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Steakhouse takes tableside chops to new Dallas-Fort Worth neighborhood

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Perry's Steakhouse is known for its steaks and its famous pork chop.

There's a new steakhouse in town in Grapevine: Perry's Steakhouse & Grille, the Houston-based chain, is opening its third location in North Texas at 2400 W. SH 114, at the northeast corner of Southlake Boulevard. The restaurant is a new build with 10,000 square feet that will seat 400, and is slated to open in December.

Founder/owner Chris Perry says in a release that they're putting special touches on this new location, with a stunning new look and feel, vibrant color palette, and exquisite use of glass, lighting, and other textures.

The restaurant will feature sweeping sightlines throughout the dining room, with views of Bar 79 through a towering wine wall and glimpses of chefs working in the kitchen.

The space will have four private dining rooms that offer unique experiences for groups large and small, from business meetings to expansive family celebrations.

Perry's was founded in 1979 as a small butcher shop and has grown into a renowned group of award-winning restaurants featuring USDA Prime beef, tableside carvings, signature selections, and flaming desserts. The chain has 13 locations in Birmingham, Chicago, Denver, and across Texas, as well as the two original butcher shops now known as Perry & Sons Market & Grille.

Signature dishes include its pork chop, which they boast is seven fingers high. They carve it tableside into chunks of loin with a side of ribs. The chain hosts a weekly "pork chop Friday" $15 lunch that attracts scads of diners.

The first DFW Perry's opened in Uptown Dallas at 2000 McKinney Ave. in 2010; a second branch opened in Frisco in 2014.

Its Bar 79, named after the founding year, offers an extensive wine list, craft beers, cocktails, live music, a spacious patio, and a "social hour" on weekdays from 4-7 pm and Sundays from 4-9 pm.

Grapevine is not hurting for steakhouses, with Dino's Steak and Claw House plus Bob's Steak House on Main Street; Saltgrass, Silver Fox, and Truluck's nearby; and the Old Hickory Steakhouse at Gaylord Texan. Steak for everyone, steak for all.

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100 cheap chops

Dallas steakhouse doubles down on famous 79-cent pork chop deal

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Only 100 chops are available.

One of Dallas' most unique dining promotions is back and bigger this year. Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille will revive its 79-cent pork shop special at lunch on Friday, October 2.

Available at all three Dallas-Fort Worth locations, the lunch-cut pork chop price is "a nod to 1979, the year Perry’s began as a modest butcher shop in Texas," Perry's corporate chef Dan Delorensi says in an Instagram post. He says that the "Flashback Friday" tradition is growing this year, doubling the number of diners who can take part in the event. Plus, the steakhouse has added a pork chop alternative: a caramelized prime rib steak sandwich at the same retro price.

"It's our way of thanking guests for 47 incredible years of support," Delorensi adds.

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The offer is simple. Beginning at 10:30 am, each Perry’s will issue 100 cards for 79-cent lunch-cut pork chops and 100 for caramelized prime rib steak sandwiches to the first 200 people in line. Diners must be at least 21, only people who are standing in line are eligible — no holding spots for friends — and cards must be redeemed by noon.

After all 200 cards are claimed, Perry’s will serve its full lunch menu. The pork chop will then be available at its regular price of $24.

The lunch cut is not quite as large as the chops on the dinner menu. Perry’s owner Chris Perry has told CultureMap that the prodigious size of the dinner menu’s signature seven-fingers high pork chop was part of his marketing strategy. Having to take home leftovers kept the restaurant’s brand in its customers’ minds, he said.

Perry's Steakhouse caramelized prime rib sandwich Perry's will also sell 100 caramelized prime rib sandwiches for 79 cents.Courtesy of Perry's Steakhouse & Grille

“When I first started my business, my plan was to get my name in your fridge,” Perry said in 2019. “It was my only marketing plan that I could really afford. Couldn't afford billboards, and social media wasn’t around [yet].”

Anyone who wants to take advantage of the promotion should line up early. Perry’s never has much trouble finding a couple hundred people who appreciate the value of its offer.

The 79-cent promotion is a nod to 1979, the year Perry’s first opened as a modest, family-owned butcher shop in Houston.

The first DFW Perry's opened in Uptown Dallas at 2000 McKinney Ave. in 2010, a second opened in Frisco in 2014, and the Grapevine location opened in 2017.

Perry’s Steakhouse now has three Dallas-Fort Worth locations: 2100 Olive St., Ste. 100, Dallas; 2440 Parkwood Blvd., Frisco; and 2400 W. State Highway 114, Grapevine.

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