The summer editions of Steak Night always bring a bit of spice and difference.  I have been out of the rotation for several months, it was fun to get back into the routine.  The group returned to Boeufhaus for the first time in nearly two years.  A non-traditional steakhouse on the border of Humboldt Park and Ukrainian Village, Boeufhaus is a hidden storefront on Western.  A small setting with many date nights and special family outings, our group of five, Mason, Don, Crenshaw and Scott had a tremendous table located at the rear near the kitchen.   We sat down late after waiting for Scott to finish up his Fox Business segment, but it gave us a time to have a lively banter at the bar.

We were presented with many different menus – food, specials, wine, cocktails, – ultimately our very french waiter, Adrian took our order of Pork pasta, western oysters and unreal short rib beignets to start.  All were incredible, although with our late start, we probably could have used a bit more of each.  For steaks, the ribeye, ny strip and fillet all proved some of the best I have had.  They were crusted in a magnificent salt and pepper rub with delicious bernaise on the side.  We coupled it with the cavatelli bean appetizer, mushrooms and two orders of frites.   We closed with a Chocolate Decadence.

I would be so bold to call it a top three meal for me in recent memory.  Wonderful across the board.  Areas of improvement would be in the temp inside – we were rather toasty, a bit less from our friend Adrian who seemed overbearing and lacked flow to his service.  However, the table, the crew, the conversation (politics, Fish concerts, football season, Brad’s performance at Gene and Georgetti, etc…) were all top notch.  I will certainly be returning for another meal at this standout steakhouse.

Rating 9

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