the list of America’s best steaks, Mariani considered two main criteria: diversity of preparation and quality of meat.

The Prime Rib was founded in 1965 by famed restaurateur Buzz Beler who later opened restaurants in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Over the years, the Prime Rib has earned numerous awards including Best of Baltimore by Baltimore magazine, a Zagat rating as the #1 steakhouse in Baltimore, D.C. and Philadelphia, one of the top five romantic restaurants in the U.S. by Food and Wine magazine, and an Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator magazine.

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