The Pine Club
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| Restaurant information | |
| Owner(s) | Dave Hulme |
| Previous owner(s) | Jim Sullivan, Lloyd Meinzer |
| Food type | Steakhouse |
| Street address | 1926 Brown St |
| City | Dayton |
| County | Montgomery |
| State | Ohio |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 45409 |
| Country | USA |
| Coordinates | 39°44′01″N 84°10′48″W / 39.733633°N 84.180123°W |
| Website | thepineclub |
The Pine Club is a steakhouse in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1947, it has received national attention from food writers and critics.
History
The Pine Club was founded in 1947 and has had three owners:
- Jim Sullivan, 1947–1954
- Lloyd Meinzer, 1954–1979
- Dave Hulme, 1979–present[1]
Business model
The Pine Club accepts no credit cards or reservations.[2] The menu of "classic steak house food"[3] is "virtually unchanged from the day it opened."[1]
Reception
In 2015, Food Network named it one of the top 5 steakhouses in the country.[4][5] In 2013, The New York Times' Style Magazine, T Magazine, named it one of "10 of the World's Greatest Old Dining Institutions."[1][6] In 2012, Michael Stern named it his favorite steakhouse in the country.[7] Jane and Michael Stern wrote in 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late and the Very Best Places to Eat Them that the Pine Club's hamburger "may be the biggest flavored hamburger anywhere."[8] In 2006, Gourmet named them one of ten restaurants serving the best fried potatoes in the country.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ a b c Fisher, Mark (Dec 7, 2013). "Pine Club makes 'World's Greatest' top-10 list". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ Schuster, Stefan. "Pine Club much the same since 1947". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ^ Oseland, James (May 2008). "Adventures in Good Eating". Saveur. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ Fisher, Mark (July 7, 2015). "Food Network declares Pine Club #2 steakhouse in U.S." Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ "Top 5 Steaks in America". Food Network. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ Stein, Sadie (Dec 6, 2013). "10 of the World's Greatest Old Dining Institutions". T Magazine. The New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ Yancey, Kitty Bean (July 7, 2012). "Branded". USA Today. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ Stern, Jane and Michael (2009). 500 Things To Eat Before it's Too Late:and the Very Best Places to Eat Them. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 328.
- ^ Dyrtn, Jsnr snf Mivhsrl (July 2006). "Monster Hash". Gourmet. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ Heller, Ann (June 29, 2006). ""Gourmet" praises Pine Club's fried potatoes". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ Kasper, Lynn Rossetto. "The Splendid Table". NPR.
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