The Pine Club Explained

The Pine Club
Current-Owner:Dave Hulme
Previous-Owner:Jim Sullivan, Lloyd Meinzer
Food-Type:Steakhouse
Street-Address:1926 Brown St
City:Dayton
County:Montgomery
State:Ohio
Postcode:45409
Country:USA
Coordinates:39.7336°N -84.1801°W

The Pine Club is a steakhouse in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1947, it has received numerous awards and accolades through the years and garnered national attention from food writers and critics.[1]

History

The Pine Club was founded in 1947. Jim Sullivan owned the restaurant from 1947–1954, Lloyd Meinzer from 1954–1979, and Dave Hulme from 1979–2018; it was sold in 2018 in a private sale with the new own undisclosed.

Business model

The Pine Club doesn't serve dessert and accepts no credit cards or reservations.[2] When Secret Service agents asked for a table for George and Barbara Bush, they were told the wait was 45 minutes.

Menu

The menu of "classic steak house food"[3] is "virtually unchanged from the day it opened."

In 2019 owner David Hulme, commenting on the unchanged menu, said, "there are no sauces or preparations that need to be done." and that "onion rings go on every steak dinner for 72 years."

Reception

National

In 2019 The Pine Club was featured on Cooking Channel's The Best Thing I Ever Ate as chef and restaurateur Jonathon Sawyer's choice. Sawyer said, "Complementing this perfect piece of meat is 75 years of history and wood and lighting and service and martini. It's the whole experience that's the best thing I ever ate."[4]

In 2015, Food Network named it the #2 steakhouse in the country, calling it "an unmatched blend of high-end dining and Midwest hospitality."[5] [6]

In 2013, The New York Times' Style Magazine, T Magazine, named it one of "10 of the World's Greatest Old Dining Institutions."[7] [8] In 2012, Michael Stern named it his favorite steakhouse in the country.[9] 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."[10] In 2006, Gourmet named them one of ten restaurants serving the best fried potatoes in the country.[11] [12] [13]

Local

The Pine Club won three categories in Dayton.com's Best of 2018 awards: Best Classic Restaurant, Best Fine Dining and Best Steak. The Dayton Daily News called it "iconic".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fisher. Mark. History repeats itself for Dayton's famous Pine Club. 2020-06-25. dayton. English.
  2. Web site: Pine Club much the same since 1947 . Dayton Daily News . May 27, 2011 . July 26, 2015 . Schuster, Stefan . https://web.archive.org/web/20150712082243/http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/pine-club-much-the-same-since-1947/nMrq5/ . July 12, 2015 . dead .
  3. Web site: Adventures in Good Eating . Saveur . May 2008 . July 27, 2015 . Oseland, James . James Oseland . https://web.archive.org/web/20150806032940/http://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Adventures-in-Good-Eating . August 6, 2015 . live .
  4. News: The Best Thing I Ever Ate: High Steaks . Cooking Channel . January 28, 2019.
  5. Web site: Food Network declares Pine Club #2 steakhouse in U.S. . Dayton Daily News . July 7, 2015 . July 27, 2015 . Fisher, Mark . https://web.archive.org/web/20150810034343/http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/food-network-declares-pine-club-2-steakhouse-in-us/nmshC/ . August 10, 2015 . live .
  6. Web site: Top 5 Steaks in America . Food Network . July 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150729063130/http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/top-5-restaurants/photos/top-5-steaks-in-america-top-5-restaurants.html . July 29, 2015 . live .
  7. Web site: Pine Club makes 'World's Greatest' top-10 list . Dayton Daily News . Dec 7, 2013 . July 27, 2015 . Fisher, Mark . https://web.archive.org/web/20150810032136/http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/entertainment/dining/pine-club-makes-top-10-list-of-worlds-greatest-din/ncD6d/ . August 10, 2015 . live .
  8. Web site: 10 of the World's Greatest Old Dining Institutions . The New York Times . T Magazine . Dec 6, 2013 . July 27, 2015 . Stein, Sadie . https://web.archive.org/web/20150908004352/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/food-matters-10-of-the-worlds-greatest-old-dining-institutions/ . September 8, 2015 . live .
  9. Web site: Branded . USA Today . July 7, 2012 . July 27, 2015 . Yancey, Kitty Bean . https://web.archive.org/web/20150624025015/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/LIFE/usaedition/2012-07-13-The-USAs-best-steakhouse_ST_U.htm . June 24, 2015 . live .
  10. Book: 500 Things To Eat Before it's Too Late:and the Very Best Places to Eat Them . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . Stern, Jane, Michael . Jane and Michael Stern . 2009 . New York . 328.
  11. Web site: Monster Hash . Gourmet . July 2006 . July 27, 2015 . Dyrtn, Jsnr snf Mivhsrl . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305074045/http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2006/07/monster-hash.html . March 5, 2016 . live .
  12. Web site: "Gourmet" praises Pine Club's fried potatoes . https://web.archive.org/web/20160409194904/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11969765.html . dead . April 9, 2016 . Dayton Daily News . June 29, 2006 . July 27, 2015 . Heller, Ann.
  13. Web site: The Splendid Table. Kasper. Lynn Rossetto. May 25, 2002. splendidtable.org. NPR. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911130029/http://splendidtable.org/episode/209. September 11, 2016. live. July 23, 2019.

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