A two-pound porter house steak is served up with a baked potato, salad, beans and garlic bread at Lil’Abners Steakhouse, 8501 N. Silverbell Road. Photo taken: Wednesday December 03, 2014 Photo by: Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

$16.95-$38.95, 8501 N. Silverbell Road, 744-2800.

Lil' Abner's has been around forever, and its menu sticks to what it knows: steak, beans, salad. But that steak is cooked over a mesquite fire and served up covering the whole plate and sizzling as the juices settle. The 2-pound Cowboy — a thick, beautifully-marbled Porterhouse — has lured us many a time (at $38.95, we share it). The funky, western ambiance is a pull, but it’s that steak that cements our loyalty to Li’l Abner’s.


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