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Jun 21, 2024

Curated comfort: Rustic Chophouse delivers with delicious dishes in a casual, yet elevated, setting

8-ounce filet mignon If you still haven’t made it to Broken Arrow’s Rose District, now’s the time. Walking down the sidewalks feels like a mini vacation. People chat on benches, share ice cream cones

8-ounce filet mignon

If you still haven’t made it to Broken Arrow’s Rose District, now’s the time. Walking down the sidewalks feels like a mini vacation. People chat on benches, share ice cream cones or walk hand in hand window shopping and listening to the occasional street musician.

Amongst the bars and restaurants with burgers, pizza, sushi and Mexican food, there’s a special place: Rustic Chophouse. Plenty of natural light, wood and brick make Rustic Chophouse a comfortable place where you can settle in with drinks from the nice, open bar at the front of the house.

Oaxacan Old Fashion

We visited on a Friday night, and the restaurant was full, including couples on date nights and a group celebrating a bachelorette party. Rustic Chophouse has a nicely curated wine list and cocktails, like the Grapefru-tini with Oklahoma Distilling Co. Rose Gin, an orange and botanical liqueur and lime.

Steakhouse appetizers are sometimes overlooked considering all the other food on the menu. But don’t skip out on these. The ambitious smoked duck latke ($18) is topped with crème fraiche and blueberry jam. The tender scallops (market price) are perfectly paired with spicy apple chutney and rustic chopped apples and a cauliflower puree. For something more mainstream, there’s a fabulous shrimp cocktail or charcuterie board.

We tried both the Caesar and the wedge salad. The Caesar was presented in a constructed style, with an intact heart of romaine and topped with a balsamic drizzle, parmesan cheese and tomato. The wedge had the traditional blue cheese crumbles and bacon but also included chopped cucumber and sweet toasted pecans. Rather than blue cheese dressing the wedge is served with Rustic Chophouse’s signature creamy, flavorful ranch dressing.

Scallops with spicy apple chutney and cauliflower puree

Steak options are classic, but it’s the quality of the beef that sets them apart. Rustic Chophouse’s beef comes from Creekstone Farms, a group of Kansas ranchers and farmers raising premium black angus beef. Steaks include 28-day aged ribeyes ($51), a tomahawk ribeye ($90) that’s bigger than your plate and popular 6-ounce, 8-ounce and 10-ounce filets ($38-$50). Our steaks were cooked exactly to order.

Beyond steak, Rustic Chophouse has a tomahawk pork chop with apricot marmalade ($42), salmon with honey miso glaze and basil quinoa ($36), and a shrimp scampi with white wine lemon garlic butter, fresh basil and tomato ($28).

Shrimp scampi

Sides ($9-$10) range from traditional steakhouse choices like creamed spinach, sauteed Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes and burgundy wine mushrooms. But there are some unique choices like the wild mushroom mac and cheese and candied carrots. We chose the garlic parmesan frites — crispy fried potato chips with an indulgent coating of cheese and garlic. These chips were one of our favorite things on the menu.

Rustic Chophouse is also open for lunch: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday-Friday. Here you’ll find a great potato and leek soup, lobster bisque, a burger, pork belly sandwich, chicken sandwich and fish tacos. The most popular lunch item is the ribeye sandwich — sliced ribeye with horseradish and sauteed onions on a French roll.

Dining in Broken Arrow has become better and better over the years to the point you can comfortably find a meal as good in Broken Arrow as you could in Tulsa. And Rustic Chophouse is at the top of BA’s list.

Rustic Chophouse

210 S. Main St., Broken Arrow | 918-355-0814

rusticchophouseba.com

Open 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday-Friday; and 5-10 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday, 4-11 p.m., Saturday-Sunday.

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