Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse

Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse is an American upscale steakhouse brand owned and operated by Landry's, Inc. The chain was created by Tilman J. Fertitta, who developed the concept after travelling with his father, Vic Fertitta, to steakhouses in different parts of the United States. Their visits informed the idea for a high-end steakhouse in Houston, and the first Vic & Anthony's opened in Downtown Houston in 2002, across the street from the home stadium of the Houston Astros. The brand is positioned around formal or business-casual steakhouse dining rather than fast-casual or broad family restaurant service. Its core offer is a traditional upscale steakhouse experience centered on premium beef, dinner service, polished hospitality, and an atmosphere intended for business meals, celebrations, and special occasions. Public descriptions of the restaurants characterize the setting as upscale, with business or dressy-casual attire appropriate for guests. The concept also extends beyond a conventional stand-alone urban restaurant: several locations operate within Golden Nugget casinos, linking the brand to Landry's broader hospitality and gaming portfolio. The Houston restaurant remains the brand's original location and is associated with Downtown Houston's sports and entertainment district. It is open for lunch on Fridays, when executive concept chef Carlos Rodriguez has featured burgers in addition to the dinner menu. The other listed restaurants operate primarily as dinner destinations. The Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Lake Charles restaurants are located inside Golden Nugget properties, giving the chain a presence in major casino and tourism markets as well as its Houston home market. Vic & Anthony's is a relatively small, focused restaurant chain rather than a mass-market national brand. Its identity depends on consistency across a limited number of locations, premium steakhouse conventions, and association with the Landry's and Golden Nugget names. The restaurants serve steaks and other upscale American steakhouse fare in settings designed for longer, occasion-based meals. The Houston location has also attracted local sports visibility; James Harden, formerly a guard for the Houston Rockets, has been reported as a frequent customer after home games. The brand's documented history is closely tied to Fertitta's expansion of Landry's restaurant concepts. Its development demonstrates a strategy of pairing a distinctive restaurant concept with prominent real-estate and hospitality venues. Although the available reference material does not establish a detailed menu history, executive succession, financial profile, or later openings beyond the listed locations, Vic & Anthony's remains an active Landry's steakhouse concept with restaurants in Houston and selected Golden Nugget casino markets.

The origins of Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse are connected to Tilman J. Fertitta's work with Landry's, Inc. and to a personal research process undertaken with his father, Vic Fertitta. In the early 2000s, the two travelled around the United States, visiting steakhouses and considering how a new high-end steakhouse could be developed for Houston. The resulting concept was named Vic & Anthony's, reflecting the family connection. The first restaurant opened in 2002 in Downtown Houston, Texas. Its location across from the stadium used by the Houston Astros placed the restaurant in a prominent sports and entertainment setting. From the outset, the concept was designed as an upscale steakhouse, with dinner service, a formal-to-business-casual atmosphere, and a menu centered on steakhouse dining. The Houston restaurant became the brand's original and identifying location. The concept later expanded through Landry's hospitality properties. Restaurants were established inside Golden Nugget casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Lake Charles. This expansion gave Vic & Anthony's access to destination dining traffic and connected the brand with Golden Nugget's casino-resort operations. Rather than becoming a broad national chain, the brand developed as a limited collection of high-end restaurants in selected markets. The restaurants' operating pattern emphasizes dinner, consistent with the conventions of an upscale steakhouse. The Houston location has a limited Friday lunch service, during which executive concept chef Carlos Rodriguez has featured burgers. The reference material also identifies the New York location as offering weekday lunch, although the listed chain locations are Downtown Houston and Golden Nugget properties in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Lake Charles; the relationship and current status of that New York reference are not sufficiently clear to state as a current operating location. Vic & Anthony's has maintained a profile based on premium steakhouse hospitality, casino-resort placement, and association with Landry's. Publicly available material cited here does not provide a complete account of menu development, store openings, ownership changes, financial performance, or executive succession. The documented history nevertheless establishes the key trajectory: a Houston steakhouse concept conceived by Tilman J. Fertitta and his father, launched in 2002, and expanded into selected Golden Nugget markets under Landry's ownership.

• 2002

  First Vic & Anthony's opens in Houston

  [1]Vic & Anthony's Steakhouseen.wikipedia.org

  Tilman J. Fertitta opened the first Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse in Downtown Houston after researching steakhouse concepts with his father, Vic Fertitta.

An upscale American steakhouse focused on premium beef, polished hospitality, and occasion-oriented dining, with locations in Downtown Houston and selected Golden Nugget casino properties.

• Steaks and upscale American cuisine · 2002

  Premium steakhouse entrées

  The brand's central offering is an upscale steakhouse meal built around premium steaks and accompanying American steakhouse dishes. The reference material does not specify individual cuts, suppliers, preparation methods, or prices, so the offering is described at the concept level rather than as a detailed menu catalog.

• Lunch offering

  Burgers

  The Houston location has featured a Friday lunch menu with burgers under executive concept chef Carlos Rodriguez. This is a supplemental daytime offering within the broader steakhouse concept rather than the brand's primary positioning.

• Full-service restaurant experience · 2002

  Dinner dining experience

  All four documented core locations operate as dinner-oriented restaurants. The experience combines upscale surroundings, business or dressy-casual attire expectations, table service, and steakhouse cuisine suited to business meals, celebrations, and other special occasions.

• 2002

  Launch of a Houston-focused upscale steakhouse conceptStrategy

  Background

  Tilman J. Fertitta and his father, Vic Fertitta, researched steakhouses around the United States while considering a new high-end restaurant for Houston.

  Action taken

  Landry's opened the first Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse in Downtown Houston, establishing the brand's upscale steakhouse format.

  Aftermath

  The concept subsequently expanded to Golden Nugget casino locations in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Lake Charles.

  Source

1. 1Vic & Anthony's Steakhouseen.wikipedia.org