chophouse

[ chop-hous ]

/ ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs /

a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.

Origin of chophouse

First recorded in 1680–90; chop¹ + house

For more than twenty years he dined daily at Dolly's Chop-house.

A Book about Doctors |John Cordy Jeaffreson
We never knew a waiter in a hurry, at a chop-house, who did not say that he was "Coming, Sir!"

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 |Various
That night we dined at a chop-house in the Strand with two friends.

The Toys of Peace |Saki
He then dined at a chop-house, and found that he had a clear hour left before it was time to depart.

Principle and Practice |Harriet Martineau

At the same corner for twenty years the chop-house of John Wallace flourished.

Fifth Avenue |Arthur Bartlett Maurice

chophouse ¹

/ (ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs) /

a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc

chophouse ²

/ (ˈtʃɒpˌhaʊs) /

(formerly) a customs house in China