Don't Back Down

The number of steak houses in Charlotte isn't exactly overwhelming. Until a few years ago, if someone asked me where to go, I probably would have sent them to the Hereford Barn. But since they closed, there weren't really a lot of options.

Recently even the chain places have begun closing, which isn't really a huge loss, but it does leave a certain opening for a good place to find a steak. About the only option are the "old time" steak houses, such as Beef and Bottle and The Ranch House - and neither are that great.

Perhaps it is because of all this that I don't often look for steak in Charlotte. It's just not a steak sort of town. But one night while partaking in the manager's reception at the Embassy Suites, we weren't sure where to go, and decided that we'd try the Omaha Steak House, simply because it was raining and we were a bit pressed for time. It was one of the best decisions we had made in a very long time.

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While my wife and I met a number of years ago, it was well after we were both out of high school, and though we each went to prom, it wasn't with each other. So we decided that we wanted to have the chance to see what it would be like.

In the morning, of course, we had gone to the Girls on the Run Charlotte 5K, which helped one local charity, so we decided that we'd make this a sort of "charity day", and in the evening head to Ace and TJ's Second Chance Prom, which supports their Grin Kids charity, giving terminally ill children (and their families) the chance at a once-in-a-lifetime vacation.

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