The Steakhouse Meat Sourcing Red Flag That Should Raise Alarms

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The Steakhouse Meat Sourcing Red Flag That Should Raise Alarms By Dylan Murray Sept. 16, 2025 6:09 pm EST

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In many cases, a steakhouse is only as good as the meat that it cooks, and the difference between high-quality meat and low-quality meat is a big one. While not every steakhouse in the world can provide Japanese A5 Wagyu Beef — one of the highest-graded cuts of meat in the world — there's a certain baseline of quality you want a steakhouse to have. Above all else, arguably the best way to tell when a restaurant doesn't meet that criteria is if it doesn't disclose the source of the meat itself whatsoever.

The decision not to publicize the source of one's meat may seem like an inconspicuous one, but it's actually one of th