Classic NYC Steakhouse Keens Is Now Delivering Its Famed Mutton Chop For $62

Classic NYC Steakhouse Keens has a $62 mutton chop on its delivery menu

Iconic Midtown steakhouse Keens quietly began accepting orders for takeout and delivery earlier this week, reportedly the first time in its 135-year history.

The restaurant’s mutton chop — one of the city’s last, but also best versions of the dish — is available to take home with a whopping $62 price tag. The cost includes escarole, lamb jus, and mint jelly, with the option to add on another 5-ounce container of mint jelly for $12. The steakhouse is also dishing up sirloin, filet mignon, and dry-aged t-bone, with the option to specify how well or rare the steaks are prepared — though home cooks might opt for one of Keen’s frozen cuts of meat, or its make-at-home burger kit for four. The historic steakhouse is available for takeout and delivery daily from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. by calling the restaurant or ordering online.

Keens opened its doors in Midtown back in 1885, at time when mutton chop was made with mutton, not lamb. The historic steakhouse, located in what was once the Herald Square Theater District, is littered with history, including old prints, photographs, playbills, exposed piping, and, until recently, photos of actors in black face. The racist images remained up on the walls on the insistence of former owner George Schwarz, who died in December 2016 and had strong feelings about keeping up the historical documents, “the good and the ugly,” as a way to teach. They were removed in August 2019 by the restaurant’s current manager Bonnie Jenkins.

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