A veritable welcoming committee. From this point, the service went from good to wonderful to superb. Teamwork, solicitude and tact like this is no accident. The owner of Carmen Anthony's is doing a lot of things right. E xperts say the new popularity of steak houses is in part due to the fact that they offer more options.
Wish fulfillment is hard to resist.
D avid didn't even try. Following his lead, we all decided to choose a steak first and find something to embellish it with later. By agreeing to share, we realized, we could have them all. H aving it all is pretty much what steak-house dining is about, a truism borne out when Bill tried to decide between tangy cocktail sauce and remoulade for his shrimp cocktail and was told that Carmen Anthony's shrimp cocktail always came with both. Although horrific mutations abound, I have tasted delicious variations and Carmen Anthony's version was splendid, opulently creamy and spiked with the merest hint of Worcestershire and grated horseradish.