When I dine on El Gaucho's New York steak with hash browns, my taste buds are transported to the Big Apple, where I'm relaxing after a Broadway show at Sardi's, waving to the Rat Pack while waiting for the train to return me to my home upstate. This classic late supper meal is perfect in every fashion, with quality meat and firm browns that meld together to form a sense of nirvana in the pleasure points of my brain. Add a stiff drink on the rocks and chase it with cheesecake and I'm not sure life could be any better.

[2119 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.1510]