text: Every major city has a restaurant like Durants Old School place been around for years with red leather half circle booths red velvet wall paper dim lighting oldtime professional waiters with grey hair and expensive food specializing in steaks You walk into Durants from the back parking lot through the kitchen not because of the light rail construction out front but because that is how it has always been done The logo awning and valet parking is back there in the rear nnMost steaks are in the range which comes with a choice of potato styles baked garlic mashed fries and a choice of soup du jour or house salad Caesars Salad is more but it is not the old school with anchovies or mixed at your table by the waiter with wood spoons like some classic restaurants like this do it It is mostly just sprinkled with cheese I long for the real Caesers salad not this version remeniscent of casual dining places that serve it with chicken Seafood selections are mostly in the range They offer Delmonico steak InBone New York for the oz Filet Mignon is they have a larger oz too and the inbone porterhouse of oz is A large Shrimp and Crab Louis entree is Spinich dip appetizer is and a dozen oysters on the half she will is for nnAll the food is good but not fantastic given the prices Service was very deliberate bordering on slow from the kitchen not the waiter nThey have a decent wine list House wines by the glass include the Santa Barbara Avila Merlot lighter and simplistic at and the Sterling Merlot from Norcal is with more body but only average nnDrinks may default to premium brands if you do not specify at the bar Myers Platinum rum and coke Tanqueray and Tonic Stolichnaya Raspberry Vodka and Tonic They do serve the drinks very stiff thoughnnThe best thing about this place is the bread They serve a round loaf of sourdough like bread sliced and soaked in olive oil and covered with minced garlic and basil It is free and they will keep bringing more as you wait patiently for your other dishes We had loaves nnThey offer typical classic desserts for this type of place like Key Lime Pie but we were so full with meat and bread we passed on it nnThis is the place you bring your significant others parents to impress them with a classic great old school restaurant especially if they listen to Frank Sinatra and like meat But if you are a trendy chic diner you should pass and try something fresher in ambiance and food but equally expensive think Scottsdales overblown newer megarestaurants which are the new Durants except with Sushi or Asian Fusion or oversized Southwest flavored creations with names taken from Cactus varieties