1st Place: Houligans Steak & Seafood Pub
2nd Place: Haymarket Grill
3rd Place: Fischer’s on the Green

“Candied Garlic New York Strip” is a phrase that haunts the dreams of local steak-lovers. This succulent cut of meat is the juiciest jewel in the local steakhouse crown, and the tasty fillet helped Houligans Steak & Seafood Pub (415 S. Barstow St.) win your vote for the Valley’s best steakhouse – for the second year in a row. For the first year in a row, Haymarket Grill (101 Graham Ave.) made the top three with their modest menu of flavor-packed steaks. Haymarket edged Fischer’s On The Green (2333 Hillcrest Pkwy.) from last year’s second place standing to third. But no one can touch Fischer’s local legacy beef. In some form or another, the steakhouse has been searing up beautifully aged meat for Eau Clairians longer than most of us have been alive. – Mike Paulus