America’s Manliest Restaurants

Where’s the manliest place to eat in America? Men’s Health has conducted a poll listing the manliest restaurants across the nation.

So we ask ourselves the age old question: How does one measure how man what’s ‘manly’ and what isn’t?

Meat.

Below is a list of the the top 9 that made the cut.

Regional Finalists for the ‘Manliest Restaurants in America’

NORTHEAST: Keens Steakhouse (New York City, NY)
MIDWEST: Jethro’s BBQ (Des Moines, IA)
NORTHWEST: Couloir (Jackson Hole, WY)
SOUTHEAST: Gus’s World Famous Hot & Spicy Chicken (Memphis, TN)
SOUTHWEST: Salt Lick BBQ (Austin TX)
SAN FRANCISCO: Original Joe’s (San Jose, CA)
GULF COAST: Alabama Jack’s (Key Largo, FL)
LOS ANGELES: Salt’s Cure (Los Angeles, CA)
MID-ATLANTIC: Primanti Bros. (Pittsburgh, PA)

[THX: Eater] Photo Credit: Raphael Brion

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