Steel is the super-hard result of a hellish fusion of iron with carbon.
But then again, the name wasn't selected to serve as a symbolic representation of the cuisine, which centers on Japanese and Vietnamese with traces of other influences. The substance is minimally applied throughout the restaurant. Flatware is swaddled in black napkins bound with steel hose clamps. A pillar separating the bar from the dining room is armored in glistening sheets of steel, as are the walls in the rest rooms. Yet despite the chilling rigidity cast by the moniker, Steel is surprisingly warm in its contemporary edginess.