Rube's Steakhouse

Be prepared to have the best steak of your life. That is as long as you know how to cook it yourself.

Wow... This place was everything I expected and a lot more.  Why did it take me so long to get here?  I keep giving the casino my money but was too cheap for a wonderful steak dinner.  Where is the logic in that?  Thankfully I came in from the west last night so the restaurant was first!

The visit was at 6 PM on a Friday night.  They were a little busy and it took about 20 minutes to get seated.  The salad bar was fairly simple but quite good.

I purchased the 28 ounce sirloin steak.  They offer baked potatoes or a skillet of potatoes, onions, and green peppers.  I chose the skillet potato option and it was dang tasty.  In addition, Rubes offers a lot of add ons - skillets of mushrooms, blue cheese, etc.  I skipped all that fancy stuff.

The steak was grilled using salt, pepper, and garlic - nothing elaborate.  You can also grill your own Texas toast which I wolfed down while waiting for the steak to cook.  I did use blue cheese but had smuggled my own Maytag blue cheese into the restaurant.  It was tasty on that great steak.

The large top sirloin was incredibly flavorful and super tender.  Sirloin?  There had to be a reason for the wonderful consistency.  I asked the waitress how long the meat was aged.  She told me about 23 days.  You don't get that with the stuff just cut from the cow.  It takes special handling.  This was the best darn steak I can ever remember eating.  Fortunately, I saved half for later.

If I can give you a good piece of advice, it's to visit the gym in Tama after the big steak dinner.  You might need to!  But this is worth it.  It's the real deal.

1. Have beer.
2.. Pick your favorite aged to perfection piece of steak.  
3. Coat your favorite aged to perfection piece of steak with delicious seasonings.
3. Pick sides.
4. Put your sides and favorite aged to perfection piece of steak on perfect and evenly heated area of the grill.
5. Watch sides cook and flip steak.
6. Enjoy favorite aged to perfection piece of steak and sides.

Went to Tama, IA on business.  Population 2700.  Didn't expect much, but a few fields.  Instead I found Rube's. Victory was mine.