Without steak, most Americans wouldn’t be able to justify owning such terrifyingly sharp steak knives, much less an entire rack of steak guns. Today's Groupon gives you a chance to use them: for $40, you get $80 worth of steak, seafood, and more at Hamilton & Ward Steakhouse in Paterson.

Operated by veteran restaurateur Peter Sideris (who has worked at New York's Smith & Wollensky), Hamilton & Ward Steakhouse serves meticulously prepared cuisine with world-class Kobe beef, prime beef that been dry-aged for a minimum of 28 days, and high-quality seafoods. Hamilton & Ward's dinner menu is loaded with several scrumptious cuts, from its signature 48-ounce porterhouse for two ($79) to the 32-ounce Flintstone ($54), a bone-in rib eye that'll stimulate Stone Age–era taste buds and tip over most foot-powered cars. Disguised bears, meanwhile, can hunch into their trench coats and break into a few fresh Maine lobsters (market price) or savor the restaurant's grilled Atlantic salmon ($25). Keep first-date conversations lubricated with any of the 400 wines in Hamilton & Ward's exquisite Mediterranean wine cellar, or guarantee a second with a glamorous glass of Louis XIII Black Pearl cognac, the only liquor to have been elected president of a Micronesian island.

Reviews

OpenTablers awarded Hamilton & Ward Steakhouse the Diners' Choice Award for Best Ambience, Best Food, and Best Service and give the restaurant an average rating of 4.6 stars. Three Yelpers give it an average of four stars:

• A serious steakhouse for those that are used to the best…The porterhouse was as good as any I've had and cooked exactly how it was supposed to be. – OpenTable.com user who dined on 7/31/2010
• The dining room was beautiful with high ceilings and perfect lighting. An overall amazing experience. – OpenTable.com user who dined on 10/23/2010