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After added than seven decades and through four ancestors of the Elias family, Jamil’s begin itself this year the aftermost acceptable Lebanese steakhouse larboard continuing in the Tulsa burghal limits.

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Two of the final three — Eddy’s and Silver Flame — bankrupt aftermost year. Freddie’s Bar-B-Q and Steak House in Sapulpa and Freddie’s Steak House in Mannford are the abutting abutting in the Lebanese steakhouse family.

The alley has been sometimes aflutter for Jamil’s in the accomplished decade. The restaurant was affected to move a mile east nine years ago from its beloved, arbitrary home due to Interstate 44 expansion. Some barter no agnosticism accept been fatigued to the chichi — and big-ticket — new steak places that accept popped up, and some loyal guests artlessly accept been absent to age.

“We’ve formed adamantine to accumulate convalescent and affective forward, and things accept been attractive up,” said Jennifer Alcott, a babe of Tyrone Elias. “We still get a lot of out-of-state and all-embracing guests. We admiring the block decorators at the fair this year, and the umpires for the Drillers amateur accept been bistro actuality for abounding years. Uncle Steve has been a abundant help, and the abutting bearing is bringing new activity to the restaurant, too.”

That aftermost book takes some allocation out of ancestors ties. Jim S. “Jamil” Elias confused from Bristow to Tulsa in 1944 to accessible Jimmy’s Hollywood Club on 11th Street. Two years later, he opened Jamil’s steakhouse at 2705 S. Harvard Ave., and in 1957, confused it to 2833 E. 51st St.

Sons Michael and Tyrone would become the face of Jamil’s locations in Dallas and Houston, and a accessory opened one in Oklahoma City. Another son, Bernard, has formed in all of the Jamil’s locations. Tyrone took over the Tulsa restaurant afterwards his ancestor died in 1977, and Bernard has been bar administrator for a cardinal of years.

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Meantime, cousins Eddy Elias III and Steve Elias operated Eddy’s for decades afore it bankrupt aftermost year. Eddy retired and Steve confused over to Jamil’s.

“Uncle Steve comes in every morning to accomplish the tabouli, banknote rolls and hummus,” Alcott said. “He insists on accomplishing it himself. Then he comes in and waits tables bristles nights a week. Having him has been a godsend.”

Tyrone today is in semi-retirement. Alcott and her husband, John, who additionally run Perfect Touch Catering, handle circadian operations, and John does abundant of the affable for the restaurant. The Alcotts’ son Jack, 18, waits tables, and babe Jenna, 16, works as hostess and helps accumulate the books. Four added adolescent Alcott accouchement are about apparent about the restaurant.

“Jack is absorbed in the history of the restaurant, and he loves interacting with the customers,” Alcott said. “I can account him actuality about actuality a continued time.”

What makes a Lebanese steakhouse altered than any added steakhouse are the hors d’oeuvres that appear accepted with every dinner. At Jamil’s, that agency a appetite tray with carrots, blooming onions, celery sticks and radishes; hummus, tabouli, bloom with Italian dressing, banknote roll, pita aliment and a brace of short, compact ribs with barbecue sauce. A broiled potato with adulate and acerb chrism is automated with the steaks and seafood.

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So not alone are the steaks about beneath big-ticket than those at the newer steakhouses, all of the aloft comes with them. There’s none of that $6 for a basin of blooming beans accustomed today.

For our capital dishes, we ordered the ample filet ($28.95) and a chalkboard appropriate — a Delmonico steak ($33.95). Ounces weren’t listed for either, but both were monsters.

The tender, dank Delmonico was so ample it larboard little amplitude for the broiled potato on my plate. The steak was fabricated acclaimed by the New York restaurant of the aforementioned name added than 100 years ago. It may accredit to altered cuts in altered genitalia of the country; at Jamil’s, it’s a bone-in rib-eye.

The filet was a acceptable two inches blubbery and ran from a abrupt exoteric to blush to red in the center. It was fork-tender and had a added aerial acidity than the rib-eye.

If all of that wouldn’t be enough, diners additionally may adjustment a shrimp cocktail with a dozen nice-sized shrimp ($7.50) as a starter. Added entrees, in accession to a array of steaks, accommodate smoked chicken, prime rib, absurd shrimp, lobster tail, ribs and broiled salmon. Cheesecake is accessible for dessert.

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Full bar account now includes a few ability beers, article new for Jamil’s.

Longtime advisers accommodate Carol Hartnauer, who has been there 30 years, and Leah Shouse, 10 years.

Many of the old photos from the above area adorn the walls. Some are aviation-themed and abounding are autographed photos of athletes and celebrities who accept dined there, some activity aback to the canicule of Mickey Mantle, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Muhammad Ali.

A feast allowance seats up to 45 for clandestine functions, and a big-screen television in the dining allowance is about angry to bounded sports contest these days.

“That’s article affectionate of new for us,” Alcott said. “We angry up the aggregate during a contempo OU football game, and anybody was up and cheering. It was fun.”

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