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por·ter·house | \ ˈpȯr-tər-ˌhau̇s 
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\Definition of porterhouse
1 : a house where malt liquor (such as porter) is sold
2 : a large steak cut from the thick end of the short loin to contain a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin — see beef illustration
Examples of porterhouse in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Celebrate Dad with one of Outback's juices bone-in cuts including, short ribs, ribeye, pork porterhouse.
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Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, "Father's Day is different this year. Here are 15+ restaurants offering specials for dad," 15 June 2020 Post your porterhouse photo with the tags #cookthecover, #saveurgrilling, and @saveurmag before Sunday, June 30, 2013.
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Saveur, "Cook the Cover Contest: The Grilling Issue," 6 June 2013 And then there’s the beef: Prime filet mignon, New York strip, dry-aged bone-in New York strip, and 21-day dry-aged bone-in ribeye; Angus filet mignon, hanger steak, porterhouse and prime rib; and wagyu filet mignon, ribeye and New York strip.
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Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, "Guard and Grace steakhouse ready to impress Houston," 18 Nov. 2019 Some of the signature dishes on the menu include a tomahawk ribeye, porterhouse and a 30-day dry-aged ribeye.
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Narda Pérez, Dallas News, "New modern steakhouse Wicked Butcher is now open in Fort Worth’s Sinclair hotel," 31 Jan. 2020 With a $89 porterhouse and $75 surf-and-turf dish on the menu, its HRW roster is a three-course, $45 per-person dinner menu and 2-course, $20 per person lunch list.
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Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, "Where to go for Houston Restaurant Weeks in The Woodlands," 1 Aug. 2019 Specialties like tomahawk steaks are on hand, and special orders for porterhouse, bison tenderloin, long-bone veal for osso buco, and others can be filled in 24 hours or a couple of days at most.
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Dallas News, "New butcher The Meat Board has become Fort Worth’s hottest lunch spot," 29 Jan. 2020 The kitchen serves a variety of cuts of steak including a ribeye, New York strip, filet, prime rib, sirloin, flat iron, T-bone and porterhouse.
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Joey Morona, cleveland.com, "LongHorn Steakhouse opening in Avon in September," 30 Aug. 2019 Will the cuts one day be the same as current-day porterhouse steaks and chicken breasts?
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Chase Purdy, Quartz, "Mysticism in the laboratory—the making of high-tech kosher and halal meat," 3 Nov. 2019
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