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And thanks. I shouldn't be here.

And this restaurant, heavy drapes block the sun, so it looks like evening even during the day.

I'm at Churchill's in Spokane.

There are lockers rented by patrons for laid-down bottles of premium wine, and the weight staff dress in

evening wear in tuxus, and they fold your crisp white napkin again moments

after you leave your seat. Steak is what they do.

So to the cuts. The first steak on our dinner menu is the top sirloin. Our server

brings over a huge tray of raw steaks wrapped in cellophane and gold foil to carefully explain each

choice cut.

Whereas when we move down to the rib eye and the cowboy rib steak, the most intense marbling here,

plus the rivers of fat running throughout.

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