Even as sales at full-service restaurants sputter along, growing at 2.4 percent in 2013 according to Technomic, sales at steak concepts are leading the pack with 6.2 percent growth. That may help explain why so many steak houses are among our list of the Top 100 Independent Restaurants. And here, the classics—including Keens Steakhouse in New York City and St. Elmo's Steak House in Indianapolis—dominate.
RESTAURANT | 2013 SALES | TOP 100 RANK |
| Smith & Wollensky | $25,470,115 | 4 |
| Prime 112 | $23,345,678 | 6 |
| Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse (Chicago) | $22,397,732* | 10 |
| Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab (Chicago) | $21,000,000* | 12 |
| Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab (Las Vegas) | $20,100,000* | 13 |
| Carnevino | $19,000,000* | 13 |
| SW Steakhouse | $18,600,000 | 14 |
| Sparks Steak House | $17,600,000* | 16 |
| Prime Steakhouse | $17,300,000* | 17 |
| St. Elmo Steak House | $16,149,562 | 25 |
| Top of the World | $15,900,000* | 27 |
| Quality Meats | $15,782,812 | 29 |
| Abe & Louie’s | $15,600,000* | 30 |
| Angus Barn | $14,850,000* | 86 |
| Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse (Rosemont) | $14,420,693 | 42 |
| Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse | $13,800,000* | 47 |
| Delmonico Steakhouse | $13,300,000* | 53 |
| Portland City Grill | $13,297,831 | 54 |
| N9NE Steakhouse | $13,200,000* | 56 |
| Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse (Oak Brook) | $13,137,712 | 57 |
| Craftsteak | $12,600,000* | 66 |
| Keens Steakhouse | $12,400,000* | 68 |
| Jean-Georges Steakhouse | $12,100,001* | 69 |
| StripSteak | $11,600,000* | 79 |
| Daniel’s Broiler | $11,081,727 | 86 |
| Maloney & Porcelli | $10,727,779 | 91 |
*RB estimate
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