Syracuse, NYSteakhouse

Charlie Miller featured Stone Creek in This is CNY's 2025 best-restaurants roundup, describing a modern American steakhouse with confident, scratch-made food and bold cocktails. It sits on North Street in Marcellus village, southwest of the city. Beyond the steaks, a smoked onion fondue and a Hot and Dirty Martini get called out. Order a steak with the smoked onion fondue and a Hot and Dirty Martini.

A DeWitt chophouse open since 1967 and run by three generations of the Tiffany family, Scotch 'N Sirloin was featured in This is CNY's roundup of area restaurants with fireplaces, which described its circular wood-burning hearth and its namesake sirloin. The kitchen ages USDA Choice steaks in-house and hand-cuts them daily, backed by a deep scotch and bourbon list. Order the namesake sirloin or a hand-cut ribeye.

Jared Paventi reviewed Daniella's for This is CNY in July 2025, writing that service and high standards remain its hallmarks after more than twenty years on State Fair Boulevard. The independently owned kitchen hand-cuts its steaks and makes its own sauces, with the Aztec sirloin, steak Diane and ribeyes among the dishes he noted. Order the Aztec sirloin or the steak Diane.