The Best Steakhouses Near BarChef, by the Record

Follow the smell of barbecue down an alley stacked with firewood and you'll find the front door. Inside, Matty Matheson's steakhouse is all maple slats, a domed ceiling, and salmon-pink booths, which sounds like a lot until you're sitting in it. The menu moves from Sicilian crudo and tartares through big dry-aged cuts cooked on the grill, with vegetable sides that quietly refuse to be an afterthought. Krug by the glass, if you're in the mood.

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Steaks seared under an overfired broiler, then brushed with pastrami tallow butter: that's the move at Linny's, David Schwartz's fine-dining Jewish American steakhouse on Ossington. The mid-century dining room runs to white linen, golden light, and banquettes comfortable enough to make you order another round. The bar's eight seats have their own scene, with cocktails that fold deli ingredients into the classics in ways that are more clever than they sound.

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Oxblood leather banquettes, marble everywhere, and a cocktail trolley that arrives tableside bearing elaborate Martinis: Sammarco is Toronto's Italian steakhouse at full volume. The five Ontario dry-aged cuts are the backbone, sourced from Cumbrae's and treated simply, but the menu wanders into grilled sweetbreads and snow crab risotto for those who came for more than beef. The wine list runs long and expensive. Dress accordingly.

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Named after the chef's mom, this steakhouse on Ossington blends old-school chophouse energy with deli touches that feel genuinely thought-through. Challah arrives with pickles, sauerkraut, and whipped cheese; the Caesar swaps croutons for crispy chicken skin. The beef is Canadian, aged with care, and finished over an open grill. Prices skew special-occasion, but the room keeps things warm rather than stiff. It landed on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list fast.

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Aged white cheddar popovers land on your table minutes after you sit down, and coffee cake muffins follow you home. That's the bookend philosophy at this sleek, upscale steakhouse in CIBC Square, where the real business is a dry-ageing programme serious enough to earn a spot on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list. Cuts come from Canada, Japan, Australia, and beyond, and the Burgundy-heavy wine list is ready to make any of them expensive.

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The charcoal grill and the in-house butchery program share equal billing here, which tells you everything about how this casual steakhouse and butcher shop in St. Catharines thinks about meat. Whole-animal, all-Ontario, zero-waste is the operating philosophy, so the charcuterie board arrives with the same seriousness as the wood-fired steaks. On the way out, the fridges are stocked with guanciale and pork ragu for those who can't let go. A Michelin Selected Restaurant that landed on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list.

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